Re: Is this how you would have done it?

2001-12-23 Thread Donald Burrill
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Ralph Noble asked: How would you have done this? A local newspaper asked its readers to rank the year's Top 10 news stories by completing a ballot form. There were 10 choices on all but one ballot (i.e. local news, sports news, business news, etc.), and you had to

Re: Is this how you would have done it?

2001-12-23 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Donald Burrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Ralph Noble asked: How would you have done this? A local newspaper asked its readers to rank the year's Top 10 news stories by completing a ballot form. There were 10 choices on all but one ballot

Re: How ro perform Runs Test??

2001-12-23 Thread Jim Snow
Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chia C Chong) wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I am using nonlinear regression method to find the best parameters for my data. I came across a term called runs test from the

Re: How to prove absence of dependence between arguments of function?

2001-12-23 Thread Jim Snow
- Original Message - From: Estimator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: sci.stat.edu Sent: Saturday, 22 December 2001 2:47 Subject: How to prove absence of dependence between arguments of function? *** post for FREE via your newsreader at post.newsfeeds.com *** I've got linear function

Re: Is this how you would have done it?

2001-12-23 Thread Jay Warner
Ralph Noble wrote: How would you have done this? A local newspaper asked its readers to rank the year's Top 10 news stories by completing a ballot form. There were 10 choices on all but one ballot (i.e. local news, sports news, business news, etc.), and you had to rank those from 1 to 10

Re: Maximum Likelihood Question

2001-12-23 Thread Jimc10
To all, Thanks so much for all your ideas and insights thus far. To those who have suggested a Baysean approach, I am interested, but I am weeks away from understanding it well enough to figure out if I can use it. Also, I think I am close to developing a usable technique along my current line.