Based around a number of illustrative case studies, this book charts the development of our modern-day reliance on statistics. Topics covered include scientific innovations, administrative issues and the use of numbers in politics. By looking at these aspects of statistics together, the authors are able to present a truly original work.
Based around a number of illustrative case studies, this book charts the development of our modern-day reliance on statistics. Topics covered include scientific innovations, administrative issues and the use of numbers in politics. By looking at these aspects of statistics together, the authors are able to present a truly original work.
Introduction Chapter 1 Percentages and the Emergence of Statistical Objectivity Chapter 2 The Republic of Numbers: Robert Gourlay and the Art of the Statistical Account Chapter 3 Adolphe Quetelet and the Expanded Reproduction of 'Statistism' Chapter 4 Form as Content: The Establishment of National Statistical Systems Chapter 5 Immigration and Population Growth: an American Statistical Controversy Chapter 6 The Epitaph of Imperial Statistics Chapter 7 Statistical Expertise and the Twilight of Liberal Italy Chapter 8 Politics of the Sampling Revolution
Introduction Chapter 1 Percentages and the Emergence of Statistical Objectivity Chapter 2 The Republic of Numbers: Robert Gourlay and the Art of the Statistical Account Chapter 3 Adolphe Quetelet and the Expanded Reproduction of 'Statistism' Chapter 4 Form as Content: The Establishment of National Statistical Systems Chapter 5 Immigration and Population Growth: an American Statistical Controversy Chapter 6 The Epitaph of Imperial Statistics Chapter 7 Statistical Expertise and the Twilight of Liberal Italy Chapter 8 Politics of the Sampling Revolution
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