{"id":5547,"date":"2012-01-04T09:23:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T14:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=5547"},"modified":"2012-01-04T09:23:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T14:23:20","slug":"the-best-footnote-ever-in-the-best-introduction-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/01\/the-best-footnote-ever-in-the-best-introduction-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"The Best Footnote Ever, In The Best Introduction Ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/marccortez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Honest-footnote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marccortez.com\/2012\/01\/04\/flotsam-and-jetsam-14-2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HT Marc Cortez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: The book in question is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0201737353\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0201737353\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stats: Modeling the World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0201737353\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/em> (or perhaps the first edition, which was called <em>Stats: data and models<\/em>, which included the same footnote) written by David E. Bock, Paul F. Velleman, and Richard D. De Veaux.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HT Marc Cortez UPDATE: The book in question is Stats: Modeling the World (or perhaps the first edition, which was called Stats: data and models, which included the same footnote) written by David E. Bock, Paul F. Velleman, and Richard D. 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