Rich Ulrich wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:35:02 GMT, Jerry Dallal > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dennis Roberts wrote: > > > > > Comments appreciated. > > > > I think that what you and Rich are struggling with is that there is > > a difference between an expected length and a given probability of > > not exceeding some length. If it's not, it's still an issue. > > After trying to figure what to post next, I have finally > concluded that nobody else knows how to figure that, either. > (a) I don't have a textbook reference on how to figure > the CI of a standard deviation;
calculate the CI for a variance. take the square roots of the endpoints. > (b) I don't remember where and when I learned it; and > (c) most of you folks don't know what I was talking about, > because you have never walked through the basic problem. (c') couldn't follow what you were trying to say. Thought it might be about the issues raised by Kupper & Hafner, American Statistician, 43 (1989), 101-105. Guess not. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
