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STATISTICS IN SOCIETY:
THE ARITHMETIC OF POLITICS
Edited by Daniel Dorling and Stephen Simpson
On behalf of the Radical Statistics Group
October 1998, Paperback, 484pp, illustrated, 0 34071994 X £16.99
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Critical analysis of statistics in the headlines
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Explains the census, government surveys and statistical series
In today's society statistics are not neutral. They are shaped by politics, policies and priorities of those that produce them. The 54 contributors to the book turn the spotlight on statistics covering their collection, models and theory, classifications, poverty, health, education, economics and politics.
Whether hidden through privatisation as in the health service, by concerns of confidentiality, statistics of society's development are never straightforward. This book's subjects include the role of statistics in educational assessment, the measurement of race and of homelessness, the circular prediction of employment and of housing need, the misuse of pensions statistics and the poverty of statistics on poverty.
Many people are mystified by statistics, and therefore accept or dismiss them without question. Social statistics are creations of public policy, and at every stage from collection or design of a study right through to publication, political concerns shape what is created. This book shows how to understand and use public statistics, by knowing how they are created.
Who should read this book?
Statistics in Society is intended for students of statistics and the social sciences, and the general reader interested in evidence for current and alternative social policies.
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