Data and Dogma in Public Policy

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 94, Issue 446, 1999, Pages 359-364

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Committee on National Statistics; Consumer Price Index; Federal Statistical Service; Federal Statistical System; Measurement error; Official statistics; Social Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542428042     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1999.10474126     Document Type: Article

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