The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 34 No. 1 1952
On the Reliability of Soviet Statistics
Abstract
ITFALLS encountered in the use of Soviet statistics have been the subject of numerous articles on the Soviet Union. At the same time, however, there has been a considerable amount of agreement that data obtained from official pronouncements and statistical publications have meaning and significance.1 At least it is widely held that the Russians do not engage in outright falsification. Some additional evidence concerning the reliability of Soviet statistical data is contained in a recently released docu-
- DOI
- 10.2307/1928028
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 75
- Sources
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