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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Politique des grands nombres. English".
- catalog contributor b10842778.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-357) and index.".
- catalog description "Prefects and geometers -- Judges and astronomers -- Averages and the realism of aggregates --- Correlation and the realism of causes -- Statistics and the state: France and Great Britain -- Statistics and the state: Germany and the United States -- The part for the whole: monographs or representative samplings -- Classifying and encoding -- Modeling and adjusting.".
- catalog extent "368 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Politics of large numbers.".
- catalog identifier "0674689321 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Politics of large numbers.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Politics of large numbers.".
- catalog subject "519.5/09 21".
- catalog subject "HA19 .D4713 1998".
- catalog subject "Statistical services History.".
- catalog subject "Statistics History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prefects and geometers -- Judges and astronomers -- Averages and the realism of aggregates --- Correlation and the realism of causes -- Statistics and the state: France and Great Britain -- Statistics and the state: Germany and the United States -- The part for the whole: monographs or representative samplings -- Classifying and encoding -- Modeling and adjusting.".
- catalog title "Politique des grands nombres. English".
- catalog title "The politics of large numbers : a history of statistical reasoning / Alain Desrosières ; translated by Camille Naish.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".