Statistically Speaking: A Dictionary of QuotationsCRC Press, 26 nov 2018 - 420 pagina's Statistically 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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Pagina 12
... question "How many legs does a normal man have?" should be answered by finding a statistical average. And since some men have only one leg, or none, this would lead inevitably to the conclusion that a "normal" man is equipped with one ...
... question "How many legs does a normal man have?" should be answered by finding a statistical average. And since some men have only one leg, or none, this would lead inevitably to the conclusion that a "normal" man is equipped with one ...
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... Question 22. God's Providence Article 2. Is everything subject to divine Providence? Thus all the action of men must necessarily be referred to seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, anger, and desire. Aristotle The ...
... Question 22. God's Providence Article 2. Is everything subject to divine Providence? Thus all the action of men must necessarily be referred to seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, anger, and desire. Aristotle The ...
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... question of cause and effect, and consequently, all the finality there observed must always be regarded simply as formal, and never as a physical end. Kant, Immanuel Philosophical Writings The Critique of Judgment Critique of ...
... question of cause and effect, and consequently, all the finality there observed must always be regarded simply as formal, and never as a physical end. Kant, Immanuel Philosophical Writings The Critique of Judgment Critique of ...
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... Question 103. God's Government taken as a Whole Article 5. Whether all things are subject to God's government Clearly none of the traditional sciences concerns itself with the accidental. Aristotle Metaphysics Book XI, Chapter VIII To ...
... Question 103. God's Government taken as a Whole Article 5. Whether all things are subject to God's government Clearly none of the traditional sciences concerns itself with the accidental. Aristotle Metaphysics Book XI, Chapter VIII To ...
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... question of calculating the chances. Aron, Raymond The Opium of the Intellectuals Chapter VI The Illusion of Necessity (p. 165) Chance is the fool's name for fate. Astaire, Fred The movie The Gay Divorcee Games of chance are probably as ...
... question of calculating the chances. Aron, Raymond The Opium of the Intellectuals Chapter VI The Illusion of Necessity (p. 165) Chance is the fool's name for fate. Astaire, Fred The movie The Gay Divorcee Games of chance are probably as ...
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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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