This is not a big holiday in Sweden, but I'll be brief anyway, throwing in some personal thoughts:
Understanding that the notion of relationship between (two) variables have different aspects. Like correlation measures, statistical effect, explanatory power, consistency, mechanism ... And that finding a p- value or a CI of one aspect is only a small piece of the puzzle. Rolf Dalin > on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might > consider for a moment: > > what is the SINGLE most valuable concept/procedure/skill (just one!) ... > that you would think is most important when it comes to passing along to > students studying "inferential statistics" > > what i am mainly looking for would be answers like: > > the notion of ________ > > being able to do ______ > > that sort of thing > > something that if ANY instructor in stat, say at the introductory level > failed to discuss and emphasize ... he/she is really missing the boat and > doing a disservice to students > > > > _________________________________________________________ > dennis roberts, educational psychology, penn state university > 208 cedar, AC 8148632401, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm > > > > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about > the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ > ================================================================= ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
