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Jones, A. (2005). “In Order That We Should Not Ourselves Appear to Be Adjusting Our Estimates … to Make Them Fit Some Predetermined Amount”. In: Buchwald, J.Z., Franklin, A. (eds) Wrong for the Right Reasons. Archimedes, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3048-7_2
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