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STATISTICS

Concepts and Controversies

NINTH EDITION

David S. Moore

Purdue University

William I. Notz

The Ohio State University

New York

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Cover Illustration: Tuna, 2009 64 × 115″; made from nineteen watercolor paintings by Sarah Waller. Depicts 20,500 tuna, the average number of tuna fished from the world’s oceans every fifteen minutes. Copyright Christopher Jordan Studio.

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