The American Statistician, Volume 59, Issue 3 (2005)

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Editorial

Editorial
Editor's Report for The American Statistician, Volume 58 (2004)
James H Albert
Pages: 205-206
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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A Ranking Method Based on Minimizing the Number of In-Sample Errors
Jesse Frey
Pages: 207-216
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Measuring Relative Importance of Sources of Variation Without Using Variance
Ian R Harris & Brent D Burch
Pages: 217-222
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Introduction
Fritz Scheuren
Page: 223
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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William Playfair and His Graphical Inventions: An Excerpt From the Introduction to the Republication of His Atlas and Statistical Breviary
Ian Spence & Howard Wainer
Pages: 224-229
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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A Method for Unbiased Selective Sampling, Using Ranked Sets
G. A McIntyre
Pages: 230-232
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Discussion: Moving Beyond the St. Petersburg Paradox to Understand Growth Stock Valuation
Susan Belden
Pages: 233-234
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Response: Remain Steadfast With the St. Petersburg Paradox to Quantify Irrational Exuberance
Gabor J Székely & Donald St. P Richards
Pages: 235-239
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Six Online Statistics Courses: Examination and Review
Jorge Larreamendy-Joerns, Gaea Leinhardt & Javier Corredor
Pages: 240-251
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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The Bayesian Two-Sample t Test
Mithat Gönen, Wesley O Johnson, Yonggang Lu & Peter H Westfall
Pages: 252-257
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Some Illustrative Classroom Examples Regarding Sums of Discrete Random Variables With Finite Support
Jeff T Terpstra
Pages: 258-265
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Can You Really Learn Basic Probability by Playing a Sports Board Game?
James J Cochran
Pages: 266-272
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Section Editor's Notes
Joseph M Hilbe
Page: 273
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Book Review

Book Review
The Chicago Guide to Writing About Numbers
Christine M Anderson-Cook
Page: 274
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues and Chance: A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market, & Just About Everything Else
Christine M Anderson-Cook
Pages: 274-275
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks
Richard J Cleary
Page: 275
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Statistical Analysis and Data Display: An Intermediate Course with Examples in S-Plus, R, and SAS
Samantha C Bates Prins
Pages: 275-276
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Linear Models with R
Samantha C Bates Prins
Page: 276
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Book Review
Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty
Dave H Annis
Pages: 276-277
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Brief Reviews of Teaching Materials
Carolyn Pillers Dobler & Christine M Anderson-Cook
Page: 278
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Letters to the Editor
Page: 279
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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Correction
Correction
Page: 280
Published online: 01 Jan 2012
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