On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Keith Hudson wrote: > But let me quote figures which are unequivocal. They are not statistics so > much as statements of fact. I assume you mean to say that the statistics you quote were based on a census of the population rather than estimates. Statistics are still statistics, whether based on comprehensive census or sampling. I worked in a school board administration office gathering statistics of school enrollment for two and a half years and, let me assure you, the reports we received from principals were not unequivocal statements of fact. One high school principal had so many "horses on the payroll" that it took about five years to bring that school's enrollment down to earth. > The Royal Commission on Popular Education > reported that, in 1861, there were 2,535,462 children at school out of a > school-age population of 2,655,767. >From the reports of factory inspectors, "being at school" could mean being crowded into a dim, overheated cubicle for a couple of hours a day with a "school master" who could read "summat". What is "school-age"? 6-15? 8-12? Temps Walker Sandwichman and Deconsultant
