BTW the data that Herrnstein & Murry used for their analysis is available for download: http://pacioli.bus.indiana.edu/erasmuse/bellcurve/bellcurve.htm
for all you statistics geeks who want to try their own analysis. larry On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:44:42 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They used the wrong statistical analysis, applied the wrong model and > came to the wrong conclusions based on flawed data, and a totally > botched analysis. In other words, Herrnstein & Murry's analysis was > so bad that it sucked dead budgies. > > They used a 3 variable model (Armed Forces Qualifying Test, Age and > SES) in which the predictors were so closely related to each other > that you cannot to any conclusion about the data. > > This is a fairly good discussion of their analysis at > http://www.srv.net/~msdata/bell.html > > larry > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:25:18 -0500, Jerry Johnson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Um...could you repeat that...in English? > > > > All I got was "Geek. Geek. Geek. Independant. Geek. Geek." > > > > =) > > > > Jerry Johnson > > Web Developer > > Dolan Media Company > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/18/05 12:26PM >>> > > Moreover in terms of the stats they used, well there were a lot of > > articles in various journals that examined the statistics they used > > and the general conclusion was that the statistical analysis was so > > flawed as to be worthless. The 3 variable model they used was so bad - > > the so called independent variables were correlated beyond .50 level, > > that it should have been tossed out from the start. There was no > > statisical controls for uneven baselines for instance. Unfortunately > > the author who was responsible for the analysis died before > > publication, so the reasoning for the choice of stats cannot be > > determined to any extent. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143162 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
