if i saw two transcripts ... one where someone has on paper, having taken
an intro stat course .... say with a grade of B ... and another one where
there is NO mention of ever having taken ANY stat .... i think it would be
fair to assume that the first knows something about statistics .... or at
least has been exposed to some ideas .... and the p value about this for
the other person is INdeterminant ...
now, from an information point of view ... that provides some information
that differentiates between the two ... IF that kind of information is
important to the one reading the transcript ...
i know that herman would agree (though i have not asked him) that .... all
of this only gives us some information that helps us offer some probability
statements as to how "nature" exists .... or the various "states of nature"
... at least herman talks about this over and over again ... and, in this
context a transcript merely gives us some more information about certain
states of nature ...
in this context ... transcripts are helpful ...
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dennis roberts, penn state university
educational psychology, 8148632401
http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/droberts.htm
