What educated citizens should know about statistics and probability

American Statistician

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-79

  Utts, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidences; Practical significance; Statistical literacy; Statistics education; Survey bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037598702     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/0003130031630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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