Kniha Quantifying the World Michael Ward

Quantifying the World

UN Ideas and Statistics

Autor: Michael Ward
Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Brožovaná
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
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Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about life as well as to deepen an und...

Informace o knize

Autor
Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydáno
2004
Stránek
253
EAN
9780253216748
ISBN
0253216745
Enbook ID
04870722
Hmotnost
502
Rozměry
155 x 236 x 17

Kompletní popis

Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about life as well as to deepen an understanding of reality. This history of the UN's role in fostering international statistics in the post-war period demonstrates how statistics have shaped our understanding of the world. Drawing on well over 40 years of experience working as a statistician and economist in more than two dozen countries around the world, Ward traces the evolution of statistical ideas and how they have responded to the needs of policy while unravelling the question of why certain data were considered important and why other data and concerns were not. The book explores the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of the UN's statistical work and how each dimension has provided opportunities for describing the well-being of the world community. "Quantifying the World" also reveals some of the missed opportunities for pursuing alternative models.

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