Statistically Speaking: A Dictionary of QuotationsStatistically Speaking is a book of quotations. It brings together the best expressed thoughts that are especially illuminating and pertinent to the disciplines of probability and statistics. The book is an aid for the individual who loves to quote – and to quote correctly. |
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... Arthur Conan Doyle's The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Man with the Twisted Lip ... be wary of analysts that try to quantify the unquantifiable. Keeney, Ralph Raiffa, Howard Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Trade ...
... Arthur Conan Doyle's The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Man with the Twisted Lip ... be wary of analysts that try to quantify the unquantifiable. Keeney, Ralph Raiffa, Howard Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Trade ...
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... Arthur L. Elements of Statistics Part I, Chapter I (p. 8) Of itself an arithmetic average is more likely to conceal than to disclose important facts; it is the nature of an abbreviation, and is often an excuse for laziness. Bowley, Arthur ...
... Arthur L. Elements of Statistics Part I, Chapter I (p. 8) Of itself an arithmetic average is more likely to conceal than to disclose important facts; it is the nature of an abbreviation, and is often an excuse for laziness. Bowley, Arthur ...
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... Arthur, T.S. Ten Nights in a Bar Room and What I Saw There Night the Fifth The law of cause and effect does not hide in the realm of the unexpected when intelligent beings go looking for it. Atherton, Gertrude Senator North Book II, XXI ...
... Arthur, T.S. Ten Nights in a Bar Room and What I Saw There Night the Fifth The law of cause and effect does not hide in the realm of the unexpected when intelligent beings go looking for it. Atherton, Gertrude Senator North Book II, XXI ...
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... which is really the only notable feature about the thing. Holmes, Sherlock in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Copper Beeches "A coincidence! Here is one of the three men who CAUSE AND EFFECT 23.
... which is really the only notable feature about the thing. Holmes, Sherlock in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Copper Beeches "A coincidence! Here is one of the three men who CAUSE AND EFFECT 23.
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... Arthur Conan Doyle's The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Second Stain In a word, then, every effect is a distinct event from its cause. Hume, David An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Section IV (p. 28) From causes ...
... Arthur Conan Doyle's The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Second Stain In a word, then, every effect is a distinct event from its cause. Hume, David An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Section IV (p. 28) From causes ...
Contents
PERCENTAGES | 151 |
PRAYER | 154 |
PREDICTION | 156 |
PROBABILITY | 158 |
PROBABLE | 183 |
PROBLEMS | 187 |
QUALITY CONTROL | 188 |
QUEUE | 190 |
CORRELATION | 52 |
DATA | 55 |
DEFINITIONS | 59 |
DEGREES OF FREEDOM | 64 |
DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS | 65 |
DICE | 67 |
DISTRIBUTIONS | 71 |
ERROR | 76 |
EXPERIMENT | 83 |
FACTS | 89 |
FORECAST | 106 |
GAMBLING | 111 |
GRAPHICS | 113 |
HYPOTHESES | 117 |
IMPOSSIBLE | 122 |
INFINITE | 125 |
KNOWLEDGE | 126 |
LAWS | 127 |
LIKELIHOOD | 134 |
MEASUREMENT | 136 |
MODELS | 140 |
OBSERVATIONS | 142 |
ORDER | 148 |
OUTLIERS | 150 |
RANDOMNESS | 191 |
REASON | 193 |
RECURSION | 196 |
REGRESSION | 197 |
RESEARCH | 199 |
RESIDUALS | 200 |
SAMPLE | 201 |
SCIENCE | 204 |
STATISTICAL | 206 |
STATISTICIAN | 221 |
STATISTICS | 234 |
SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES | 266 |
SYMMETRY | 268 |
TABLES | 269 |
TEACHING | 271 |
TESTING | 273 |
THEORY | 275 |
TRUTH | 284 |
VARIABILITY | 285 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 289 |
PERMISSIONS | 320 |
SUBJECT BY AUTHOR INDEX | 331 |
AUTHOR BY SUBJECT INDEX | 398 |
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Statistically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations C.C. Gaither,Alma E Cavazos-Gaither No preview available - 1996 |
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