LEADER 04237oam 2200697I 450 001 9910459238503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-93552-5 010 $a1-282-78130-8 010 $a9786612781308 010 $a0-203-84661-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203846612 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044742 035 $a(EBL)574460 035 $a(OCoLC)664551689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000423661 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11310988 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423661 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10439688 035 $a(PQKB)10217238 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC574460 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL574460 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10416643 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL278130 035 $a(OCoLC)693771840 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044742 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe mutual construction of statistics and society /$fedited by Ann Rudinow Sµtnan, Heidi Mork Lomell, and Svein Hammer 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge advances in research methods ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-81105-8 311 $a0-415-87370-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: By the Very Act of Counting-The Mutual Construction of Statistics and Society; Part I Overarching Themes and Approaches; 1 Numbers: Their Relation to Power and Organization; 2 Words and Numbers: For a Sociology of the Statistical Argument; 3 Sociology in the Making: Statistics as a Mediator between the Social Sciences, Practice, and the State; 4 Governing by Indicators and Outcomes: A Neoliberal Governmentality?; Part II Visibility, Invisibility and Transparency; 5 Ethnicity: Differences and Measurements 327 $a6 Seeing Like Citizens: Unofficial Understandings of Official Racial Categories in a Brazilian University7 Ideas in Action: "Human Development" and "Capability" as Intellectual Boundary Objects; Part III Accountability and Manageability; 8 Labeling and Tracking the Criminal in Mid-Nineteenth Century England and Wales: The Relationship between Governmental Structures and Creating Official Numbers; 9 From Categorization to Public Policy: The Multiple Roles of Electronic Triage; 10 Making Sense of Numbers: The Presentation of Crime Statistics in the Oslo Police Annual Reports, 1950-2008 327 $a11 Statistics on a Website: Governing Schools by Numbers12 Locating the Worths of Performance Indicators: Performing Transparencies and Accountabilities in Health Care; Part IV Reporting and Acts of Resistance; 13 Constructing Mirrors, Constructing Patients-with High Stakes Statistics; 14 GIS in Practice: Domestication of Statistics in Policing; Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index 330 $aStatistics are often seen as simple, straightforward, and objective descriptions of society. However, what we choose to count, what we choose not to count, who does the counting, and the categories and values we choose to apply when counting, matter. This volume addresses the ways in which statistics and numbers are gathered and applied in social science research. The contributors argue that we must become more aware of the power and the limitations of statistics. Learning statistics needs to be about more than simply mastering the techniques of using the tool; it needs to also be about lea 410 0$aRoutledge advances in research methods ;$v2. 606 $aStatistics 606 $aPublic administration 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStatistics. 615 0$aPublic administration. 676 $a001.4/33 701 $aHammer$b Svein$0858743 701 $aLomell$b Heidi Mork$0858744 701 $aSaetnan$b Ann Rudinow$0858745 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459238503321 996 $aThe mutual construction of statistics and society$91916825 997 $aUNINA