Using statistics for desk research

Abstract

This is a very large subject area to discuss in forty minutes, therefore, I would like to begin by defining the aspects of the subject I intend to deal with. The statistics in the title refer to business and economic statistics only, examples of which are published by central statistical departments, trade associations and commercial publishers etc. Desk research is used to describe the process of gathering information available in published form, rather than obtaining the data directly.

Citation

Woolley, M. (1992), "Using statistics for desk research", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 44 No. 5, pp. 227-233. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051276