Concise Encyclopedia Of Statistics.pdf

The Concise Encyclopedia of Statistics

Yadolah Dodge

The Concise Encyclopedia

of Statistics

With 247 Tables

123

Author

Yadolah Dodge

Honorary Professor

University of Neuchâtel

Switzerland

yadolah.dodge@uninc.ch

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To the memory of my beloved wife K,

my caring mother,

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to my two kind and warm-hearted sons, Ali and Arash