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| Introduction. The social significance of official statistics -- The BLS and the underestimation of unemployment -- The CDC and the overestimation of life expectancy -- The FBI and the miscalculation of crime -- The census bureau and the decennial undercount -- Why official statistics matter.. - "This book examines the measurement efforts of several government agencies responsible for some of the most widely watched social indicators on unemployment, life expectancy, crime, and population. It argues these official statistics are dubious at best, not so much objective barometers of social life but socially constructed metrics"--
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