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Book Title: Foundations Of Statistics
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Width: 5.4in.
Author: Leonard J. Savage
Publication Name: Foundations of Statistics
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Reprint
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Series: Dover Books ON Mathematics Ser.
Publication Year: 1972
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages