 | 1839 - 582 pages
...said, in the words of the Prospectus of this Society, to be the ascertaining and bringing together of those " facts which are calculated to illustrate the condition and prospects of society;" and the object of Statistical Science is to consider the results which they produce, with the view... | |
 | John Weale - 1852 - 966 pages
...a social union. Statistics, therefore, may be said to be the ascertaining and bringing together of those facts which are calculated to illustrate the condition and prospects of society ; and the object of statistical science is to consider the n-sulls which they produce, with the view... | |
 | John Weale - 1854 - 1004 pages
...a social union. Statistics, therefore, may be said to be the ascertaining and bringing together of those facts which are calculated to illustrate the condition and prospects of society ; and the object of statistical science is to consider the results which they produce, with the view... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1879 - 790 pages
..."Soo s •' •sl ^s ~s 651 350 358 549 428 328 1,359 | 1,306 sf *« 22 — — || AO 15 — 8 3-97 Statistical Society is certainly not only to bring...in Manchester, with 178 members, making in all 024 members. 1 Altogether the Societies for the propagation of physical and mathematical sciences exhibit... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1879 - 804 pages
...Society of Edinburgh . 350 428 22 — 1790 Royal Irish Academy .... 358 328 — g 1,359 1,305 — 3-97 Statistical Society is certainly not only to bring...Society in Manchester, with 178 members, making in all 924 members.1 Altogether the Societies for the propagntion of physical and mathematical sciences exhibit... | |
 | George Udny Yule - 1911 - 406 pages
...said, in the words of the prospectus of this Society, to be the ascertaining and bringing together of those facts which are calculated to illustrate the condition and prospects of society." l It is, however, admitted that "the statist commonly prefers to employ figures and tabular exhibitions."... | |
 | Federer - 1991 - 606 pages
...said, in the words of the prospectus of this Society, to be the ascertaining and bringing together of those facts which are calculated to illustrate the condition and prospects of society... the statist commonly prefers to employ figures and tabular exhibitions"; the adoption of the narrower... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1839 - 578 pages
...said, in the words of the Prospectus of this Society, to be the ascertaining and bringing together of those " facts which are calculated to illustrate the condition and prospects of society ;" and the object of Statistical Science is to consider the results which they produce, with the view... | |
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German origin, and is derived from the word flaat, signifying the same as our English word state, or a body of men existing in a social union. Statistics, therefore, may be said, in the words of the Prospectus of this Society, to be the ascertaining and... 