Dynamic, interactive documents for teaching statistical practice

International Statistical Review

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-321

  Nolan, Deborah ^a   Lang, Duncan Temple ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; R; Technology; XML

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849013301     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2007.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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