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... figures quoted to you , without any indication of their reliability . Of course , if they are based on measuring something in a complete population , they will not suffer the statistical uncertainties ; but they may suffer others . For ...
... figures quoted to you , without any indication of their reliability . Of course , if they are based on measuring something in a complete population , they will not suffer the statistical uncertainties ; but they may suffer others . For ...
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... figures , an addition of one extra lactation to the average productive life of a cow was equivalent in profits to the farmer of an increase in yield per lactation of only thirty - five gallons . This example of trying to define an ...
... figures , an addition of one extra lactation to the average productive life of a cow was equivalent in profits to the farmer of an increase in yield per lactation of only thirty - five gallons . This example of trying to define an ...
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Conrad Hal Waddington. The figures in these tables are again shown graphically below , although in the drawing I have used figures for Physics - Chemistry and Biology , instead of Computer Science . The final step in this illustrative ...
Conrad Hal Waddington. The figures in these tables are again shown graphically below , although in the drawing I have used figures for Physics - Chemistry and Biology , instead of Computer Science . The final step in this illustrative ...
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