Spreadsheets in statistical practice - Another look

American Statistician

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-289

  Nash, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit trail; Data entry; Statistical computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747466450     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313006X126585     Document Type: Article

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