Beyond Normal: Preparing Undergraduates for the Work Force in a Statistical Consulting Capstone

American Statistician

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 300-306

  Smucker, Byran J ^a   Bailer, A John ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Statistical education; Work force preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952786689     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2015.1077731     Document Type: Article

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