Benefit-Cost Analysis of Data Used to Allocate Funds

by Bruce D. Spencer

This monograph treats the question of determining how much to spend for the collection and analysis of public data. This difficult problem for government statisticians and policy-makers is likely to become even more pressing in the near future. The approach taken here is to estimate and compare the benefits and costs of alternative data programs. Since data are used in many ways, the benefits are hard to measure. The strategy I have adopted focuses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387905111
• ISBN13: 9780387905112
• Release Date: September 1980
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"