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Use and Abuse of Statistics
by Reichmann, W. J
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About This Item
UK: Metheun, 1966. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Penguin Books, 1966 Printing. Paperback in Good clean and unmarked condition. Cover faintly sunned, pages lightly toned, binding tight, all pages intact. In this book a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society introduces the reader in readily comprehensible terms to the world of averages, probabilities, percentages, indexes, samples, and trends. This book is designed for the general reader and for the student. Its object is to describe how to calculate certain statistics and to discuss how and in what circumstances they may be used and how they should not be used. There is an emphasis on the dangers of misinterpretation and the difficulties which beset the statistician when investigation is being done. 345 pages. Index. Glossary of Terms. 7 x 4.25".
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Use and Abuse of Statistics
- Author
- Reichmann, W. J
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Metheun
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MATHEMATICS STATISTICS AVERAGES PROBABILITIES PERCENTAGES INDEXES SAMPLES TRENDS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mathematics;
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