Okay, I'll chime in a bit here:
I like the notion of seperating out the "state of affairs" from
probabilities as Don suggests...I've never seen it done this way before,
but I have seen some students confused with what should be pretty simple
stuff...I will be trying this material as two tables this year and see if
it helps my students.
I think Dennis has an interesting question...If we have a special label
for 3 of 4 probabilities in the probability table, why not the fourth?
I can see students becoming confused if we tell them: "this cell's
probability is called alpha, this one's is beta, this one's is power,
which is the same as 1-beta, and finally this on is 1-alpha."
Now, I confess that I am completely at a loss as to what a meaninful or
semi-meaningful label for "1-alpha" might be...and perhaps no one else
does either, hence the reason that there is no label for that probability.
Mike
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Department of Psychology
University of South Dakota Phone: (605) 677-5295
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