Re: Evaluating students: A Statistical Perspective

2001-11-25 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], L.C. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question got me thinking about this problem as a multiple comparison problem. Exam scores are typically sums of problem scores. The problem scores may be thought of as random variables. By the central limit theorem, the distribution

Re: Evaluating students: A Statistical Perspective

2001-11-25 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Donald Burrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, L.C. wrote: As for the iid, it's reasonable to believe the questions could be drawn from some population. Why not the answers? If the questions are selected

Linguistic probability Was: Re: what probability to get an 'A' on exam?

2001-11-25 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stan Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This reminds me of an argument my son had with his high school biology instructor and a fellow student. The argument was concerning the existence of God. The instructor and debate student argued that God either exists or does

Re: Evaluating students: A Statistical Perspective

2001-11-25 Thread L.C.
Donald Burrill wrote: On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, L.C. wrote: Thanks for the reply! As for the iid, it's reasonable to believe the questions could be drawn from some population. Why not the answers? If the questions are selected in accordance with some table of specifications, they are

SNORING - IS IT AFFECTING YOUR LIFE ?

2001-11-25 Thread nutritionstore1
SNORING-IS IT AFFECTING YOUR LIFE? This product has been featured on National TV. Does snoring keep you up at night? Tired of having to sleep in separate rooms because of snoring? Tired of hearing how your snoring kept someone up all night? Just Tired of being tired because of someones

Read this for details

2001-11-25 Thread kilomyi
Stop Searching And Start Earning Begin The Winter Of 2001 With distributorships in your area readily available. Lifetime opportunity with the hottest business development program in the US! Locations going quickly Contact us now, to see if your area is available. For A Free Investment

Stat question

2001-11-25 Thread Sima
Dear List Members, I have missed some lectures on statistics due to heavy illness and now i got an assignment which i cannot solve. Please help me. Below is assignment text: Question 3 Manufacturers of Xeno fuel additive claim that their product increases fuel efficiency by over 10%. A consumer

Re: biostatistics careers

2001-11-25 Thread ctcgag
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Brown) wrote: What _is_ biostatistics, anyway? A student asked me, and I realized I have only a vague idea. A very bright professor once told me that organic chemistry is what organic chemists do. I think that definition can be readily adapted to biostatistics. Xho

ºÃÓÑÌáʾ:ÍøÉÏÏÖÔÚ»¹ÓÐÕæÕý±ãÒË¿ÉÕ¼? #1D8C

2001-11-25 Thread cxxn
5997 ×ð¾´µÄÆß²ÊÉ̳ǿͻ§£º ¸ÐлÄúÒ»Ö±ÒÔÀ´¶ÔÆß²ÊÉ̳ǵÄÖ§³Ö£¡

Re: E as a % of a standard deviation

2001-11-25 Thread Barry Edwards
Algebraically, E = [z(a/2) / SQRT(n)] x SD, so it must be that the margin of error (maximum error as you called it) is a multiple of the population standard deviation. Keep in mind what these values represent. E is the margin of error of the estimate of mu, the population mean. SD is the