Fostering Conceptual Understanding in Mathematical Statistics
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چکیده
منابع مشابه
Mathematical Statistics
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Statistician
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0003-1305,1537-2731
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2015.1069759