Deming, data and observational studies: A process out of control and needing fixing

Significance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 116-120

  Young, S Stanley ^a   Karr, Alan ^a  

^a National Institute of Statistical Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 80052098636     PISSN: 17409705     EISSN: 17409713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2011.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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