Statistics and Public Policy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198523416 ISBN 13: 9780198523413

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1997

Synopsis

Statistics--data, methods, and thinking--play important and fascinating roles in public issues. Yet, these roles are sometimes unknown to statistics students and even to professional statisticians. This book indicates some connections between statistics and public issues such as government policy- or decision-making, public administration, law, and public debate. It describes examples of statistics in public policy areas as disparate as national defense, AIDS diffusion, DNA fingerprinting, human rights violations and scientific manpower among other areas. Although a small amount of statistical training is assumed, the emphasis is on ideas rather than technical detail or mathematical generality. This approach makes it equally accessible to statisticians and social scientists and also makes it an ideal resource for teachers of first-year statistics.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The purpose of this book is to provide information about connections between statistics and public issues and decision making, public administration, law, and public debate. The book describes examples of statistics in public policy areas as disparate as national defense, AIDS diffusion, DNA fingerprinting, human rights violations, scientific manpower, population registers and censuses, and individuals with disabilities.

About the Author:

B. D. Spencer is at Northwestern University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0198523416
• ISBN 13: 9780198523413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Spencer Bruce D.