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Statistics is a human activity which is as old as the civilisation era as counting of livestock or prisoners goes back to the Soumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. Later under Aristoteles philosophy “observation on a systematic way” becomes Ptolemeus and the Alexandria’s library principle. Romans have practice the “population census”. In the modern times and since the 17th century “counting of populations” becomes a systematic administrative concern and starts giving rise to the organisation of statistical bureaux. By the end of the 19th century every European state possesses a National Statistical Service or Institute (NSI) which has the mission to produce “official statistics”, that is to collect and disseminate data on a systematic way, about the main economic and social phenomena.
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Franchet, Y., Nanopoulos, P. (1997). Statistical Science and the European Statistical System: Expectations and Perspectives. In: Malaguerra, C., Morgenthaler, S., Ronchetti, E. (eds) Conference on Statistical Science Honouring the Bicentennial of Stefano Franscini’s Birth. Monte Verità. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8930-8_9
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