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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A Dictionary of Quotations C.C. Gaither. Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group http://taylorandfrancis.com CONTENTS PREFACE xi ACTUARY 1 ANALYSIS 2 AVERAGE 6 BAYESIAN.
A Dictionary of Quotations C.C. Gaither. Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group http://taylorandfrancis.com CONTENTS PREFACE xi ACTUARY 1 ANALYSIS 2 AVERAGE 6 BAYESIAN.
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A Dictionary of Quotations C.C. Gaither. CONTENTS. PREFACE xi ACTUARY 1 ANALYSIS 2 AVERAGE 6 BAYESIAN 18 CAUSE AND EFFECT 19 CERTAINTY 30 CHANCE 34 COMMON SENSE 50 CORRELATION 52 DATA 55 DEFINITIONS 59 DEGREES OF FREEDOM 64 DESIGN OF ...
A Dictionary of Quotations C.C. Gaither. CONTENTS. PREFACE xi ACTUARY 1 ANALYSIS 2 AVERAGE 6 BAYESIAN 18 CAUSE AND EFFECT 19 CERTAINTY 30 CHANCE 34 COMMON SENSE 50 CORRELATION 52 DATA 55 DEFINITIONS 59 DEGREES OF FREEDOM 64 DESIGN OF ...
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... solution of a problem. Unknown It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. Whitehead, Alfred North Science and the Modern World (p. 4) AVERAGE If at first you don't succeed, you are running ANALYSIS 5.
... solution of a problem. Unknown It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. Whitehead, Alfred North Science and the Modern World (p. 4) AVERAGE If at first you don't succeed, you are running ANALYSIS 5.
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... average. Alderson, M.H. Quoted in Paul Dickson's The Official Explanations (p. A-4) In respect of honour and ... average because they have the opportunity their constituents lack, of shouting in public. Atherton, Gertrude Senator North ...
... average. Alderson, M.H. Quoted in Paul Dickson's The Official Explanations (p. A-4) In respect of honour and ... average because they have the opportunity their constituents lack, of shouting in public. Atherton, Gertrude Senator North ...
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... 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 urine, when fasting, is different from ...
... 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 urine, when fasting, is different from ...
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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