Truth, damn truth, and statistics

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Velleman, Paul F ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Damn lies; Ethics; Statistics education; Twain

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749174442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2008.11889565     Document Type: Article

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