- A
distaff (/ˈdɪstɑːf/, /ˈdɪstæf/, also
called a rock) is a tool used in spinning. It is
designed to hold the
unspun fibers,
keeping them
untangled and...
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omitting one observation. The
jackknife technique was
developed by
Maurice Quenouille (1924–1973) from 1949 and
refined in 1956. John
Tukey expanded on the...
- Prof
Maurice Henry Quenouille FRSE FRSS (1924 – 12
December 1973) was a 20th-century
British statistician remembered as the
creator of
Jackknife resampling...
- Historically, this
method preceded the
invention of the
bootstrap with
Quenouille inventing this
method in 1949 and
Tukey extending it in 1958. This method...
- Mary
Hannay Foott (pen name, La
Quenouille; 26
September 1846 – 12
October 1918), was a Scottish-born
Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered...
- S-PLUS, and R
included routines using resampling statistics, such as
Quenouille and Tukey's
jackknife and Efron's bootstrap,
which are
nonparametric and...
- (still
using the same spelling). 1949,
Jackknife resampling,
Maurice Quenouille (foreshadowed in '46 by
Mahalanobis and
extended in '58 by Tukey), precursor...
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contributed significantly to what is
today known as the jackknife—also
termed Quenouille–Tukey jackknife. He
introduced the box plot in his 1977 book, "Exploratory...
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composer began in
earnest when he
became a
member of the
theatrical group Quenouille Bleue,
established in 1970. Later, he
became a
member of Théâtre Sainfoin...
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Distaff Gospels: A
First Modern English Edition of Les Évangiles des
Quenouilles. Ontario:
Broadview Editions. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-55111-560-3. Priest...
