Errors, blunders, and lies. How to tell the difference

zbMATH Open1380.62014MaRDI QIDQ4601779FDOQ4601779

Authors: David Salsburg 

Publication date: 24 January 2018

Full work available at URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781498795869

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of statistics (62-03) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory (60-01) Popularization of mathematics (00A09)

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