In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sarah C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a PhD in psychology and my school only offered basic coursework
>in statistics. I'd like to take an advanced applied stats class, and
>perhaps a psychometrics class -- preferably online. It's too
>specialized a topic for continuing ed programs, and I don't really want
>to enroll in another graduate program, just so I could take a
>graduate-level stats class or two... anybody got any ideas how I could
>find courses like this? I'm in Berkeley, California.
No methods course can prepare for an UNDERSTANDING of
statistics. One needs to start with a conceptual major
unit of probability, so that the background is there to
discuss the problems of statistics. Then one needs to
understand the statistical concepts, which have nothing
to do with data handling; that is only a device to get
an approximation of the compromise result, which are all
that possibly can be done.
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This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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