Social Statistics

Social Statistics refers to a scientific discipline whose object is the society, interpreted as the different modalities of interrelation among individuals. In this perspective, social statistics requires a specific apparatus of quantitative and formal methodologies, techniques, and instruments aimed at studying any issue related to the society, seen at microlevel (e.g., individuals) as well as at macrolevel (institutions, organizations, and so on), measured through a quantitative approach, and analyzed throughmathematical and computational instruments. The apparatus is consequently particularly remarkable, large, and varied consistently with the variety of social phenomena, which can be measured directly (rarely) or through indicators (very frequently). Traditionally, social statistics tends to exclude the topics related to the economic system and demographic dynamics, even though they represent in themselves social domains.