The Statistical Method in Economics and Political Science: A Treatise on the Quantitative and Institutional Approach to Social and Industrial Problems

ISBN-13: 9780815354253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 544 str.

Philip Sargant Florence

Opis

Originally published in 1929. Applying statistical analysis to economic and political theories for the quantitative approach in social / industrial problems, this book covers methods of statistical measurement; principles and fallacies of applying these measures to economic and political fields; and the resulting construction of a statistical framework.

Spis treści

Part 1: Mood and Matter of Statistical Inquiry 1. The Function of Economics, Political Science, and Statistics 2. The Statistical Method Set Forth 3. Focus and Scope of Economics and Political Science 4. Economic, Political, and Institutional Interrelations Part 2: The Statistical Measurement of Economic and Political Data 5. Language and Types of Statistical Measurement 6. The Summary Measurement of a Single Character 7. Risk and Uncertainty 8. The Measurement of Time and Space Tendencies 9. The Measurement of Relationships Between Characters Part 3: Statistical Fieldwork in Economics and Political Science 10. Statistics Applied in Description 11. Statistics Applied in Generalization 12. The Canvass of Possible Causal Relations 13. Statistics’ Part in Causal Interpretation 14. Non-Statistical Analysis and Interpretation Part 4: Sketch for a Statistical Economics and Politics 15. Modification of the Concepts and Assumptions of Economic Theory 16. The Measurement of Economic Variations 17. The Interpretation of Economic Variations 18. The Physical and Psycho-Physiological Basis of Economic Variation 19. The Framework and Data of Statistical Politics 20. The Statistical Summary and Interpretation of Political Variations 21. Systematic Index of Economic and Political Issues Statistically Approached: A Table of Cross-References

O autorze

P. Sargant Florence