Pluma y Fuente nº 178 del 02/10/2001.

2001-10-02 Thread Pluma
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Re: E as a % of a standard deviation

2001-10-02 Thread Magenta
SRS = simple random sample. cheers Michelle Paul Bellamy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message UD2t7.56886$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:UD2t7.56886$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Thanks alot - what does SRS mean? Also what does frequentist mean - I have also seen that word? Dennis Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-02 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
Nimish Shah wrote: Dear DL Students, I have Ph.D. degree in mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, computer science. Can you please post details of your 3 PhDs! Four, surely? -R. Dawson =

RE: Logistic Regression vs Chi Square test in the following scenario

2001-10-02 Thread Simon, Steve, PhD
Title: RE: Logistic Regression vs Chi Square test in the following scenario Nick writes: Let's say I have two variables: y is the dependent variable, x is the independent variable. Both variables are binary and discrete. I want to see if there is a relation between x and y. Is it possible

Re: Logistic Regression vs Chi Square test in the following scenario

2001-10-02 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 1 Oct 2001 13:36:05 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick) wrote: [ snip, ... and data ] etc etc. Both variables are binary and discrete. I want to see if there is a relation between x and y. Is it possible to use logistic regression analysis in this case and generate a p value from a F

RE: Analysis of covariance

2001-10-02 Thread Bruce Weaver
On 27 Sep 2001, Paul R. Swank wrote: Some years ago I did a simulation on the pretest-posttest control group design lokking at three methods of analysis, ANCOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, and treatment by block factorial ANOVA (blocking on the pretest using a median split). I found that that

Re: no subject

2001-10-02 Thread Stan Brown
Rich Ulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in sci.stat.edu: Just a reminder, folks - The Usenet group sci.stat.edu is linked to a mailing list. I posted to the newsgroup and got a bounce message about my mail to someone at Stanford. I don't know enough about mailing-list software to suggest

Re: They look different; are they really?

2001-10-02 Thread Stan Brown
Jill Binker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in sci.stat.edu: Even assuming the test yields a good measure of how well the students know the material (which should be investigated, rather than assumed), it isn't telling you whether students have learned more from the class itself, unless you assume all

Re: They look different; are they really?

2001-10-02 Thread Stan Brown
Gus Gassmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in sci.stat.edu: Stan Brown wrote: Another instructor and I gave the same exam to our sections of a course. Here's a summary of the results: Section A: n=20, mean=56.1, median=52.5, standard dev=20.1 Section B: n=23 mean=73.0, median=70.0, standard

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-02 Thread Dennis Roberts
At 06:07 PM 10/2/01 +, Jon Miller wrote: The neat thing about math is the numerical answer doesn't matter, just the method. Jon Miller gee ... i hope you don't really mean that ... if so, that will take your bank off the hook IF they royally mess up your bank statement and interest

RE: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-02 Thread Olsen, Chris
Hello All -- Not only that, I have an old Tacoma Narrows Bridge I'd like to sell someone. -- Chris Chris Olsen George Washington High School 2205 Forest Drive SE Cedar Rapids, IA (319)-398-2161 The neat thing about math is the numerical answer doesn't matter, just the method.

tacoma narrows bridge

2001-10-02 Thread Dennis Roberts
At 02:36 PM 10/2/01 -0500, Olsen, Chris wrote: Hello All -- Not only that, I have an old Tacoma Narrows Bridge I'd like to sell someone. some interesting urls about this http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/research/nonlinear/tacoma/tacoma.html

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-02 Thread Stuart Gall
There are three kinds of mathematician those that can count and those that can't :-) -- Stuart Gall This message is not provable. Nimish Shah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Dear DL Students,

Re: optimal sample size

2001-10-02 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:52:08 +0200, Bernhard Kuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [me] I think I am trying to say, gently, that your basic question doesn't make very good sense to me; and it did not, to Dennis, either. Optimal is one problematic word. Another problem is that you seem to

Re: They look different; are they really?

2001-10-02 Thread Alan McLean
Stan Brown wrote: I had already decided to lead off with an assessment test the first day of class next time, for the students' benefit. (If they should be in a more or less advanced class, the sooner they know it the better for them.) But as you point out, that will benefit me too. The