01328cam a2200205   4500001000500000005001700005010001700022020002500039082001400064100003600078245006200114260005800176300002100234440003600255504006400291520061600355650001600971999001500987952012001002567920181127180021.0  a  2009275200  a9780199233564 (pbk.)04a519.52221 aHand, D. J.q(David J.),d1950-10aStatistics :ba very short introduction /cDavid J. Hand.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2008.  a124 p. ;c18 cm. 0aVery short introductions ;v196  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 115-116) and index.  aStatistics has evolved into an exciting discipline which  uses deep theory and powerful software to shed light on  the world around us: from clinical trials in medicine, to  economics, sociology, and countless other subjects vital  to understanding modern life. This Very Short  Introduction explores and explains how statistics works  today. - ;Modern statistics is very different from the  dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In  its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory  and powerful software tools to shed light and enable  understanding. And it sheds this light on all aspe. 0aStatistics.  c4794d4794  00102ddc40708MAINaRTCLIBbRTCLIBcMAINh i8992l0o519.5 HANp30009676r2018-11-27 00:00:00w2018-11-27yMAIN