Nancy Bates may refer to:
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Nancy Bates (statistician)
Nancy A. Bates is a statistician who works as a senior researcher at the United States Census Bureau. Bates earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Oklahoma in 1985 and 1987, and began working for the census bureau in 1988. , American statistician
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Nancy Bates (journalist)
Nancy Dawn Bates (born 3 March 1948) is a New Zealand-born Australian community advocate and retired journalist. She was the second woman to be appointed editor of a daily Australian newspaper, serving as editor of the ''Fraser Coast Chronicle'' ...
(born 1948), New Zealand-born Australian community advocate and retired journalist
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