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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... 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.
... 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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... Truths. Newton, Sir Isaac Opticks Book III, Part I Analysis, Cross-reference analysis, The age of analysis. Psychological, philosophical, poetic analysis. Not the event, but the picturing of the event. Sherman, Susan With Anger [With ...
... Truths. Newton, Sir Isaac Opticks Book III, Part I Analysis, Cross-reference analysis, The age of analysis. Psychological, philosophical, poetic analysis. Not the event, but the picturing of the event. Sherman, Susan With Anger [With ...
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... truth that every fact which has a beginning has a cause, is coextensive with human experience. Mill, John Stuart System of Logic Book III, V, 1 Before the effect one believes in other causes than after CAUSE AND EFFECT 25.
... truth that every fact which has a beginning has a cause, is coextensive with human experience. Mill, John Stuart System of Logic Book III, V, 1 Before the effect one believes in other causes than after CAUSE AND EFFECT 25.
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... truth of facts should be regulated by the superior number of probabilities on the one side or the other. Mansfield, Lord Quoted in Francis Wellman's The Art of Cross-Examination (p. 168) I must have certainty. Give it to me; or I will ...
... truth of facts should be regulated by the superior number of probabilities on the one side or the other. Mansfield, Lord Quoted in Francis Wellman's The Art of Cross-Examination (p. 168) I must have certainty. Give it to me; or I will ...
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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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