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Statistical concepts and methods are not only useful but indeed often indispensable in understanding the world around us. They provide ways of gaining new insights into the behavior of many phenomena that you will encounter in your chosen field of specialization.
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Devore, J.L., Berk, K.N. (2012). Overview and Descriptive Statistics. In: Modern Mathematical Statistics with Applications. Springer Texts in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0391-3_1
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