The American Statistician, Volume 47, Issue 2 (1993)

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The American Statistician, Volume 47, Issue 2 (1993)

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General

Article
Exact Power of Conditional and Unconditional Tests: Going beyond the 2 × 2 Contingency Table
Cyrus R. Mehta & Joan F. Hilton
Pages: 91-98
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Biostatistics Cores: Improving the Chances for Funding
Janice Derr
Pages: 99-101
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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The Seventh-Root Formula for a Trivariate Normal Probability
T. P. Hutchinson
Pages: 102-103
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Teacher's Corner

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A Cooperative Learning Activity on Methods of Selecting a Sample
E. Jacquelin Dietz
Pages: 104-108
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Article
Wanna Bet? On Gambling Strategies that May or May not Work in a Casino
Cynthia A. Coyle & Chamont Wang
Pages: 108-111
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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On Independence and Dependence Properties of a Set of Random Events
Y. H. Wang, Jordan Stoyanov & Qi-Man Shao
Pages: 112-115
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Testing Means Using Hypothesis-Dependent Variance Estimates
Arvind K. Shah & K. Krishnamoorthy
Pages: 115-117
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Article
More on Shortest Confidence Intervals
R. C. Juola
Pages: 117-119
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Original Articles

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Accent on Teaching Materials
Harry O. Posten Section Editor
Pages: 120-121
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Statistical Practice

Article
Short Courses as Part of Statistical Consulting in a Foreign Setting
Richard M. Engeman
Pages: 122-125
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Article
The Difference between Two Normal Means
D. A. Sprott & V. T. Farewell
Pages: 126-128
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Statistical Computing

Article
An Effective Algorithm for the Noncentral Beta Distribution Function
Harry O. Posten
Pages: 129-131
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Article
Simulation Testing of Unbiasedness of Variance Estimators
William A. Link
Pages: 132-134
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Statistical Computing Software Reviews
Richard Goldstein Section Editor
Page: 134
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Editor's Notes
Richard Goldstein Section Editor
Pages: 134-136
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Article
A Comparison of Five Student Versions of Statistics Packages
Robin H. Lock
Pages: 136-145
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Article
New Developments in Statistical Computing
Joseph H. Newton Section Editor
Pages: 146-147
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Commentary

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Career Information for Statistics Graduate Students
James R. Boen & Marcus O. Kjelsberg
Pages: 148-149
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Article
What's Missing in Statistical Education?
Ronald D. Snee
Pages: 149-154
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Book Reviews
John E. Boyer Section Editor
Pages: 155-156
Published online: 27 Feb 2012
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Letters To The Editor

Letter
Letters to the Editor
Pages: 157-163
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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