Willful Ignorance: The Mismeasure of Uncertainty

Willful Ignorance: The Mismeasure of Uncertainty

Volumn 9780470890448, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-434

  Weisberg, Herbert I ^a  

^a Correlation Research Inc ^*  (United States)

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BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PROBABILITY;

BUSINESS LEADERS; HISTORICAL EVOLUTIONS; LAY PUBLIC; POLICY MAKERS; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES;

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118839539     Document Type: Book

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