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43.Statistics There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of government units (states and statistics come from the same Latin root s

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Listen to August 19th 2010 to hear about more babies born in New Zealand. It is interesting that more women these days are deciding not to have children. The last census, in 2006, showed 13% of women aged between 45 and 49 were childless whereas in 1

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by Jason Marshall Sometimes statistics* seems magical. Of course, there isnt really anything magical going onbut the fact that statistical methods can be used to pull useful information out of a hatful of messy data is, at a minimum, remarkable. And,

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Builders in developing countries are often not required to build strong buildings. So, when a disaster strikes, the damage is often widespread. 发展中

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There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of government units (states and statist

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A: What can I do for you? B: I am returning these books. A: What did you do to this book? B: I accidentally ripped the cover. A: You will need to pay for the damage. B: How much do I need to pay? A: Im going to need $5.00. B: Thats not too expensive.

考研背诵50篇——43.Statistics

There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of government units (states and statistics come from the same Latin root status) and a ge

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Statistics New Zealand is a government department. The census information is an important part of their job but they also give us a lot of information about our country, people and economy at other times. You might like to look at these two web sites

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Mothers and babies have been in the news this last week. First, Statistics New Zealand announced a slight increase in the birth rate and secondly the Capital and Coast District Health Board (which has hospitals in the Wellington area) is worried abou

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IN THE NEWS - Wilma Adds to the Damage of a Record Hurricane Season By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, October 29, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. People in the Amer

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VOA常速英语2007年-Performance Artists Make Statistics Real Throug

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 December 2007 Population statistics are hard to visualize, but an art exhibition in Los Angeles makes the numbers easier to grasp. Mike O'Sullivan reports that the exhibition, called Of All the People in All the Worl

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Earthquakes continue to surprise you. ... You can learn something new from each of them that will benefit future designs and future generations. Brady Cox The January 12 Haiti earthquake and its aftershocks killed or injured hundreds of thousands of

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There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. I like this saying. It means statistics lie even more than the biggest lies. Its true. Statistics can be used to dress up any numbers. Politicians always use statistics to let us know things are better tha

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新西兰英语 339 Which buildings survived the earthquake?

The Canterbury earthquake on Sept 4th was unusual because no one was killed. It is the only city in the world which has experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake without any deaths. Part of the reason for this is our building code. New buildings have to

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新西兰英语 523 Population statistics

Statistics New Zealand collects population numbers every year from 1st October to the end of September. The latest figures show that New Zealands population on September 30th was 4,414,400. This is equal to 0.06% of the worlds population. We have 33,

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Statistics There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of government units (states and statistics come from the same Latin root statu

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今天我们要学的词是damage control。 Damage control, 意思是尽量减少破坏的程度。美国晚间脱口秀主持人莱特曼因为卷入性丑闻不断道歉。David Letterman is in damage control mode, 莱特曼努力减小不良影响。