Statistics as organizational products

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Thomas, Ray ^a  

^a Institute of Educational Technology

Author keywords

Census; Data Creation; Evidence; Informal Formal Economy; Organizational Coordination; Organizations; Statistical Systems; Statistics; Unemployment; Unwitting Testimony

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006313255     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.36     Document Type: Article

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