Information function is the most basic function of statistics, because the main purpose of statistics is to collect, process, analyze and provide a lot of social and economic information, which provides an important basis for scientific decision-making and management. Statistical information is the most basic and comprehensive information in social and economic information, covering the national economy, regions, the world and other fields, with the most extensive and systematic characteristics.
Through statistical information, we can understand the economic and social development, find existing problems and contradictions, and provide data support for government decision-making. Information function is the premise to ensure the effective function of consultation and supervision. Therefore, information function is the most basic function of statistics and plays a fundamental and decisive role in statistics.
The functions of statistics include information function, consultation function and supervision function.
1, the information function is the most basic function of statistics, that is to say, statistics has the function of information service, that is, statistics obtain statistical data through systematic collection, collation and analysis, and then refine and screen them repeatedly on the basis of statistical data to provide a large number of valuable statistical information with quantitative description as the basic feature to serve the society.
2. Consulting function refers to the service function that statistics can provide consulting suggestions and countermeasures, that is, the statistical department uses a large number of statistical information resources it has mastered to provide consulting suggestions and countermeasures for macro and micro decision-making and scientific management after further analysis, synthesis and judgment.
3. The supervision function refers to timely and accurately reflecting the overall operation state of economy, society and science and technology according to statistical investigation and analysis, revealing the deviation in social and economic operation through statistics, conducting comprehensive and systematic quantitative inspection, monitoring and early warning, and promoting the sustained, stable and coordinated development of the national economy according to the requirements of objective laws. The supervision function can help decision makers find problems in time, adjust policies and measures, and ensure the stable development of economy and society.