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.
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.
* Introduction * Part I: Uses of Statistics for Description * 1: Herman Chernoff: Issues in DNA Fingerprinting * 2: Thomas B. Jabine: The Emerging Field of Human Rights Statistics * 3: David S.C. Chu and Nancy L. Spruill: Making Defense Decisions: What Role Might a Statistical Perspective Play? * 4: Stephen E. Fienberg: Ethics, Objectivity, and Politics: Statistics in a Public Policy Perspective * 5: William H. Kruskjal and Stephen M. Stigler: Normative Terminology: "Normal" in Statistics and Elsewhere * Part II Data Collection * 6: W. Allen Wallis: Statistics In Washington, 1935-1945 * 7: Leslie Kish: Periodic and Rolling Samples and Censuses * 8: Philip Redfern: Numbering the People: Issues of Accuracy, Privacy and Open Government * 9: Allan R. Sampson: Surveying Individuals with Disabilities * 10: James S. Coleman: Constructed Social Networks in the Study of Diffusion * Part III Uses of Statistics for Policy Analysis * 11: Nathan Keyfitz: Why Forecasts Fail and Policies Are Often Frustrated * 12: Lincoln E. Moses and Frederick Mosteller: Experimentation: Just Do It! * 13: Stephen P. Dresch and Kenneth R. Janson: Talents, Rewards and Professional Choice: A General Equilibrium Analysis * 14: Sam L. Savage: Statistical Analysis for the Masses * Index
* Introduction * Part I: Uses of Statistics for Description * 1: Herman Chernoff: Issues in DNA Fingerprinting * 2: Thomas B. Jabine: The Emerging Field of Human Rights Statistics * 3: David S.C. Chu and Nancy L. Spruill: Making Defense Decisions: What Role Might a Statistical Perspective Play? * 4: Stephen E. Fienberg: Ethics, Objectivity, and Politics: Statistics in a Public Policy Perspective * 5: William H. Kruskjal and Stephen M. Stigler: Normative Terminology: "Normal" in Statistics and Elsewhere * Part II Data Collection * 6: W. Allen Wallis: Statistics In Washington, 1935-1945 * 7: Leslie Kish: Periodic and Rolling Samples and Censuses * 8: Philip Redfern: Numbering the People: Issues of Accuracy, Privacy and Open Government * 9: Allan R. Sampson: Surveying Individuals with Disabilities * 10: James S. Coleman: Constructed Social Networks in the Study of Diffusion * Part III Uses of Statistics for Policy Analysis * 11: Nathan Keyfitz: Why Forecasts Fail and Policies Are Often Frustrated * 12: Lincoln E. Moses and Frederick Mosteller: Experimentation: Just Do It! * 13: Stephen P. Dresch and Kenneth R. Janson: Talents, Rewards and Professional Choice: A General Equilibrium Analysis * 14: Sam L. Savage: Statistical Analysis for the Masses * Index
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