Agreed. Absolutely. Of course, then we have to decide what 'ready FOR statsitics' means.....
Jay Dennis Roberts wrote: > >[snip] That's certainly a chunk of it. Basic probability reasoning, > without the > >math, is also probably a good thing. Haven't got a test to give you, but > >I would include questions like "A 'fair' coin is one that has a 50/50 > >chance of landing heads or tails. A fair coin is tossed three times, each > >time landing heads. What is the chance the next toss will be heads?" > > but, isn't a ? like this ... one about statistics/probability? seems like a > PRE test to see if you are ready FOR statistics should not include items > about statistics ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Dennis Roberts > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jay Warner Principal Scientist Warner Consulting, Inc. 4444 North Green Bay Road Racine, WI 53404-1216 USA Ph: (262) 634-9100 FAX: (262) 681-1133 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.a2q.com The A2Q Method (tm) -- What do you want to improve today? . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
