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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... 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 vii Contents.
... 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 vii Contents.
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... Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from them by Induction, and admitting of no Objections against the Conclusions but such as are taken from Experiments, or other certain Truths. Newton, Sir Isaac Opticks ...
... Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from them by Induction, and admitting of no Objections against the Conclusions but such as are taken from Experiments, or other certain Truths. Newton, Sir Isaac Opticks ...
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... Experimental Medicine (p. 134) Chemical averages are also often used. If we collect a man's urine during twenty-four hours and mix all this urine to analyze the average, we get an analysis of a urine which simply does not exist; for ...
... Experimental Medicine (p. 134) Chemical averages are also often used. If we collect a man's urine during twenty-four hours and mix all this urine to analyze the average, we get an analysis of a urine which simply does not exist; for ...
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... Experimental Medicine (p. 66) Every effect becomes a cause. Buddhist Maxim The Causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves. Cicero Epistolae ad atticum Book IX, Section 5 The most important events are often ...
... Experimental Medicine (p. 66) Every effect becomes a cause. Buddhist Maxim The Causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves. Cicero Epistolae ad atticum Book IX, Section 5 The most important events are often ...
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... experiment. da Vinci, Leonardo The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Philosophy (p. 64) I understand that to be CAUSE OF ITSELF (causa sui) whose essence involves existence and whose nature cannot be conceived unless existing. de Spinoza ...
... experiment. da Vinci, Leonardo The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Philosophy (p. 64) I understand that to be CAUSE OF ITSELF (causa sui) whose essence involves existence and whose nature cannot be conceived unless existing. de Spinoza ...
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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