I think what you're looking for is in the 2nd edition (1985). On page 39,
I read "True understanding of any statistical technique resides at least
as much in the fingertips (be they caressing a pencil or poised over a
desk calculator or CRT keyboard) as in the cortex."
Hope this helps.
Nice to know that, like me, there are other obsessive/compulsive-types
out there who can't bring themselves to can an old textbook.
Michael T. Wyatt, Ph.D.
Healthcare Analyst
Quality Improvement Dept.
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
On 15 Mar 2000 09:57:32 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard M.
Barton) writes:
> Here's what I get from the 1985 edition, p. 39.
>
> "True understanding of any statistical technique resides at least as
> much in the fingertips (be they caressing a pencil or poised over a
> desk calculator or a CRT keyboard) as in the cortex."
>
>
> --- You wrote:
> Please excuse an off topic question.
> I am looking for a citation for a statement about learning
> statistics.
>
> I believe that Richard Harris wrote in his Primer of Multivariate
> Statistics something to the effect that:
> The ability to do statistics is as much in the fingertips poised
> above a
> keyboard or calculator as it is in the brain...
>
> My memory of this comes from a graduate school course ten years ago
> and
> is a bit foggy.
> I checked the 1975 edition and did not find such a statment.
> Any ideas out there?
>
> Thanks
> Bill
>
>
>
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