Statistical indicators for the economic and social sciences /

Main Author: Horn, Robert Victor
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
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100 1 |a Horn, Robert Victor 
245 1 |a Statistical indicators for the economic and social sciences /  |c Robert V. Horn. 
260 1 |a Cambridge, UK ;  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 1993.  |a New York, NY, USA : 
300 1 |a xii, 227 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-219) and index. 
505 1 |a Ch. 1. From Statistics to Indicators -- 1.1. Introduction. 1.2.Classification of indicators. 1.3. Operation and structure. 1.4.Indicators and scientific enquiry -- Ch. 2. Indicator Techniques. 2.1.Data handling. 2.2. Format. 2.3. Stocks and flows. 2.4. Ratios. 2.5.Aggregation and averages. 2.6. Scaling. 2.7. Weighting and equivalencescales. 2.8. Index numbers. 2.9. Correlation and regression. 2.10. Timeseries analysis. 2.11. Multivariate analysis -- Ch. 3. DevelopmentApplications of Indicators. 3.1. Development - general. 3.2. Grossnational product. 3.3. Accounts systems. 3.4. Ordinal evaluation. 3.5.Basic needs. 3.6. Income distribution. 3.7. Poverty. 3.8. Levels ofliving. 3.9. Human development. 3.10. Quality of life -- Ch. 4.Economic Applications of Indicators. 4.1. Economic activity. 4.2.Business cycles. 4.3. Stock exchange indexes. 4.4. Standardisedindicators. 4.5. International price comparisons. 4.6. Labour market.4.7. Productivity. 4.8. Performance. 
650 1 |a Economic indicators 
650 1 |a Social indicators 
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