Herman Rubin wrote: > If you, and your students, want to understand statistics, > do not start them out with ANY statistical procedures > until they understand probability (NOT how to calculate > probabilities) as well as evaluation of consequences and > probability modeling.
For some unknown reason, today it struck me that if students *really* understood probability, there would be a period not survived by many that would begin with their asking, "Well, then, why go on?" . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
