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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... : CC Gaither and A E Cavazos - Gaither “ Bet you he's a statistician ! ” ( Statistician ) A figure head . Esar , Evan Esar's Comic Dictionary Statistically Speaking A Dictionary of Quotations About the Compilers Carl. “ Statistically Cover.
... : CC Gaither and A E Cavazos - Gaither “ Bet you he's a statistician ! ” ( Statistician ) A figure head . Esar , Evan Esar's Comic Dictionary Statistically Speaking A Dictionary of Quotations About the Compilers Carl. “ Statistically Cover.
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... figures that are obviously correct contain errors. (2) It is customary for a decimal to be misplaced. (3) An error that can creep into a calculation, will. Also, it will always be in the direction that will cause the most damage to the ...
... figures that are obviously correct contain errors. (2) It is customary for a decimal to be misplaced. (3) An error that can creep into a calculation, will. Also, it will always be in the direction that will cause the most damage to the ...
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... Figures On the Average (p. 34) A want of the habit of observing and an inveterate habit of taking averages are each of them often equally misleading. Nightingale, Florence Notes on Nursing Chapter XIII The average American is just like ...
... Figures On the Average (p. 34) A want of the habit of observing and an inveterate habit of taking averages are each of them often equally misleading. Nightingale, Florence Notes on Nursing Chapter XIII The average American is just like ...
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... 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 The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside and John Dyer Hymn to Science ...
... 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 The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside and John Dyer Hymn to Science ...
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... figures could express them. No, my dear Watson, the two events are connected—must be connected. It is for us to find the connection." Holmes, Sherlock in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Second ...
... figures could express them. No, my dear Watson, the two events are connected—must be connected. It is for us to find the connection." Holmes, Sherlock in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Complete Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Second ...
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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