A place for philosophy? The rise of modeling in statistical science

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 797-805

  Diaconis, Persi ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS;

STATISTICAL MODELING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032294706     PISSN: 0033569X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/qam/99606     Document Type: Article

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