Can Numbers Lie? Race, Data Collection, and Black and Italian Infant and Maternal Health Care in Early Twentieth Century New York City.

In 1899, W. E. B. Du Bois warned in The Philadelphia Negro, the first sociological study produced in the United States, that persons creating statistical studies must be aware that, left unchecked, inaccuracies fueled by individual biases may distort their work as much as errors arising from flawed...

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Publicado en:	Western Journal of Black Studies Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 169 - 183
Autor principal:	HART, TANYA
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Washington State University Press Fall2013
Materias:	Acquisition of data Pamphlets African American mothers West Indians Poor people Italian American women Statistical reliability Social conditions in New York (N.Y.) Social history Twentieth century History African American social conditions New York (N.Y.) United States
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