The mosaic package: Helping students to 'think with data' using R

R Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 77-102

  Pruim, Randall ^a   Kaplan, Daniel T ^b   Horton, Nicholas J ^c  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 85021410713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32614/rj-2017-024     Document Type: Article

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