: Sarah E. IGO
: Averaged American Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public
: Harvard University Press
: 9780674038943
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: CHF 22.20
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: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Stochastik, Mathematische Statistik
: English
supports the death penalty, that half of all marriages end in divorce, and that four out of five prefer a particular brand of toothpaste. But remarkably, such data--now woven into our social fabric--became common currency only in the last century. With a bold and sophisticated analysis, Sarah Igo demonstrates the power of scientific surveys to shape Americans' sense of themselves as individuals, members of communities, and citizens of a nation.