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Datenbanken der Historischen Statistik im ZHSF
[journal article]
Abstract The availability of historical statistical data of
high quality in machine-readable form for Germany is in a
lamentable condition. The existing data are scattered over
numerous publications. They are only partially available in
machine-readable form and only a small part of them is stored
in public ... view more
The availability of historical statistical data of
high quality in machine-readable form for Germany is in a
lamentable condition. The existing data are scattered over
numerous publications. They are only partially available in
machine-readable form and only a small part of them is stored
in public archives. But not only that most of the existing
machine-readable data are not archived, for Germany we also
miss a statistical handbook for the history of economy,
society and state - in printed as well as in electronic form -
which presents the relevant figures in a systematic way. The
online data bank HISTAT tries to offer the historical statistical
data to the scientific community. This data bank
does not only present the numerous figures and time series,
it also documents the various annotations which help to understand
the figures and the sources that have been the basis
for creating the figures by the researcher, and, last but not
least, it contains the literature which was consulted when
editing the data. The final goal of this data bank is to present
the data in a systematic way. Like the Statistical Yearbook,
the online data bank must offer the categorized time
series for different regions and branches, together with all
information that are necessary to understand and evaluate
historically the meaning of these statistical data.... view less
Keywords
electronic data processing; statistics; science of history; data bank; archives; data
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Information and Documentation, Libraries, Archives
Document language
German
Publication Year
2004
Page/Pages
p. 160-171
Journal
Historical Social Research, 29 (2004) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.29.2004.2.160-171
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed