Browsing JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847- by Subject "Official statistics"

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    • 175 Years of Mismeasuring Ireland?: Some Traps Set by Historical Data 

      de Bromhead, Alan; Fernihough, Alan; Ó Gráda, Cormac (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2022)
      This paper outlines potential pitfalls in interpreting some Irish official statistics through history. We describe and discuss somewhat misleading aspects of statistics relating to agriculture, migration, age and vital ...

    • The development of official Irish statistics 

      Linehan, T. P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
      The trail of the development of and responsibility for Official Statistics that I am following in this presentation starts effectively from the Larcom involvement in the 1841 Census of Population (Section 2) and leads to: ...

    • The organisation of official statistics in Saorstat Eireann and in some other countries 

      Lyon, Stanley (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1933)
      In the complexity of modern life, governments and peoples require a vast and ever-increasing fund of measurable facts, or as they are called "statistics," for their work and weal. They require to know the size and ...

    • Trinity Week Academic Symposium - Data for policy and research 

      O'Hanlon, G. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)
      The availability of high quality statistical data on economic and social conditions is a fundamental prerequisite for ensuring an effective partnership between policy makers and academic researchers in contributing to the ...