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The provided passages mention W. Edwards Deming's "SOME THEORY OF SAMPLING" and "STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT OF DATA" in the context of Hamming's "Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers" [Passage 1]. Hamming's text itself stresses a "frequency approach" in its coverage of numerical approximation topics like algorithms, polynomial approximation, and Fourier approximation [Passage 1].
However, the passages do not explicitly detail how the statistical principles of sampling and data adjustment are fundamentally intertwined with this "frequency approach" to numerical approximation. While Deming's works are listed alongside Hamming's text, and Hamming's text emphasizes a "frequency approach," the specific connections and intertwinement between these statistical principles and the frequency approach are not elaborated upon.
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Title: Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers by Richard W. Hamming, Richard Wesley Hamming Description: This inexpensive paperback edition of a groundbreaking text stresses frequency approach in coverage of algorithms, polynomial approximation, Fourier approximation, exponential approximation, and other topics. Revised and enlarged 2nd edition. Categories: Mathematics Pages: 756 Snippet: ... <b>SOME THEORY OF SAMPLING</b> , W. <b>Edwards Deming</b> . ( 64684 - X ) STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT OF DATA , W. <b>Edwards Deming</b> . ( 64685-8 ) INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ALGEBRA AND…
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