Modern statistics: The myth and the magic

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-306

  Hand, David J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applications; Computer; Education; Empirical models; Greater statistics; Privacy; Public perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249151739     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2009.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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