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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... CAUSE AND EFFECT 19 CERTAINTY 30 CHANCE 34 COMMON SENSE 50 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 ...
... CAUSE AND EFFECT 19 CERTAINTY 30 CHANCE 34 COMMON SENSE 50 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 ...
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... cause the most damage to the calculation. Deakly, G.C. Quoted in Paul Dickson's The Official Rules (M-126) The mere fact of naming an object tends to give definiteness to our conception of it—we have then a sign that at once calls up in ...
... cause the most damage to the calculation. Deakly, G.C. Quoted in Paul Dickson's The Official Rules (M-126) The mere fact of naming an object tends to give definiteness to our conception of it—we have then a sign that at once calls up in ...
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... seen any. Luchenbruch, Peter Unknown source ... there are at least 46,656 varieties of Bayesians. Wang, Chamont Sense and Nonsense of Statistical Inference (p. 158) CAUSE AND EFFECT Give me to learn each secret cause; 18 BAYESIAN.
... seen any. Luchenbruch, Peter Unknown source ... there are at least 46,656 varieties of Bayesians. Wang, Chamont Sense and Nonsense of Statistical Inference (p. 158) CAUSE AND EFFECT Give me to learn each secret cause; 18 BAYESIAN.
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... cause; Let number's figure motion's laws Revealed before me stand; These to great Nature's secret apply, And round the Globe, and through the sky, Disclose her working hand. Akenside, Mark ... causes, and trace them to 19 CAUSE AND EFFECT.
... cause; Let number's figure motion's laws Revealed before me stand; These to great Nature's secret apply, And round the Globe, and through the sky, Disclose her working hand. Akenside, Mark ... causes, and trace them to 19 CAUSE AND EFFECT.
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... cause. Bergson, Henri Creative Evolution (p. 17) First causes are outside the realm of science; they forever escape us in the sciences of living as well as in those of inorganic bodies. Bernard, Claude An Introduction to the Study of ...
... cause. Bergson, Henri Creative Evolution (p. 17) First causes are outside the realm of science; they forever escape us in the sciences of living as well as in those of inorganic bodies. Bernard, Claude An Introduction to the Study of ...
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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