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The Collection and Presentation of Public Statistics

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IT is a matter of common knowledge to all who have had occasion to use official statistics, whether published or Departmental, that the national and Imperial equipment for obtaining and publishing statistical data is very imperfect in its scope and inadequate in its machinery.

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  1. Chairman, Official Statistics Committee. Royal Statistical Society, 9 Adelphi Terrace, Strand, London, W.C.2

    GEOFFREY DRAGE

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DRAGE, G. The Collection and Presentation of Public Statistics. Nature 103, 385 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103385a0

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