Re: E as a % of a standard deviation

2001-09-30 Thread John Jackson
Donald, I totally agree w/your point about the stratification of the sample. My facts were set up merely for simplicity's sake notwithstanding their clear artificiality. The only instances of multiple samples I have seen are in textbooks to prove the CLT; that w/increasing numbers of sample

Re: E as a % of a standard deviation

2001-09-30 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 00:34:40 GMT, John Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is my solution using figures which are self-explanatory: Sample Size Determination pi = 50% central area 0.99 confid level= 99%

Re: Help with Minitab Problem?

2001-09-30 Thread Donald Burrill
Turns out the method I originally suggested is unnecessarily cumbersome. A more elegant method is described below. On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Donald Burrill wrote in part: COPY c1-c35 to c41-c75; # Always retain the original data OMIT c1 = '*'; OMIT c2 = '*'; . . . ;