Official statistics, public policy and public trust

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-346

  Holt, D Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Statistical Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Government statistical system; Official statistics; Organizational structures; Public confidence; Public policy; Public trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549131266     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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