| Description |
xiii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Uses of Statistics for description. 1. Issues in DNA fingerprinting / Herman Chernoff. 2. The emerging field of human rights statistics / Thomas B. Jabine. 3. Making defense decisions: what role might a statistical perspective play? / David S. C. Chu and Nancy L. Spruill. 4. Ethics, objectivity, and politics: statistics in a public policy perspective / Stephen E. Fienberg. 5. Normative terminology: 'normal' in statistics and elsewhere / William H. Kruskal and Stephen M. Stigler -- II. Data collection. 6. Statistics in Washington, 1935-1945 / W. Allen Wallis. 7. Periodic and rolling samples and censuses / Leslie Kish. 8. Numbering the people: issues of accuracy, privacy and open government / Philip Redfern. 9. Surveying individuals with disabilities / Allan R. Sampson. 10. Constructed social networks in the study of diffusion / James S. Coleman -- III. Uses of statistics for policy analysis. 11. Why forecasts fail and policies are often frustrated / Nathan Keyfitz |
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12. Experimentation: just do it! / Lincoln E. Moses and Frederick Mosteller. 13. Talents, rewards and professional choice: a general equilibrium analysis / Stephen P. Dresch and Kenneth R. Janson. 14. Statistical analysis for the masses / Sam L. Savage |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Policy sciences -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Statistical services.
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| Author |
Spencer, Bruce D.
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| LC no. |
96036204 |
| ISBN |
0198523416 (hardbound) |
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