Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Discussion Paper Series/ Un Réseau stratégique de connaissances Changements de population et parcours de vie Document de travail

Article Title

Error in Demographic and Other Quantitative Data and Analyses

Authors

Thomas K. Burch Prof, Univ. of Victoria, CanadaFollow

Abstract

This paper is about errors in statistical data. My remarks are in two parts. The first part deals with the proposition that the statistical data we consume, analyse and produce contain more error from more sources than we sometimes recognise. The second asks: How can we better deal with these errors?

The topic of error in statistics can become highly technical, but for the most part this is not a technical presentation. It deals with common sense and experience; much of it is anecdotal.

Recommended Citation

Burch, Thomas K. Prof (2015) "Error in Demographic and Other Quantitative Data and Analyses," Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Discussion Paper Series/ Un Réseau stratégique de connaissances Changements de population et parcours de vie Document de travail: Vol. 3: Iss. 3, Article 1.
Available at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/pclc/vol3/iss3/1