STATISTICS AS A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE (Statystyka zrodlem wiedzy (Referat wygloszony na zjezdzie wroclawskiego oddzialu PTS))

• Authors: Ostasiewicz Walenty
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This paper addresses the problem of social roots of statistics, and particularly it highlights its role in transforming data into knowledge. Statistics is the only tool enabling effective move from the welfare state to the welfare society. Following the Gurria's call for a new generation of statistics, the main ways for the development of this new statistics are also discussed. The problem how to meet new social needs rising in information societies or societies based on knowledge is also briefly discussed.

Keywords

EN

SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE; STATISTICS; WELFARE SOCIETY

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Śląski Przegląd Statystyczny
• Year: 2010
• Issue: 8(14)
• Pages: 81-106
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ostasiewicz Walenty

• Walenty Ostasiewicz, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wroclawiu, Katedra Statystyki, ul. Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wroclaw, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA10774