Re: t-test normality assumption

2000-08-06 Thread Donald Burrill
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Gates, Christopher [OMP] wrote: Donald, thank you so much for your response. I had the opportunity to converse with my friend (HOH) on this matter again, and his explanation seemed to closely follow yours, or at least that's how I see it. I guess the bottom line for

Re: a fortiori

2000-08-06 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 6 Aug 2000 10:26:02 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hayden) wrote: snip, re: a fortiori Now, does anyone know of a reference where one could look up phrases? For example, "like a chicken with its head cut off". Very short phrases are sometimes in dictionaries under the main word

Re: summarizing p-values

2000-08-06 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 10:34:24 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello from Germany, as a part of my dissertation in medicine, I have to summarize some results of clinical trials. My question: By summarizing the results (percentage differences of certain parameters), how can I regard for the

Re: t-test normality assumption

2000-08-06 Thread Bob Hayden
Selections from an earlier exchange on EdStat-L are followed by some comments. - Forwarded message from Donald Burrill - On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Gates, Christopher [OMP] wrote: Donald, thank you so much for your response. I had the opportunity to converse with my friend (HOH) on this

Re: Regression books

2000-08-06 Thread Gary McClelland
Many thanks to Christopher Tong [EMAIL PROTECTED] for posting the list of recommended and mentioned textbooks on regression. And thanks for including mine on the list. Judd McClelland (*) (*) = out of print, according to amazon.com However, the out-of-print info from Amazon is wrong

polyserial correlation in prelis 2

2000-08-06 Thread castlemaster
hi, there is a test of model with chi-sq value, d.f. and p-value provided for the polyserial correlation coefficients in prelis 2. is it a test of close fit or a test of significance? does a test of significance exist? any reference? many thanks.