{"product_id":"the-politics-of-large-numbers-a-history-of-statistical-reasoning-paperback","title":"The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlain Desrosières\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCamille Naish\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStatistics-driven thinking is ubiquitous in modern society. In this ambitious and sophisticated study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the seventeenth century, Alain Desrosières 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo other work, in any language, covers such a broad spectrum--probability, mathematical statistics, psychology, economics, sociology, surveys, public health, medical statistics--in accurately synthesizing the history of statistics, with an emphasis on the conceptual development of social statistics, culminating in twentieth-century applied econometrics.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.06 x 5.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132553531527,"sku":"9780674009691","price":87.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5f3b0c8784c8dcf3d2286c287fa75d1d.webp?v=1732627315","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-politics-of-large-numbers-a-history-of-statistical-reasoning-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}