The Idea of Humanizing Statistical Data Presented through the Works of Yaroslav V. Sokolov
This article addresses the 80th anniversary of the birth of Yaroslav V. Sokolov - a professor, a world-renowned Russian scientist famous for his contribution to the development of theory and practice of accounting. The paper covers the scientist’s approaches, views and theoretical positions with regard to certain branches of economic statistics and statistical accounting that are still relevant today. The authors focus on those theses of Sokolov’s scientific research that referred to the need for coordination and harmonization of accounting and statistics within the integrated information space for different levels of management. The evolution of Sokolov’s views on the perception and interpretation of statistical data by the scientific community is considered. The paper analyses problems of humanizing statistical information and the place of statistics in the information space.