Chile 1810-2010: La República en cifras. Jose Luis huertas Diaz

enough alternative background information to enable interested parties to generate different (competing) series.

      Next, a justification for the second characteristic of these series, that is, their homogeneous coverage and annual basis. Why insist on the latter and not instead present only basic information, such as reports provided by statistical agencies? This solution offers two advantages. On the one hand, a simpler and less costly procedure and on the other, results that are not associated to the idea of a construction. That is, data would simply reflect the basic observation as collected, the historical data as such, free from prejudice, technical games, or maybe even sophisticated attempts to sow deception.