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The American Statistician Volume 32, 1978 - Issue 3
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Baseball Competitions—Are Enough Games Played?

Jean D. Gibbons Department of Statistics, University of Alabama, University, AL, 35486, USA
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Ingram Olkin Department of Statistics, University of Alabama, University, AL, 35486, USA
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Milton Sobel Department of Statistics, University of Alabama, University, AL, 35486, USA
Pages 89-95 | Received 26 Jan 1977, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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