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

MaRDI QIDQ4601779zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors David Salsburg

Publication date 24 January 2018

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

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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• Errors, Blunders, and Lies: How to Tell the Difference. David S. Salsburg, Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/ASA‐CRC Series
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