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5. Statistic and statistics.
Many of the models produced to-day by economists on the market or on real trends of utilitarian life, have a
quantitative form. But the lack of an adequate metric system makes their experimental confirmation
impossible, therefore these models remain a simple theory.
One of the most usual instruments in present day mercologic investigation is made up by statistics 1 . Statistics
is a mathematic science which allows to deduct, with a given probability degree, the value of some parameters
considered in a population, starting from the deep knowledge of parameters in a reduced chosen sample of
this population. Therefore statistics allows to apply sample-data to population data, within a chosen degree of
probability.
Statistics are used with very good results in many sciences. But in mercologics a problem appears which must
be solved. The problem does not concern the legitimity of statistics: the fact is not if a used statistics is
applicable or not -since its usefulness has been demonstrated- but to find out if the sample-data used are
trustworthy or not.
When we talk about monetary phenomena it must be pointed out that as long as the money system is not
rationalized and transformed into a real scientific metric system, the trustworthiness of the sample values will
be very doubtful and therefore the application of statistics will fail in its own basis.
The telematic cheque-invoice is therefore a necessary instrument to grant the exact recording of the
monetary-merchant phenomena observed and which are to be used later for a statistic generalization.
But it must be pointed out that the existence of mercometrics -a global accountancy, such as the one
obtainable by the centralization, according to appropriate programmes, of the telematic monetary network-
will cause that in many cases the statistic-deductive treatment will be reserved to new problems, since the
values of the monetary parameters considered in the population will become exactly known, and very
trustworthy (being the only source of error the telematic system itself).
This accounting centralization of the merchant-monetary activity will be analysed with more detail in the next
chapter.
Note:
1 We must clearly distinguish statistics (a mathematical technique) from statistics (a collection of evaluated
data).
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