Re: Fundamental differences between Statistics and Data Mining?

2000-11-20 Thread P.G.Hamer
T.S. Lim wrote: I'm attempting to compile an online list of the fundamental differences between our field Statistics and Data Mining. Several online references that touch on the topic include http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~jhf/ftp/dm-stat.ps

accuracy, median or mean

2000-11-20 Thread Paul Foran
Is Accuracy measured as sample mean or sample median distance from true value = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at

Re: NY Times on statisticians' view of election

2000-11-20 Thread Thom Baguley
Herman Rubin wrote: The UK has effective disenfrachisement of most of the members of its Liberal party. Also, the US was definitely set up NOT to be "democratic"; the British democracy has greatly eroded the rights the people won in the Bill of Rights and the Petition of Right. Democracy

Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes

2000-11-20 Thread Thom Baguley
Michael Granaas wrote: On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Thom Baguley wrote: I was also struck by the poll result in Florida newspaper reporting that most Floridians thought the election was fair. Most was less than 2/3 in that case. I would be horrified if 1/3 of the electorate in an English

Re: NY Times on statisticians' view of election

2000-11-20 Thread P.G.Hamer
Thom Baguley wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: The UK has effective disenfrachisement of most of the members of its Liberal party. Also, the US was definitely set up NOT to be "democratic"; the British democracy has greatly eroded the rights the people won in the Bill of Rights and the

Re: NY Times on statisticians' view of election

2000-11-20 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thom Baguley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: The UK has effective disenfrachisement of most of the members of its Liberal party. Also, the US was definitely set up NOT to be "democratic"; the British democracy has greatly eroded the rights the

Re: What's type III?

2000-11-20 Thread Christopher Auld
Rich Ulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I can squint my eyes, and posit a Type III error that meets that definition. But it's virtually never going to happen, or be regarded as an event-of-that-class when it does; so it is not "on a par with" the other two. In my opinion. It seems to me

No Subject

2000-11-20 Thread Paul W. Jeffries
Dear List, What software would you recommend for writing documents that contain mathematical symbols? Microsoft Word does not have all the symbols I need. Paul W. Jeffries Department of Psychology SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook NY 11794-2500 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2000-11-20 Thread Sutton, Tom
Lotus Wordpro "Paul W. Jeffries" wrote: Dear List, What software would you recommend for writing documents that contain mathematical symbols? Microsoft Word does not have all the symbols I need. Paul W. Jeffries Department of Psychology SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook NY 11794-2500

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2000-11-20 Thread David C. Howell
MathType version 4 is excellent. I write a lot of equations, and find it very useful. It can install itself as part of Word, so it becomes your default equation editor. If you take the trouble to learn the keyboard shortcuts, it is exceptionally quick to use. Dave Howell At 01:36 PM 11/20/00

Re: manual recount - of punched ballots

2000-11-20 Thread Tony T. Warnock
Herman Rubin wrote: And machine voting was originally introduced in the last century because of fraud. You mean like the Tammany and Pendergrast machines? = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the

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2000-11-20 Thread Alan McLean
You could try Mathtype, which works very well. The equation editor in Word is a cut down version of this. URL is http://www.mathtype.com/. Regards, Alan "Paul W. Jeffries" wrote: Dear List, What software would you recommend for writing documents that contain mathematical symbols?

math. editors

2000-11-20 Thread Bob Hayden
I have been looking at math. editors for years. There's no right answer -- it just depends on what you want to do. For example, the journals of the American Mathamatical Society want you to submit articles in TeX or LaTeX, which is the most powerful tool for such things, but also the hardest

math. symbols

2000-11-20 Thread Bob Hayden
- Forwarded message from Paul W. Jeffries - What software would you recommend for writing documents that contain mathematical symbols? Microsoft Word does not have all the symbols I need. - End of forwarded message from Paul W. Jeffries - If it is just a matter of symbols you

Re: What's type III?

2000-11-20 Thread Karl L. Wuensch
Chris said :"Since both the null and alternative are generally false," Now I'm confused. I always thought that null and alternative were mutually exclusive and exhaustive, as in "parameter LE value" versus "parameter GT value."

Re: accuracy, median or mean

2000-11-20 Thread Glen Barnett
Paul Foran wrote: Is Accuracy measured as sample mean or sample median distance from true value You could define something called accuracy as either of these, or indeed as something else. Is there a particular context you're asking about? It may be that in some areas the term has an accepted

Stats Tutor Needed

2000-11-20 Thread James Chou
Hi all, I'm looking around for a stats tutor. I'm in the Boston area but its conceivable that it could be done remote. I would need perhaps a couple of hours a week in Bayesian analysis and probability theory at the first year grad level. Please give me a call at work if anyone is interested.

Re: What's type III?

2000-11-20 Thread Donald Burrill
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Karl L. Wuensch wrote: Chris said :"Since both the null and alternative are generally false," Now I'm confused. I always thought that null and alternative were mutually exclusive and exhaustive, as in "parameter LE value" versus "parameter GT value." No, you're not