Geometry, Statistics, Probability: Variations on a Common Theme
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- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Statistician
- Vol. 38 (1) , 38-48
Abstract
This article draws together some common geometrical ideas and their statistical and probabilistic analogs and outlines them for teaching elementary statistical ideas to students inside and outside the mathematical sciences. The main benefit from this approach is an appreciation of the surprising power of a small number of underlying principles. The approach emphasizes the equivalence of the notions, expressed in different “languages,” rather than any one expression by itself.Keywords
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