Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency

Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-74

  Martin, Margaret E ^a   Straf, Miron L ^a   Citro, Constance F ^a  

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DOI: 10.17226/11252     Document Type: Book

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