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Statystyka a etyka/Statistics and Ethics Approach to the Issue of Social Elites

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  • Bohdan Wyznikiewicz

    (Central Statistical Office and Gdañsk Institute for Market Economics)

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The article concerns ethical rules complied with both by public statistics and users of public statistics. Ethical rules in statistics are partly codified in the European Statistics Code of Practice published by Eurostat, the statistical bureau of the European Union. Implementation of this code is subject to periodical reviews. The second part of the paper deals with various manipulations of statistical data performed by its users. The thesis of the paper states that if non-ethical practices appear, either in public statistics or in manipulations by users, they are relatively quickly denounced. This thesis is supported by some empirical facts.

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  • Bohdan Wyznikiewicz, 2015. "Statystyka a etyka/Statistics and Ethics Approach to the Issue of Social Elites," Annales. Ethics in Economic Life, University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, vol. 18(2), pages 105-113, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ann:journl:v:18:y:2015:i:2:p:105-113
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    public statistics; Eurostat; users of statistics; manipulations on statistical data;
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    • C18 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Methodolical Issues: General

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