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Statistics in action : a Canadian outlook /

Commissioned by the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC), Statistics in Action: A Canadian Outlook helps both general readers and users of statistics better appreciate the scope and importance of statistics. It presents the ways in which statistics is used while highlighting key contributions that Ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lawless, Jerald F. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Commissioned by the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC), Statistics in Action: A Canadian Outlook helps both general readers and users of statistics better appreciate the scope and importance of statistics. It presents the ways in which statistics is used while highlighting key contributions that Canadian statisticians are making to science, technology, business, government, and other areas. The book emphasizes the role and impact of computing in statistical modeling and analysis, including the issues involved with the huge amounts of data being generated by automated proce.
Notas:Chapter 21: Data Hungry Models in a Food Hungry World: An Interdisciplinary Challenge Bridged by StatisticsBack Cover.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781482236248
1482236249