The politics of measurable precision: The emergence of sampling techniques in Canada's Dominion...
Takes into account the development of sampling methods by government statistical agencies in Canada. Commitment of the government to postwar employment; Statistics as major tool of government; Characteristics of the three-stage process in the emergence of representative samples; Partial inquiry inv...
| Published in: | Canadian Historical Review Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 691 - 726 |
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| Format: | Article |
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University of Toronto Press
Dec98
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| Summary: | Takes into account the development of sampling methods by government statistical agencies in Canada. Commitment of the government to postwar employment; Statistics as major tool of government; Characteristics of the three-stage process in the emergence of representative samples; Partial inquiry investigations by statisticians. |
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