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Name: Descriptive Statistics
ID: m10184
Language: English (en)
Summary: Learn what descriptive statistics are and see several applications of them.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: descriptive statistics, organizing data
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: David Lane (lane@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: David Lane (lane@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Adan Galvan (agalvan@gmail.com), David Lane (lane@rice.edu), Eileen Meyer (meyer@rice.edu)
Version: 2.7 (history)
Created: Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Jul 18, 2003 4:11 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.7 Jul 18, 2003 4:11 pm GMT-5 by Liqun Wang
Changes: 
Fix one link.
Version: 2.6 Jun 20, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Liqun Wang
Changes: 
change version from 0.4 to 0.5.
Version: 2.5 Mar 7, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
added new text, fixed typos and metadata, removed hardcoded table numbers in names
Version: 2.4 Nov 11, 2002 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
added maintainer
Version: 2.3 Jul 9, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Module audit. Updated to cnxml ver 0.4. Fixed typo in table. Added table group for men times in last table.
Version: 2.2 Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
fixed module link
Version: 2.1 Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
created stat module 10184
Version: 2.0 Jul 11, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added initial template for new module m10184

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