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Abstract
Modern Switzerland was founded 175 years ago. However, despite being connected by a constitution, the new country remained divided by language, religion, and history – a state but not a nation. It is thanks to the statistician and politician Stefano Franscini that statistics came to play an important role in forging a common Swiss identity. Servan Grüninger tells his story
SignificanceMathematics-Statistics and Probability
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1.40
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96
期刊介绍:
Significance is a quarterly magazine for anyone interested in statistics and the analysis and interpretation of data. Its aim is to communicate and demonstrate in an entertaining, thought-provoking and non-technical way the practical use of statistics in all walks of life and to show informatively and authoritatively how statistics benefit society.