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11Misuse of statistics — A misuse of statistics occurs when a statistical argument asserts a falsehood. In some cases, the misuse may be accidental. In others, it is purposeful and for the gain of the perpetrator. When the statistical reason involved is false or… …
12Teleological argument — A teleological or design argument[1][2][3] is an argument for the existence of God. The argument is based on an interpretation of teleology wherein purpose and intelligent design appear to exist in Nature beyond the scope of any such human… …
13Lucia de Berk — (born The Hague, Netherlands 22 September, 1961), in the Dutch media generally called Lucy de B. or Lucia de B., is a Dutch nurse who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2003 for four murders and three attempted murders on patients in her care …
14Turkel, Joe — (b. 1927) Joe Turkel’s career as a character actor spanned six decades. In 1949, he made his film and television debuts, appearing in three films (City Across the River, Sword in the Desert, and Angels in Disguise), and two episodes of The… …
15Genetic drift — ] Especially in small populations, the statistical effect of sampling error ( during reproduction ) on certain alleles from the overall population may result in an allele ( and the biological traits that it confers ) becoming more common or rare… …
16science, history of — Introduction the history of science from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the 20th century. On the simplest level, science is knowledge of the world of nature. There are many regularities in nature that mankind has had to… …
17Survivorship bias — In finance, Survivorship bias is the tendency for failed companies to be excluded from performance studies because they no longer exist. It often causes the results of studies to skew higher because only companies which were successful enough to… …
18Association rule learning — In data mining, association rule learning is a popular and well researched method for discovering interesting relations between variables in large databases. Piatetsky Shapiro[1] describes analyzing and presenting strong rules discovered in… …
19List of cybersites — This is a list of Cybersites from the PBS Kids GO! series Cyberchase. A cybersite is a fictional region of cyberspace in which CyberChase is set.AAquari yumThis cybersite made its first appearance during season one in episode #116. It later… …
20Babel fish — The Babel fish is a fictional species in The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.It is introduced in the first novel of the series as a species of fish that can instantly translate any language to any other language: The… …
