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- ↑ "Bio Sketch for Jennifer Brown" (PDF), MathsReach, New Zealand Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, retrieved 2017-11-23
- ↑ Brown, Jennifer A. (1996), The Efficiency of Adaptive Cluster Sampling (Thesis), University of Otago, hdl:10523/3551
- ↑ NZSA President's Report (Jennifer Brown) (PDF), New Zealand Statistical Association, 2011, retrieved 2017-11-23
- ↑ Klaere, Steffen (January 2015), "NZSA 2014 conference, Wellington" (PDF), NZSA Newsletter, 75: 5–6
- ↑ Individual members, International Statistical Institute, retrieved 2017-11-23
