Associação Brasileira de Estatística (ABE; ) is a

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with the purpose of promoting the development and application of

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. It also acts as a debating place for any

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that has an interest in

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ...

. ABE organizes the Simpósio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística (''SINAPE''), a symposium where statisticians from all over the country can debate the latest advances in

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and

. ABE publishes the ''

Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics Brazilian commonly refers to: * Brazil, a country * Brazilians, its people * Brazilian Portuguese, its dialect Brazilian may also refer to: * "The Brazilian", a 1986 instrumental music piece by Genesis * Brazilian Café, Baghdad, Iraq (1937) * Bra ...

''. The journal is published four times per year.

External links

ABE's Website
Statistical societies Professional associations based in Brazil {{Brazil-org-stub

See also

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