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1、STATISTICSANDTRUTHPuttingChancetoWorksecondedition-C.RadhakrishnaRao~Pen~y~vaniaStateUniversity,USASTATISTICSANDTRUTHPuttingChancetoWorkWorldScientificSingapore*NewJersey*London*HongKongPublishedbyWorldScientificPublishingCo.Pte.Ltd.P0Box128,FarrerRoad,Singapore912805USA@ce:SuiteIB,1060MainStre
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3、alk.paper)I.Mathematicalstatistics.1.TitleQA276.16.R361997519.5-dc2197-10349GIPBritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.Firstpublished1997ReprintedI999Copyright0I997byWorldScientificPublishingCo.Pte.Ltd.Allrightsreserved.Thisbook,or
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6、fthemorningwhenthemindisfreshKnowledgeiswhatweknowAlso,whatweknowwedonotknow.WediscoverwhatwedonotknowEssentiallybywhatweknow.Thusknowledgeexpands.WithmoreknowledgewecometoknowMoreofwhatwedonotknow.Thusknowledgeexpandsendlessly.***Allknowledgeis,infinalanalysis,history.Allsciencesare,intheabstm
7、ct,mathematics.Alljudgementsare,intheirrationale,statistics.ForewordBeginningthisyear,CSIRhasinstitutedadistinguishedlectureshipseries.TheobjectivehereistoinviteeminentscientistsfromIndiaandabroadfordeliveringaseriesofthreelecture