LEADER 04053nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910777312503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-14853-9 010 $a9786611148539 010 $a0-387-72837-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-0-387-72837-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000413600 035 $a(EBL)336717 035 $a(OCoLC)233971345 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251084 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251084 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10248322 035 $a(PQKB)11105034 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-387-72837-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC336717 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL336717 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10222798 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114853 035 $a(PPN)123736722 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000413600 100 $a20080925d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aStatistical methods for human rights$b[electronic resource] /$fJana Asher, David Banks, Fritz J. Scheuren, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2008. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-387-72836-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $apt. 1. Statistical thinking on human rights topics -- pt. 2. Recent projects -- pt. 3. History and future possibilities -- pt. 4. A final word of warning. 330 $aHuman rights issues are shaping the modern world. They define the expectations by which nations are judged and affect the policy of governments, corporations, and foundations. They have set the agenda in prosecutions at the International Criminal Court at the Hague, funding decisions by the International Monetary Fund, and corporate expansion programs by multinationals. Statistics is central to the modern perspective on human rights. It allows researchers to measure the effect of health care policies, the penetration of educational opportunity, and progress towards gender equality. The new wave of entrepreneurial charities demands impact assessments and documentation of milestone achievement. Non-governmental organizations need statistics to build cases, conduct surveys, and target their efforts. This book describes the statistics that underlie the social science research in human rights. It includes case studies, methodology, and research papers that discuss the fundamental measurement issues. It is intended as an introduction to applied human rights research. The editors of the book are Jana Asher, David Banks, and Fritz Scheuren. Jana Asher led the first national human rights survey in Sierra Leone and provided statistical support for surveys in Iraq, Kosovo, East Timor and Peru. She is the former Senior Program Associate in the Science and Human Rights Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. David Banks is a professor of statistics at Duke University, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, recipient of the Roger Herriott Award, and currently editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association. Fritz Scheuren is the past-president of the American Statistical Association, a Fellow of the ASA, and Vice-President of Statistics at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. He has done human rights statistics in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Peru, Guatemala, East Timor and Columbia, and he advises the Country of Georgia on their Millennium Challenge proposal. 606 $aHuman rights$xStatistical methods 615 0$aHuman rights$xStatistical methods. 676 $a323.0727 686 $a70.03$2bcl 701 $aAsher$b Jana$01501685 701 $aBanks$b David L$0254049 701 $aScheuren$b Fritz$0961453 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777312503321 996 $aStatistical methods for human rights$93728972 997 $aUNINA