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August 2003 A Memory of John Tukey as a Teacher
J. A. Hartigan
Statist. Sci. 18(3): 341-341 (August 2003). DOI: 10.1214/ss/1076102422

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John Tukey was an inspiring teacher, encouraging his students to think by expressing new ideas in provocative ways, and by tolerating a wide range of questions and discussion in class.

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J. A. Hartigan. "A Memory of John Tukey as a Teacher." Statist. Sci. 18 (3) 341 - 341, August 2003. https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1076102422

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Published: August 2003
First available in Project Euclid: 6 February 2004

MathSciNet: MR2056576
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/ss/1076102422

Rights: Copyright © 2003 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.18 • No. 3 • August 2003
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