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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... 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 320 331 SUBJECT BY AUTHOR vm STATISTICALLY SPEAKING.
... 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 320 331 SUBJECT BY AUTHOR vm STATISTICALLY SPEAKING.
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... statistician and an actuary how much 2 plus 2 was. The accountant said "4". The mathematician said "It all depends on your number base." The engineer took out his slide-rule and said "approximately 3.99". The statistician consulted his ...
... statistician and an actuary how much 2 plus 2 was. The accountant said "4". The mathematician said "It all depends on your number base." The engineer took out his slide-rule and said "approximately 3.99". The statistician consulted his ...
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... statistician would say that, on the average, he's comfortable. Heller, Walter in Harry Hopkins' The Numbers Game: The Bland Totalitarianism Chapter 12, Faithful Partners Counter Attack (p. 270) They had on average, about a quarter of a ...
... statistician would say that, on the average, he's comfortable. Heller, Walter in Harry Hopkins' The Numbers Game: The Bland Totalitarianism Chapter 12, Faithful Partners Counter Attack (p. 270) They had on average, about a quarter of a ...
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... statisticians cited as "a variance of statisticians". I prefer "a skewer of statisticians". There might also be some specialized terminology for Bayesians, but I have not seen any. Luchenbruch, Peter Unknown source ... there are at ...
... statisticians cited as "a variance of statisticians". I prefer "a skewer of statisticians". There might also be some specialized terminology for Bayesians, but I have not seen any. Luchenbruch, Peter Unknown source ... there are at ...
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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