The American Statistician, Volume 46, Issue 3 (1992)

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The American Statistician, Volume 46, Issue 3 (1992)

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Article
Explaining the Gibbs Sampler
George Casella & Edward I. George
Pages: 167-174
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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An Introduction to Kernel and Nearest-Neighbor Nonparametric Regression
N. S. Altman
Pages: 175-185
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Moments or L Moments? An Example Comparing Two Measures of Distributional Shape
J. R. M. Hosking
Pages: 186-189
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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On Comparing Two Treatments
David J. Hand
Pages: 190-192
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Teacher's Corner

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What about the other Intervals?
Stephen B. Vardeman
Pages: 193-197
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Jumping to Coincidences: Defying Odds in the Realm of the Preposterous
James A. Hanley
Pages: 197-202
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Using Lottery Games to Illustrate Statistical Concepts and Abuses
Richard A. Paulson
Pages: 202-204
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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A Matrix Formulation on How Deviant an Observation Can Be
Ingram Olkin
Pages: 205-209
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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On Invariance and Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Nabendu Pal & J. Calvin Berry
Pages: 209-212
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Powers of Two-Sample Rank Tests under the Lehmann Alternatives
Shashikala Sukhatme
Pages: 212-214
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Comparing Estimators for Population Variance Using Pitman Nearness
Ravindra Khattree
Pages: 214-217
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Interpretation of Canonical Discriminant Functions, Canonical Variates, and Principal Components
Alvin C. Rencher
Pages: 217-225
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Accent on Teaching Materials
Harry O. Posten Section Editor
Pages: 226-227
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Statistical Practice

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Sample Size Requirements for the Back-of-the-Envelope Binomial Confidence Interval
Myra L. Samuels & Tai-Fang C. Lu
Pages: 228-231
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Statistical Computing

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Teaching Survey Sampling Using Simulation
Ted C. Chang, Sharon L. Lohr & C. Graham McLaren
Pages: 232-237
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Statistical Practice

Editor's Notes
Richard Goldstein Section Editor
Pages: 237-238
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Letters To The Editor

Letter
Letters to the Editor
Pages: 239-243
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Miscellany

Correction
Page: 243
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Editorials

Editorial
Editorial Board Page
Page: ebi
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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