Bored? Perhaps you would like to read the entire American Fair Credit Reporting Act on the United States Federal Trade Commission Web Page!!
http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcrajump.htm
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Do you think the data set that you have constructed has a Pearson, Gamma or Erlang distribution? Then check out Statfit. It will allow you to quickly and easily determine if your data fits a standard or non-standard distribution. More importantly, it's free.
http://www.geerms.com
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This site contains the necessary information to retrieve the most useful freeware available anywhere. It is intuitively laid out, and comes with a quick review (and a ranking of software on a scale of 1-5) for all of the software it provides. It includes Winzip (software that will compress a file to a fraction of its original size), mortgage and loan calculators, contact managers, games, etc.
If you want a quick and simple package for regression analysis, then check out DataFit on the freeware32 site. DataFit performs nonlinear regression (curve fitting) with 1 to 9 independent variables. You can define your own regression models, or choose from over 150 built in, commonly used 2D/3D models. Solved models are sorted automatically according to goodness of fit.
http://www.freeware32.com
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Are you sick of lugging your statistics textbook around with you everywhere? Well, why not pick up a copy of Statsoft's on-line statistical textbook and the on-line glossary of statistical terms?
http://www.statsoftinc.com
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The National Association for Credit Management web site is focused on business credit in the United States. (However, recently the association has branched out into Canada). It is a pretty good source for information on business credit and the associated risks and benefits.
http://www.nacm.org
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The Economist is the best magazine (and web site) for accurate and detailed analysis of the state of international politics and economics.
http://www.economist.com
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If you are deeply involved or interested in collections, you might want to investigate the American Collectors Association web site. They do have some interesting facts on collections such as, "ACA estimates that bad debt costs every adult in the United States over $680 per year.
http://www.collector.com
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