The politics of large numbers : a history of statistical reasoning

By:

Desrosieres, Alain

Contributor(s):

Naish, Camille [translator]

Material type: Text

9780674009691

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

519.509 DES-P

Contents:

1. Prefects and Geometers

2. Judges and Astronomers

3. Averages and the Realism of Aggregates

4. Correlation and the Realism of Causes

5. Statistics and the State: France and Great Britain

6. Statistics and the State: Germany and the United States

7. The Part for the Whole: Monographs or Representative Samplings

8. Classifying and Encoding

9. Modeling and Adjusting

Summary: In this study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the seventeenth century, Alain Desrosieres shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments. He traces the complex reciprocity between modern governments and the mathematical artifacts that both dictate the duties of the state and measure its successes

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD General Stacks	Mathematics	519.509 DES-P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		013496

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Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Prefects and Geometers

2. Judges and Astronomers

3. Averages and the Realism of Aggregates

4. Correlation and the Realism of Causes

5. Statistics and the State: France and Great Britain

6. Statistics and the State: Germany and the United States

7. The Part for the Whole: Monographs or Representative Samplings

8. Classifying and Encoding

9. Modeling and Adjusting

In this study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the seventeenth century, Alain Desrosieres shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments. He traces the complex reciprocity between modern governments and the mathematical artifacts that both dictate the duties of the state and measure its successes

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