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Etymology of Statistical and Probabilistic Terms
The following etymologies for statistical terms were mainly extracted/modified from http://www.etymonline.com/ unless otherwise attributed, e.g., (Wikipedia). My interest in making this collection was triggered by looking up the etymology of the common English word “average,” which is quite different from the corresponding German term “Durchschnitt” (cut through). Another early example was the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Geological Magazine
سال: 1903
ISSN: 0016-7568,1469-5081
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800180665