Journal article
Statistical Developments in Australia
Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol.11(42767), pp.63-73
1981
Abstract
Australian statistical procedures have changed markedly over the past two decades or so. This is true of the organization of the statistical agencies, the major sources of the official statistics and also of the nature of the statistics collected. While the many changes have been documented in diverse official sources, the question of providing an overview of the current situation in one readily accessible source has been sadly neglected. This paper is directed at this deficiency and is divided into Five sections. Section One traces the evolution of the present day Australian statistical organization, Section Two gives the functions of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Section Three provides information on the major sources of Australian statistics. Section Four discusses the merits of frequently published data. Finally, section Five provides comments on some major (topical) Australian economic and business statistics. © 1981 Economic Society of Australia (Queensland) Inc.
Details
- Title
- Statistical Developments in Australia
- Authors
- H U Tamaschke (Author) - University of QueenslandSteve R Harrison (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol.11(42767), pp.63-73
- Publisher
- Economic Society of Australia Inc.
- Date published
- 1981
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0313-5926(81)50006-3
- ISSN
- 0313-5926; 0313-5926
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 1981 The Authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451198702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
- Research Statement
- false
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