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THIS small and readable volume contains a slight but comprehensive sketch of the main features of political and social statistics. It shows how the necessary data have to be obtained, how they should be discussed, and how the final results may be most clearly published, whether in a graphic or a tabular form. It enters into no technicalities, it is of very little value as a storehouse of information, and it contains perhaps no remarks that are strikingly original, but being written by a very competent statistician it has the merit of giving a good, general idea of the range of statistical inquiry and of its national value. It is well calculated to instruct those who may desire to obtain a broad and just view of the efforts, the difficulties, and the achievements of modern statisticians.
Die Naturkräfte.—Die Gesetzmäszigkeit im Gesellschaftsleben.
Statische Studien von Dr. Georg Mayr., Ministerialrath und Universitäts Professor. (München: R. Oldenbourg, 1877.)
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G., F. Die Naturkräfte.—Die Gesetzmäszigkeit im Gesellschaftsleben . Nature 16, 500 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016500a0
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