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Means and Variances without Calculus
Author(s) -
Kinney John J.
Publication year - 2005
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.1467-9639.2005.00192.x
Subject(s) - calculus (dental) , mathematics , variance (accounting) , statistics , computer science , medicine , accounting , dentistry , business
Summary This article gives a method of finding discrete approximations to continuous probability density functions and shows examples of its use, allowing students without calculus access to the calculation of means and variances.