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Page 32
... greater per capita wealth of the State in that and in the immediately preceding years , as compared with ten years later and with twenty years . earlier . If a thorough relative test were applied , 32 [ 32 American Statistical Association .
... greater per capita wealth of the State in that and in the immediately preceding years , as compared with ten years later and with twenty years . earlier . If a thorough relative test were applied , 32 [ 32 American Statistical Association .
Page 33
... greater concentration . * The pyramid of fortunes , however , is of such a nature as not to lend itself readily to such diagramming . It is significant of prevailing inequality that the attempt to construct the curves fails be- cause of ...
... greater concentration . * The pyramid of fortunes , however , is of such a nature as not to lend itself readily to such diagramming . It is significant of prevailing inequality that the attempt to construct the curves fails be- cause of ...
Page 34
... greater concentra- tion . The scale used to represent the size of fortunes plotted must of course be identical for different sets of figures . The distance used to represent the logarithm of a given number of fortunes must also be the ...
... greater concentra- tion . The scale used to represent the size of fortunes plotted must of course be identical for different sets of figures . The distance used to represent the logarithm of a given number of fortunes must also be the ...
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... greater degree of concentration in 1880 than in 1890. The fact that the per capita wealth of Massachusetts in 1890 was less than in 1880 does not affect a test by the comparative slants of loga- rithmic curves . Neither does the ...
... greater degree of concentration in 1880 than in 1890. The fact that the per capita wealth of Massachusetts in 1890 was less than in 1880 does not affect a test by the comparative slants of loga- rithmic curves . Neither does the ...
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... greater than appears . In the test , by the comparative slant of logarithmic curves the effect of the most important sources of constant error may be evaded by disregarding the portion of the curve that repre- sents the number of small ...
... greater than appears . In the test , by the comparative slant of logarithmic curves the effect of the most important sources of constant error may be evaded by disregarding the portion of the curve that repre- sents the number of small ...
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Page 36 - Provided, that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants; nor unless it be with the consent and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of such town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose...
Page 76 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by...
Page 31 - cause to be taken on a special schedule of inquiry, according to such form as he may prescribe, the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and who are survivors at the time of said inquiry, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines.
Page 77 - And it shall be the duty of every owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, or agent of a hotel, apartment house, boarding or lodging house, tenement, or other building, when requested by the Director of the Census, or by any supervisor, enumerator, special agent, or other employee of the Census Office, acting under the instructions of the said director, to furnish the...
Page 9 - The Worth of a Penny: or, A Caution to keep Money. WITH THE CAUSES OF THE SCARCITY AND MISERY OF THE WANT THEREOF, in these hard and Merciless Times. As also HOW TO SAVE IT, in OUR DIET, APPAREL, RECREATIONS, &c.
Page 75 - That if any person shall receive or secure to himself any fee, reward, or compensation as a consideration for the appointment or employment of any person as enumerator or clerk or other employee, or shall in any way receive or secure to himself any part of the compensation...
Page 76 - Office, so as to permit of the collection of statistics for census purposes, including the proper and correct enumeration of all persons having their usual place of abode in said hotel• apartment house, boarding...
Page 72 - ... individual living out of a family competent to answer the inquiries made in compliance with the requirement of this act, then it shall be lawful for the enumerator to obtain the required information as nearly as may be practicable from the family or families or person or persons living nearest to such place of abode who may be competent to answer such inquiries.
Page 79 - Census is further authorized, in his discretion, to furnish to individuals such data from the population schedules as may be desired for genealogical or other proper purposes...
Page 24 - Proceedings of the annual conventions of the Association of Officials of Bureaus of Labor Statistics of America: Fourteenth (1898), Nineteenth (1903), Twentieth (1904), Twenty-first (1905), and Twenty-second (1906).