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... figure indicating the strength of the interaction be- tween b and c ( where the b column meets the b row , we can insert some sign indicating identity ) . This will give a table or ' matrix ' , made up of a lot of figures , like the ...
... figure indicating the strength of the interaction be- tween b and c ( where the b column meets the b row , we can insert some sign indicating identity ) . This will give a table or ' matrix ' , made up of a lot of figures , like the ...
Page 136
... 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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