ISBN:
9781793625533
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (147 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Parker, Robert E., 1957 - The misuse, misrepresentation, and politicization of statistics in American society
DDC:
304.60973
Keywords:
Datenerhebung
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Statistische Daten
;
Deskriptive Statistik
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USA
;
Vital statistics-United States
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Statistik
;
Politisierung
;
Missbrauch
Abstract:
This book examines the measurement efforts of several government agencies responsible for some of the most widely watched social indicators on unemployment, life expectancy, crime, and population. It argues these official statistics are dubious at best, not so much objective barometers of social life but socially-constructed metrics.
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