On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Rich Ulrich wrote in part: > The members of one sample might or might not be > "independent" of each other, too. They would not > be independent, relative to the outcome, if more than > a chance-number of them shared a characteristic > that was meaningful to what is being surveyed.
Nor, I think, if _less_ than "a chance-number" shared such a characteristic. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Burrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] 56 Sebbins Pond Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 626-0816 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
