The official statistics olympic challenge: Wider, deeper, quicker, better, cheaper

American Statistician

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Holt, D Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census; Demographics; Economics; Health; Politics; Statistical integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846852424     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313007X168173     Document Type: Review

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