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Chance, B., del Mas, R., Garfield, J. (2004). Reasoning about Sampling Distribitions. In: Ben-Zvi, D., Garfield, J. (eds) The Challenge of Developing Statistical Literacy, Reasoning and Thinking. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2278-6_13
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