Words and numbers: For a sociology of the statistical argument

The Mutual Construction of Statistics and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 41-63

  Desrosières, Alain ^a  

^a Centre Alexandre Koyré CRHST   (France)

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EID: 80455169120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203846612     Document Type: Chapter

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