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文档介绍：Statistics and Probability
for Engineering Applications
With Microsoft® Excel
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Statistics and Probability
for Engineering Applications
With Microsoft® Excel
by
. DeCoursey
College of Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
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Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ xi
What’s on the CD-ROM? ................................................................. xiii
List of Symbols .................................................................................. xv
1. Introduction: Probability and Statistics......................................... 1
Some Important Terms ................................................................... 1
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