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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... George The George Eliot Letters Volume II (p. 251) It is not the first use but the tiresome repetition of inadequate catchwords which I am observing—phrases which originally were contributions, but which, by their very felicity, delay ...
... George The George Eliot Letters Volume II (p. 251) It is not the first use but the tiresome repetition of inadequate catchwords which I am observing—phrases which originally were contributions, but which, by their very felicity, delay ...
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... George A Petite Pallace of Pettie His Pleasure Volume I Germanicus and Agrippina On the assumption that all happens by Cause, it is easy to discover the nearest determinants of any particular act or state to trace it plainly to them ...
... George A Petite Pallace of Pettie His Pleasure Volume I Germanicus and Agrippina On the assumption that all happens by Cause, it is easy to discover the nearest determinants of any particular act or state to trace it plainly to them ...
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... George Bernard Back to Methuselah Act I In the Beginning Not a resemblance, but a certainty. Shakespeare, William The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Measure for Measure Act IV, Scene 2, 1. 203 All predictions are statistical, but ...
... George Bernard Back to Methuselah Act I In the Beginning Not a resemblance, but a certainty. Shakespeare, William The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Measure for Measure Act IV, Scene 2, 1. 203 All predictions are statistical, but ...
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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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