Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, Volume 17The Association, 1921 - Computer network resources A scientific and educational journal not only for professional statisticians but also for economists, business executives, research directors, government officials, university professors, and others who are seriously interested in the application of statistical methods to practical problems, in the development of more useful methods, and in the improvement of basic statistical data. |
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Page 170 - Spec., accumulated and accepted knowledge which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth ; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
Page 170 - Specifically, accumulated and accepted knowledge which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth.
Page 50 - Meanwhile in 1374 he was appointed Comptroller of the Customs and Subsidy of Wools, Skins, and Tanned Hides...
Page 127 - EDITOR'S PREFACE IN the autumn of 1914 when the scientific study of the effects of war upon modern life passed suddenly from theory to history, the Division of Economics and History of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace proposed to adjust the programme of its researches to the new and altered problems which the War presented. The existing programme, which had been prepared as the result of...
Page 38 - An ammain is defined as a gross demand for articles of consumption having a total money value equal to that demanded by the average male in the given class at the age when his total requirements for expense of maintenance reach a maximum.
Page 353 - ... and which, subject to the approval, review, and determination of the Federal Reserve Board, may be graduated or progressed on the basis of the amount of the advances and discount accommodations extended by the Federal reserve bank to the borrowing bank.
Page 83 - The data and conclusions of the Railroad Wage Commission relative to the advance in the cost of living are verified by the special investigations of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. A comparison of the results of each investigation is given in the table below. In 9 Weighted index number for 22 foodstuffs in 45 cities of the United States.
Page 98 - Consultations were held with anthropologists, statisticians, and pediatrists, and plans of tabulation were prepared in accordance with recommendations made by the authorities consulted. A careful selection was made of approximately one-twelfth of the cards which had been received. The basis of selection was fourfold: (1) The record card must have been signed by a physician; (2) no serious defects should have been noted; (3) the child must have been weighed and measured without clothing; as verified...
Page 333 - ... All aliens over sixteen years of age, physically capable of reading, who can 'not read the English language, or some other language or dialect, including Hebrew or Yiddish : Provided, That any admissible alien or any alien heretofore or hereafter legally admitted, or any citizen of the United States, may bring in or send for his father or grandfather over fifty-five years of age, his wife, his mother, his grandmother, or his unmarried or widowed daughter, if otherwise admissible, whether such...
Page 129 - Statistics, the duties of which shall be to collect, abstract, compile and publish statistical information relative to the commercial, industrial, social, economic and general activities and condition of the people...