Practical Statistics: A Handbook for the Use of the Statisticians at Work, Students in Colleges and Academies, Agents, Census Enumerators, Etc (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Practical Statistics: A Handbook for the Use of the Statisticians at Work, Students in Colleges and Academies, Agents, Census Enumerators, Etc

The first work written in relation to a new branch of a science or art is apt to be doubly unsatisfactory - to the author who is unable to refer to other writers and profit by the criticisms of their work, and to the reader who often fails to find the particular subject in which he is interested given the prominence he thinks it should receive.

The writer of this work had the advantage of ten years? Service as an accountant before beginning statistical work. Since June, 1873, or for nearly fifteen years, his duties have been statistical in their nature. Being naturally inventive, he has not been bound by old methods but has endeavored to introduce improvements in the manner of doing statisti cal work. He has been advised to put into book form the principal features of his system of practical statistical work, and the results of his experience in the past fifteen years, including his connection with three censuses - two State and one National.

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