Denis F Johnston
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 266752 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Denis F Johnston |
| NOMBRES | Denis F |
| APELLIDO | Johnston |
| FIRMA | JOHNSTON D F |
| AFILIACIONES | Washington, D. C. |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1955 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1989 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Whatever Happened to Social Indicators? A Symposium
Twenty years ago the publication of Toward a Social Report by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare was hailed as a major forward step in developing indicators of conditions in society into a national system of social accounting of relevance to public policy. The resulting social indicators movement quickly mobilized able social scientists to produce a variety of indicators monitoring trends in their society, and internati…
Some Reflections on the United States
In retrospect, I think that the fate that befell the social indicators ‘movement's rich array of economic statistics and related measures were simply inadequate indicators of emerging developments and issues under prevailing conditions of rapid social change and severe social strains. The felt need was for more adequate monitoring and reporting of social conditions and processes – implying a need to develop improved measures of these phenomena, t…
Toward a comprehensive ‘quality-of-life’ index
The development of social statistics and indicators on the status of women
Census Concepts as Knowledge Filters for Public Policy A dvisors
Several of our most familiar statistical measures of important socioeconomic phenomena are examined with the aim of suggesting that excessive reliance on such facile quantifications of complex social realities may distort the perceptions of both policy makers and the general public
Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
Chapter 11
Our ability to monitor social change and evaluate the condition of our society by means of social indicators depends on our ability to measure a wide variety of social phenomena with acceptable reliability and precision. Thus efforts to improve social measurement—both measurement techniques and data collection procedures—are central to the development of improved social indicators. But if these activities are closely linked, they remain separate …
Social Indicators 1976--A Reply to the Critics
"Now, to "Find Out the Cause
How Long Before We Get a Volume of Social Indicators
Picturing the Nation
Postlude
Recent federal efforts to produce social indicator reports are a partial response to the growing perception that economic indicators alone cannot provide an adequate informational basis for developing viable public policies and programs. That perception stems in part from the rise in public concern regarding the nonmaterial ingredients of the good life and in part from the emergence of a bewildering variety of problem areas whose components inclu…
The Population of Jamaica
Culture and Human Fertility
For a Science of Social Man
Toward a comprehensive ‘quality-of-life’ index
Whatever Happened to Social Indicators? A Symposium
Twenty years ago the publication of Toward a Social Report by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare was hailed as a major forward step in developing indicators of conditions in society into a national system of social accounting of relevance to public policy. The resulting social indicators movement quickly mobilized able social scientists to produce a variety of indicators monitoring trends in their society, and internati…
The development of social statistics and indicators on the status of women
Chapter 11
Our ability to monitor social change and evaluate the condition of our society by means of social indicators depends on our ability to measure a wide variety of social phenomena with acceptable reliability and precision. Thus efforts to improve social measurement—both measurement techniques and data collection procedures—are central to the development of improved social indicators. But if these activities are closely linked, they remain separate …
Postlude
Recent federal efforts to produce social indicator reports are a partial response to the growing perception that economic indicators alone cannot provide an adequate informational basis for developing viable public policies and programs. That perception stems in part from the rise in public concern regarding the nonmaterial ingredients of the good life and in part from the emergence of a bewildering variety of problem areas whose components inclu…
Some Reflections on the United States
In retrospect, I think that the fate that befell the social indicators ‘movement's rich array of economic statistics and related measures were simply inadequate indicators of emerging developments and issues under prevailing conditions of rapid social change and severe social strains. The felt need was for more adequate monitoring and reporting of social conditions and processes – implying a need to develop improved measures of these phenomena, t…
Census Concepts as Knowledge Filters for Public Policy A dvisors
Several of our most familiar statistical measures of important socioeconomic phenomena are examined with the aim of suggesting that excessive reliance on such facile quantifications of complex social realities may distort the perceptions of both policy makers and the general public
"Now, to "Find Out the Cause
For a Science of Social Man
Culture and Human Fertility
The Population of Jamaica
Social Indicators 1976--A Reply to the Critics
"Now, to "Find Out the Cause
How Long Before We Get a Volume of Social Indicators
Picturing the Nation
Postlude
Recent federal efforts to produce social indicator reports are a partial response to the growing perception that economic indicators alone cannot provide an adequate informational basis for developing viable public policies and programs. That perception stems in part from the rise in public concern regarding the nonmaterial ingredients of the good life and in part from the emergence of a bewildering variety of problem areas whose components inclu…
Chapter 11
Our ability to monitor social change and evaluate the condition of our society by means of social indicators depends on our ability to measure a wide variety of social phenomena with acceptable reliability and precision. Thus efforts to improve social measurement—both measurement techniques and data collection procedures—are central to the development of improved social indicators. But if these activities are closely linked, they remain separate …
Census Concepts as Knowledge Filters for Public Policy A dvisors
Several of our most familiar statistical measures of important socioeconomic phenomena are examined with the aim of suggesting that excessive reliance on such facile quantifications of complex social realities may distort the perceptions of both policy makers and the general public
Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
The development of social statistics and indicators on the status of women
Toward a comprehensive ‘quality-of-life’ index
Whatever Happened to Social Indicators? A Symposium
Twenty years ago the publication of Toward a Social Report by the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare was hailed as a major forward step in developing indicators of conditions in society into a national system of social accounting of relevance to public policy. The resulting social indicators movement quickly mobilized able social scientists to produce a variety of indicators monitoring trends in their society, and internati…
Some Reflections on the United States
In retrospect, I think that the fate that befell the social indicators ‘movement's rich array of economic statistics and related measures were simply inadequate indicators of emerging developments and issues under prevailing conditions of rapid social change and severe social strains. The felt need was for more adequate monitoring and reporting of social conditions and processes – implying a need to develop improved measures of these phenomena, t…
Sociology (11 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Economics (6 obras) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (4 obras) · Population (4 obras) · Social science (4 obras) · Socioeconomic status (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Data collection (3 obras)