Teaching statistics - despite its applications

Teaching Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 44-48

  Ridgway, Jim ^a   Nicholson, James ^a   McCusker, Sean ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952606291     PISSN: 0141982X     EISSN: 14679639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2007.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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