Re: definition of metric as a noun

2001-09-29 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
understand without need for exegesis --- like ``statistically significant at the 95% confidence level''... ;-) -- Gordon D. Pusch perl -e '$_ = gdpusch\@NO.xnet.SPAM.com\n; s/NO\.//; s/SPAM\.//; print;' = Instructions for joining

Re: What is a confidence interval?

2001-09-27 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
concept that does not even live in the same space as a probability. -- Gordon D. Pusch perl -e '$_ = gdpusch\@NO.xnet.SPAM.com\n; s/NO\.//; s/SPAM\.//; print;' = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about

Re: teragram

2001-09-12 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
¥ð-³·¤Hºµ¿ß-¥ð--¦b¥[®³¤j [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to ask how to convert teragram to kilogram. From http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html, SI prefix `Tera' == 10^12 = 1,000,000,000,000. SI prefix `kilo' == 10^3 = 1,000. The rest is left as an exercise for the student.

Re: In search of person to help in publishing article

2001-09-04 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
that option, PDF (both of which are still proprietary, but at least have freely downloadable document-viewers). -- Gordon D. Pusch perl -e '$_ = gdpusch\@NO.xnet.SPAM.com\n; s/NO\.//; s/SPAM\.//; print;' = Instructions for joining

Re: Comment on Powerball---Expected Value

2001-09-02 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Heiser) writes: Jordan Ellenberg has an interesting comment on the statistical aspects of the expected value of a Powerball ticket. It was posted on Microsoft Internet Explored, Saturday Sept 1st under Slate. If you can't get it, I saved the text version and can

SCAM WARNING Re: urgent response needed

2001-08-27 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chike Ubah) writes: ATTENTION: Dear Sir, This letter might surprise you because; we have not met neither in person nor by correspondence. But I believe it is one day that you get know somebody either in physical or through correspondence. [ Rest deleted ] WARNING:

Re: common stat/ linear algebra problem

2001-08-05 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
= A'y Don't do it that way either --- it's notoriously ill-conditioned. It's better and more numerically stable to use the singular-value decomposition of 'A' to solve this problem. -- Gordon D. Pusch perl -e '$_ = gdpusch\@NO.xnet.SPAM.com\n; s/NO\.//; s/SPAM\.//; print

Re: part-time temporary lectureship at Boston Univ

2000-08-08 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
!!! :-( -- Gordon D. Pusch perl -e '$_ = "gdpusch\@NO.xnet.SPAM.com\n"; s/NO\.//; s/SPAM\.//; print;' = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at