Introductory Statistics Notes
by Jamie DeCoster
Publisher: University of Alabama 1998
Number of pages: 48
Description:
It is important to know how to understand statistics so that we can make the proper judgments when a person or a company presents us with an argument backed by data. Data are numbers with a context. To properly perform statistics we must always keep the meaning of our data in mind.
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