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How to Lie with Statistics

Darrell Huff, Irving Geis (1954)

Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way the results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless ...

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The cartoon guide to statistics

Larry Gonick, Woollcott K. Smith • CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (1993)

Updated version featuring all new material. If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on People's Court, or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then yo...

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INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS

Daniel J. Denis • Wiley eBooks (2021)

There are numerous probability distributions or density functions. Empirical distributions rarely go by the name of densities. The normal density has figured prominent in the history of statistics largely because it serves as a useful model...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119583004.ch2

Statistics and Decisions

S. H. Kim • Chapman & Hall/CRC eBooks (2020)

This book provides the necessary prerequisites in probability and statistics as well as the key ideas in decision theory. It is helpful to students and practitioners who desire to apply decision-theoretic thinking to their own work....

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003062141

Statistics of Extremes

Emil Julius Gumbel • Columbia University Press eBooks (1958)

This classic text covers order statistics and their exceedances; exact distribution of extremes; the 1st asymptotic distribution; uses of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd asymptotes; more. 1958 edition. Includes 44 tables and 97 graphs....

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.7312/gumb92958

Quantum computing and the entanglement frontier

John P. Preskill • arXiv (Cornell University) (2012)

Quantum information science explores the frontier of highly complex quantum states, the "entanglement frontier." This study is motivated by the observation (widely believed but unproven) that classical systems cannot simulate highly entangl...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1203.5813

Relationship between grief and coping strategies among nurses dealing with patient deaths: a descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational study

Loujain Sharif, Khalid Almutairi, Ibrahim Alnasser, Zalikha Attar et al. • BMC Palliative Care (2025)

Abstract Background Nurses often face significant emotional distress and grief when dealing with patient deaths, especially in acute hospital settings. Despite extensive literature offering guidance on nursing practices for providing optima...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12904-025-01790-7

Diseño del Backbone de la red óptica metropolitana con tecnología MPLS para un Proveedor de Servicios de Internet dentro del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito

María Soledad Jiménez, Anett Reuter • Revista Politécnica (2013)

Resumen: Este documento contempla el diseño del Backbone MPLS para un ISP dentro del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. Se exponen aspectos teóricos de la tecnología MPLS, tales como: los componentes físicos y funcionales, la estructura de un...

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How Demographic and Academic Factors Relate to Critical Thinking Skills among Indonesian Nursing Students

Gita Adelia, Esperanza Zuriguel P´erez, Eka Malfasari, Rizka Febtrina et al. • Journal of Nursing Practice (2026)

Background: Critical thinking is a core competency for nursing students because it supports clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, and patient safety. However, evidence on critical thinking among nursing students in Indonesia remains l...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30994/jnp.v9i3.1011

Video-based communication assessment for weight management counseling training in medical residents: a mixed methods study

Jamie M. Faro, Angelo D’Addario, Ann M. King, Kathleen M. Mazor et al. • BMC Medical Education (2022)

Abstract Background Physician delivered weight management counseling (WMC) occurs infrequently and physicians report lack of training and poor self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was to develop and test the Video-based Communication As...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03984-6

Prevalence of comorbid depression and associated factors among hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Hunan, China

Rehanguli Maimaitituerxun, Wenhang Chen, Jingsha Xiang, Atipatsa C. Kaminga et al. • BMC Psychiatry (2023)

Abstract Background Depression and diabetes are major health challenges, with heavy economic social burden, and comorbid depression in diabetes could lead to a wide range of poor health outcomes. Although many descriptive studies have highl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04657-4

Lessons Learned From a Sequential Mixed-Mode Survey Design to Recruit and Collect Data From Case-Control Study Participants: Formative Evaluation

Amanda D Tran, Alice E White, Michelle R Torok, Rachel H Jervis et al. • JMIR Formative Research (2024)

BackgroundSequential mixed-mode surveys using both web-based surveys and telephone interviews are increasingly being used in observational studies and have been shown to have many benefits; however, the application of this survey design has...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/56218

Independent association of general and central adiposity with risk of gallstone disease: observational and genetic analyses

Min Zhang, Ye Bai, Yutong Wang, Huijie Cui et al. • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2024)

BackgroundGeneral obesity is a well-established risk factor for gallstone disease (GSD), but whether central obesity contributes additional independent risk remains controversial. We aimed to comprehensively clarify the effect of body fat d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1367229

Effects of industrialization on Tanzania’s economic growth: a case of manufacturing sector

Eunice Jonathan Lugina, Adam Beni Swebe Mwakalobo, Francis Lwesya • Future Business Journal (2022)

Abstract This article examines the impact of industrialization on economic growth in Tanzania focusing on the drivers of structural changes in the manufacturing sector. We apply the vector error correction model based on a parsimonious mode...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s43093-022-00177-x