The Language of Conditional Probability

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ancker, Jessica S ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Statistical language; Statistics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746612735     PISSN: 10691898     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2006.11910584     Document Type: Article

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