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... estimate of its reliability , which is normally written as plus - or - minus another number which gives what I referred to above as the estimate of the ' standard deviation of the aver- age of averages ' which is more conventionally ...
... estimate of its reliability , which is normally written as plus - or - minus another number which gives what I referred to above as the estimate of the ' standard deviation of the aver- age of averages ' which is more conventionally ...
Page 137
... estimates which are definitely based on samples should be easier to ' place ' in this respect , because they should ( and my advice is to Numbers FIG . 8b.5 Years insist on this ) come with an estimate of their ' probable error ' . As a ...
... estimates which are definitely based on samples should be easier to ' place ' in this respect , because they should ( and my advice is to Numbers FIG . 8b.5 Years insist on this ) come with an estimate of their ' probable error ' . As a ...
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... estimates of national requirements , etc. Or one can fix these values in accordance with subjective goals which have ... estimated by intuitive judgement , since no adequate factual data are available . This need not be so great a disad ...
... estimates of national requirements , etc. Or one can fix these values in accordance with subjective goals which have ... estimated by intuitive judgement , since no adequate factual data are available . This need not be so great a disad ...
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