On 17 Nov 2003 at 17:04, Mike Kuehne wrote: This has been discussed recently on the list, search the archives (many hits since this kind of question seem to lead to "wars").
One question: Are you sure you have the total population? If the census will be used to say something about how the population behaves _next_year_, statistical inference will still be relevant. Kjetil Halvorsen > Dear list, > > Maybe this is some off-topic, but I would like to enquire a question > about the handling of correlations and the results of multivariate > analysis of a complete survey (a poll of the entire population and not > just a sample). > > Without the need of Statistical inference that draws conclusions about > a population based on sample data every correlation is significant. > > Could somebody recommend me basic literature or personal experience of > this topic? > > Thanks a lot. > > Gratefully, > Mike K�hne > > > . > . > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > ================================================================= . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
