Re: standard deviation of a slope

2006-08-17 Thread Stephen B. Cox
Hi Geoff - just have a quick minute.. so, I'll hazard a response without thinking about it too much :) On 8/16/06, Geoffrey Poole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't sqrt(SSx) increase with n? If so, won't the standard error of the slope decrease with increasing sample size?? Yes - the

Re: standard deviation of a slope

2006-08-16 Thread Anon.
Sarah Gilman wrote: Is it possible to calculate the standard deviation of the slope of a regression line and does anyone know how? My best guess after reading several stats books is that the standard deviation and the standard error of the slope are different names for the same thing

Re: standard deviation of a slope

2006-08-16 Thread David Bryant
time, David David M Bryant Ph D University of New Hampshire Environmental Education Program Durham, NH 03824 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 978-356-1928 On Aug 16, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Anon. wrote: Sarah Gilman wrote: Is it possible to calculate the standard deviation of the slope of a regression line

Re: standard deviation of a slope

2006-08-16 Thread Geoffrey Poole
Anon. wrote: Sarah Gilman wrote: Is it possible to calculate the standard deviation of the slope of a regression line and does anyone know how? My best guess after reading several stats books is that the standard deviation and the standard error of the slope are different names

Re: standard deviation of a slope

2006-08-16 Thread Malcolm McCallum
: https://www.eagle.tamut.edu/faculty/mmccallum/index.html =20 From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of = Anon. Sent: Wed 8/16/2006 8:39 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: standard deviation of a slope Sarah Gilman wrote

Re: standard deviation of a slope

2006-08-16 Thread Anon.
Geoffrey Poole wrote: Sarah: I think the reviewer comment has merit. I understand your problem as follows: Your goal is to compare the usefulness (not sure what you means by usefulness, but we'll go with it...) of a regressions across environmental conditions. However, under one set

Re: standard deviation of a slope

2006-08-16 Thread Stephen B. Cox
:39 AM, Anon. wrote: Sarah Gilman wrote: Is it possible to calculate the standard deviation of the slope of a regression line and does anyone know how? My best guess after reading several stats books is that the standard deviation and the standard error of the slope are different names

Re: standard deviation of a slope

2006-08-16 Thread Geoffrey Poole
Geoffrey Poole wrote: Zar notes that the standard error of estimate (AKA standard error of the regression) is a measure of the remaining variance in Y *after* taking into account the dependence of Y on X. Bob O'Hara wrote: Zar says that? That's rubbish: the residual variance is the