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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... PREDICTION 156 158 PROBABILITY PROBABLE 183 187 188 PROBLEMS QUALITY CONTROL QUEUE RANDOMNESS 190 191 REASON 193 RECURSION 196 REGRESSION 197 RESEARCH 199 RESIDUALS 200 SAMPLE 201 SCIENCE 204 STATISTICAL 206 STATISTICIAN 221 STATISTICS ...
... PREDICTION 156 158 PROBABILITY PROBABLE 183 187 188 PROBLEMS QUALITY CONTROL QUEUE RANDOMNESS 190 191 REASON 193 RECURSION 196 REGRESSION 197 RESEARCH 199 RESIDUALS 200 SAMPLE 201 SCIENCE 204 STATISTICAL 206 STATISTICIAN 221 STATISTICS ...
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... a resemblance, but a certainty. Shakespeare, William The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Measure for Measure Act IV, Scene 2, 1. 203 All predictions are statistical, but some predictions have such a 32 STATISTICALLY SPEAKING.
... a resemblance, but a certainty. Shakespeare, William The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Measure for Measure Act IV, Scene 2, 1. 203 All predictions are statistical, but some predictions have such a 32 STATISTICALLY SPEAKING.
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A Dictionary of Quotations C.C. Gaither. All predictions are statistical, but some predictions have such a high probability that one tends to regard them as certain. Walker, Marshall The Nature of Scientific Thought (p. 70) CHANCE A ...
A Dictionary of Quotations C.C. Gaither. All predictions are statistical, but some predictions have such a high probability that one tends to regard them as certain. Walker, Marshall The Nature of Scientific Thought (p. 70) CHANCE A ...
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... the phenomena which follow no law, phenomena whose causes are too complex to permit prediction. Borel, Emile Probabilities and Life Introduction ( p. 1) The conception of chance enters into the very first steps CHANCE 35.
... the phenomena which follow no law, phenomena whose causes are too complex to permit prediction. Borel, Emile Probabilities and Life Introduction ( p. 1) The conception of chance enters into the very first steps CHANCE 35.
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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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