The Politics of Measurable Precision: The Emergence of Sampling Techniques in Canada’s Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Baud and Prevost offer a history of 20th-century Canadian government statistics, focusing on the era between WWI and WWII.

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Published in:The Canadian historical review 1998-12, Vol.79 (4), p.691-725
Main Authors: Beaud, Jean-Pierre, Prévost, Jean-Guy
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Canada
Censuses
Data collection
Government
Government agencies
Government information
Historical analysis
History
Politics
Population
Sampling
Statistics
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Censuses
Data collection
Government
Government agencies
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Historical analysis
History
Politics
Population
Sampling
Statistics
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