The papers which form the present volume are the proceedings of the symposium "Personal Integrity and the Need for Data in the Social Sciences" held on March 15-17, 1976 at Hässelby Slott, Stockholm under the auspices of the Swedish Council for Social Science Research.
The participants in the symposium, as may be seen in part from the roster of people who presented papers and participated in discussions, brought widely varying perspectives to the theme of the symposium: attendants included representatives of various academic disciplines, especially the social sciences, and members of government statistics offices and of the Swedish Data Inspection Board. This variety naturally stimulated much interesting and enlightening discussion which, we believe, both brought about a better understanding of the different viewpoints presented and raised new questions of interest for future research.
The present proceedings reflect - except for the last day's discussion from the floor - the program of the symposium.
