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This chapter examines the statistical and graphical reasoning used in making two
life-and-death decisions : how to stop a cholera epidemic in London during
September 1854; and whether to launch the space shuttle Challenger on
January ...
This chapter examines the statistical and graphical reasoning used in making two
life-and-death decisions : how to stop a cholera epidemic in London during
September 1854; and whether to launch the space shuttle Challenger on
January ...
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(London, 1821), pp. 2, 37, 41. 21 Sources: Charles Michael Carroll, The Great
Chess Automaton (New York, 1975) ; Milbourne Christopher, The Illustrated
History of Magic (New York, 1973), pp. 30-47; Robert Willis, An Attempt to
Analyse the ...
(London, 1821), pp. 2, 37, 41. 21 Sources: Charles Michael Carroll, The Great
Chess Automaton (New York, 1975) ; Milbourne Christopher, The Illustrated
History of Magic (New York, 1973), pp. 30-47; Robert Willis, An Attempt to
Analyse the ...
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3 Humphry Repton, Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton (London, 1808); Edward
Malins, ed.. The Red Books of Humphry Repton (London, 1976); J. C. Louden, ed
., The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture of the late Humphry ...
3 Humphry Repton, Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton (London, 1808); Edward
Malins, ed.. The Red Books of Humphry Repton (London, 1976); J. C. Louden, ed
., The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture of the late Humphry ...
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Contents
Images and Quantities | 13 |
Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions | 55 |
The Smallest Effective Difference | 73 |
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