The American Statistician, Volume 50, Issue 3 (1996)

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The American Statistician, Volume 50, Issue 3 (1996)

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General

Article
P Values: What They are and What They are Not
Mark J. Schervish
Pages: 203-206
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Distinguishing “Missing at Random” and “Missing Completely at Random”
Daniel F. Heitjan & Srabashi Basu
Pages: 207-213
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Estimating Multinomial Probabilities
S. Kunte & K. S. Upadhya
Pages: 214-216
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Teacher's Corner

Article
Multimedia for Teaching Statistics: Promises and Pitfalls
Paul F. Velleman & David S. Moore
Pages: 217-225
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Article
A Reminder of the Fallibility of the Wald Statistic
Thomas R. Fears, Jacques Benichou & Mitchell H. Gail
Pages: 226-227
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Displaying Factor Relationships in Experiments
Wendy A. Bergerud
Pages: 228-233
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Understanding the Degrees of Freedom Concept by Computer Experiments
Jerry Sullivan
Pages: 234-237
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Article
Using Exam Scores to Estimate the Prevalence of Classroom Cheating
Paul H. Kvam
Pages: 238-242
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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A Connection between Quadratic-Type Confidence Limits and Fiducial Limits
Neil C. Schwertman
Pages: 242-243
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Wishart Distribution via Induction
Malay Ghosh
Pages: 243-246
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Article
A Note on the Arithmetic—Geometric—Harmonic Mean Inequalities
L. A. Stefanski
Pages: 246-247
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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How Many Light Bulbs Does it Take to Generate a Data Set?
Robert J. MacG. Dawson
Pages: 247-249
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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A Problem-Solving Approach to Teaching Business Statistics
Steven C. Hillmer
Pages: 249-256
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Accent on Teaching Materials
Harry O. Posten Section Editor
Pages: 257-259
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Statistical Practice

Article
Scatterplots for Unordered Pairs
Michael D. Ernst, Rudy Guerra & William R. Schucany
Pages: 260-265
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Statistical Computing

Book Review
Statistical Computing Software Reviews
Richard Goldstein Section Editor
Page: 266
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Editor's Notes
Richard Goldstein Section Editor
Pages: 266-267
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Article
Windows File Conversion Software
Joseph Hilbe
Pages: 268-270
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Commentaries

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The Power of Replications and Replications of Power
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
Pages: 271-275
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Book Review
Book Reviews
Karen Kafadar Section Editor
Pages: 276-279
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Letter
Letters to the Editor
Pages: 280-282
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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Editorials

Editorial
Editorial Board Page
Page: ebi
Published online: 17 Feb 2012
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