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Original Articles

Proper and Improper Use of Statistics in GeophysicsFootnote1

Pages 408-418 | Received 23 Nov 1956, Accepted 22 Mar 1957, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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  • POST, Louis A., 1956: “The Role of the Gulf Stream in the Prediction of Iceberg Distribution in the North Atlantic.” Tc//us 8, pp. 102—i II.
  • UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Coast and Geodetic Survey, “Surface Water Temperatures at Tide Stations, Atlantic Coast, North and South America,” Special Publication No. 278, Revised (1951).
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  • Fig. I: Comparison of iceberg numbers from 1942 to 1954 as counted by the International Ice Patrol and as estimated from commas in Tellus. (1942-1951 sample; 1952-1954 “prediction”.)