Instead of the prior emphasis on rates of fatal accidents, experts have started to talk publicly about statistics that highlight a much tougher standard: individual fatalities per millions of flights.

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He wants to create awareness of what problems technology can solve in the world of sports (besides standard business stuff like a statistics platform or a human resource system, both of which are part of the 49ers deal).

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The UK Statistics Authority "must be and be seen to be an effective, independent watchdog able to ensure statistics are produced efficiently and to a set standard", he added.

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For the statistics fans out there, that is a whopping three standard deviations away, a level that historically has been unsustainable and yielded to a sharp, albeit brief, upturn in stocks.

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Statistics for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, a rare tumor type that is not as aggressive as standard pancreatic cancer, are murkier and less reliable given how few patients there are.

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The course is a standard and nonstandard statistic curriculum but the project approach shows students how they can apply statistics to their own research projects.

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Family gifts that finance the living expenses of a college student who otherwise appears in the statistics as a low income household are also not counted, again exaggerating income inequality, or at least differences in standard of living.

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