Offering the latest teaching and practice of applied multivariate statistics, this text is perfect for students who need an applied introduction to the subject. Lattin, Carroll, and Green have created
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A visitor on safari in the Tuli bushlands in summer 1991 would have witnessed an extraordinary sight: With luck, they'd have seen a pride of lions moving through the scrub. Batian, the pride male, ran
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