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Are They Getting There?
Author(s) -
Rycraft Michael
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.1993.tb00661.x
Subject(s) - statistics , binomial proportion confidence interval , econometrics , negative binomial distribution , confidence interval , binomial distribution , train , computer science , binomial (polynomial) , mathematics , geography , poisson distribution , cartography
Summary A familiar situation, lateness of trains, is considered. The problems of quantifying it are considered together with situations where the binomial distribution, confidence intervals means and medians etc. can be used.