The_SAGE_Dictionary_of_Statistics__A_Practical_Resource_for_Students_in_the_Social_Sciences

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1、TheSAGEDictionaryofStatisticsTheSAGEDictionaryofStatisticsDuncanCramerandDennisHowittDuncanCramerandDennisHowittSAGECramer-Prelims.qxd4/22/042:09PMPageiTheSAGEDictionaryofStatisticsCramer-Prelims.qxd4/22/042:09PMPageiiCramer-Prelims.qxd4/22/042:09PMPageiiiTheSAGEDictionaryofStatisticsapra

2、cticalresourceforstudentsinthesocialsciencesDuncanCramerandDennisHowittSAGEPublicationsLondon●ThousandOaks●NewDelhiCramer-Prelims.qxd4/22/042:09PMPageiv©DuncanCramerandDennisHowitt2004Firstpublished2004Apartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposesofresearchorprivatestudy,orcriticismorreview,asper

3、mittedundertheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct,1988,thispublicationmaybereproduced,storedortransmittedinanyform,orbyanymeans,onlywiththepriorpermissioninwritingofthepublishers,orinthecaseofreprographicreproduction,inaccordancewiththetermsoflicencesissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency.Inquiri

4、esconcerningreproductionoutsidethosetermsshouldbesenttothepublishers.SAGEPublicationsLtd1Oliver’sYard55CityRoadLondonEC1Y1SPSAGEPublicationsInc.2455TellerRoadThousandOaks,California91320SAGEPublicationsIndiaPvtLtdB-42,PanchsheelEnclavePostBox4109NewDelhi110017BritishLibraryCataloguinginPu

5、blicationdataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryISBN0761941371ISBN076194138X(pbk)LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2003115348TypesetbyC&MDigitals(P)Ltd.PrintedinGreatBritainbyTheCromwellPressLtd,Trowbridge,WiltshireCramer-Prelims.qxd4/22/042:09PMPagevContentsPrefacevi

6、iSomeCommonStatisticalNotationixAtoZ1–186SomeUsefulSources187Cramer-Prelims.qxd4/22/042:09PMPageviToourmothers–itisnottheirfaultthatlexicographytookitstoll.Cramer-Prelims.qxd4/22/042:09PMPageviiPrefaceWritingadictionaryofstatisticsisnotmanypeople’sideaoffun.Anditwasn’tours.Canwesaythatweh

7、avechangedourmindsaboutthisatall?No.Nevertheless,nowthereadingandwritingisoverandthoseheavybookshavegonebacktothelibrary,wearegladthatwewroteit.Otherwisewewouldhavehadtobuyit.Thedictionaryprovidesavaluableresourceforstudents–andanyoneelsewithtoolittletimeontheirhand