Intelligent design and mathematical statistics: A troubled alliance

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-553

  Olofsson, Peter ^a  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hypothesis testing; Intelligent design; Mathematical statistics

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FILTER; NUMERICAL METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49049116991     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9078-6     Document Type: Article

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