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020 _a9780199233564 (pbk.)
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100 1 _aHand, D. J.
_q(David J.),
_d1950-
245 1 0 _aStatistics :
_ba very short introduction /
_cDavid J. Hand.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2008.
300 _a124 p. ;
_c18 cm.
440 0 _aVery short introductions ;
_v196
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 115-116) and index.
520 _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.
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