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Original Articles

Understanding Statistics and Statistics Education: A Chinese Perspective

Ning-Zhong ShiNortheast Normal UniversityChangchunJilinChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xuming HeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNortheast Normal UniversityChangchunJilinChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
&
Jian TaoNortheast Normal UniversityChangchunJilinChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
| Published online: 29 Aug 2017

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