Re: One tailed vs. Two tailed test

2001-03-14 Thread Herman Rubin
is address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (76

Re: One tailed vs. Two tailed test

2001-03-13 Thread Herman Rubin
rtment or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining and leaving this list

Re: One tailed vs. Two tailed test

2001-03-13 Thread Herman Rubin
is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: power,beta, etc.

2001-03-08 Thread Herman Rubin
ssumptions are important and which are not, from the standpoint of the user. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL

Re: basic stats question

2001-03-05 Thread Herman Rubin
aim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Inst

Re: basic stats question

2001-03-05 Thread Herman Rubin
. Is this so? If so, where is this discussed in more detail? Why does it have to be discussed in more detail? Conditional probability is probability. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman

Re: basic stats question

2001-02-28 Thread Herman Rubin
ionary differentiable Gaussian process is another. This is thrown together off the cuff. There are lots of others. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafa

Re: probability definition

2001-02-28 Thread Herman Rubin
are made. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: Bg/Time data extrapolation?

2001-02-24 Thread Herman Rubin
thing about what can and cannot be done, I suggest you bring in a good mathematical statistician who does not just use simple models early in your research. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University

Re: Kolmogorov-Smirnov two sample like test for discrete distr.

2001-02-24 Thread Herman Rubin
this, the K-S test is conservative; that is, the actual p-value is smaller than you think. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907

Re: Bg/Time data extrapolation?

2001-02-24 Thread Herman Rubin
s is another variable, and it is variable. The only way you could know the amount of insulin is to use more complicated tests for it; these are usually not done, except by medical researchers. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Stati

Re: Bg/Time data extrapolation?

2001-02-21 Thread Herman Rubin
n the packages, is no good if the recipe is inappropriate for the material to be cooked. This is your situation. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West

Re: Significance Testing in Experiments

2001-02-09 Thread Herman Rubin
aim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Inst

Re: convolution of binomials

2001-02-06 Thread Herman Rubin
do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: The meaning of the p value

2001-02-02 Thread Herman Rubin
a p value for that problem AND THAT SAMPLE SIZE, but the p value to be used depends quite substantially on the sample size. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statisti

Re: 95% confidence interval

2001-02-02 Thread Herman Rubin
sed to try to discuss probability. It leads to students forcing this model when it is totally inappropriate. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West

Re: 95% confidence interval

2001-02-02 Thread Herman Rubin
between certain order statistics, and this would be as claimed for all continuous distributions. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette

Re: The meaning of the p value

2001-02-02 Thread Herman Rubin
of one in a given situation generally go with more extreme values of the other in a given experimental situation. It is not true across situations. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin

Re: The meaning of the p value

2001-02-02 Thread Herman Rubin
nce limits for the effect. The only reason p values are used as they are is that they have become religion. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West

Re: The meaning of the p value

2001-02-02 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jerry Dallal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote and I marked up: There is no way to use the present p-value by itself correctly with additional data. I think the "with" is a typographical error and that "without" was intended. I co

Re: The meaning of the p value

2001-01-31 Thread Herman Rubin
l estimate is in the region. In between, detailed consideration of the prior assumptions make a difference. Will -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue U

Re: regression to the mean

2001-01-25 Thread Herman Rubin
as the top 10% of the fathers. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765

Re: AW: eigenvalue: origin of term

2001-01-23 Thread Herman Rubin
more hours. Unless one gets into the assumptions, this is it. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: trivariate normality test statistic

2001-01-23 Thread Herman Rubin
) for |t| = 1 is such a test statistic. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054

Re: AW: AW: eigenvalue: origin of term

2001-01-23 Thread Herman Rubin
of data to normality. However, his discovery of the essential part of what became the Gauss-Markov Theorem shows that least squares is good without normality. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University

Re: trivariate normality test statistic

2001-01-23 Thread Herman Rubin
will be the same constant independent of the data. This tests nothing. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: AW: eigenvalue: origin of term

2001-01-20 Thread Herman Rubin
k. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL

Re: MA MCAS statistical fallacy

2001-01-13 Thread Herman Rubin
t make school populations even remotely close to equal. All of this testing of schools is based on flawed assumptions. The null hypothesis is always false. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubi

Re: MA MCAS statistical fallacy

2001-01-13 Thread Herman Rubin
reading by third grade. Before socialization ahead of education, all were reading by second grade; if they were not, they did not get to second grade. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman

Re: skewness

2000-12-30 Thread Herman Rubin
are symmetric. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: Mean Square Consistent

2000-12-30 Thread Herman Rubin
Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining and leaving this list

Re: Which distribution is this...

2000-12-24 Thread Herman Rubin
is address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (76

Re: online advanced stats class where?

2000-12-19 Thread Herman Rubin
of the compromise result, which are all that possibly can be done. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Linear regression with absolute maximum errors in x,y

2000-12-18 Thread Herman Rubin
the errors, this is very definitely NOT the case; other than linear programming, I do not know of any approach to even the non-statistical version of the problem. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue Universi

Re: Linear regression with absolute maximum errors in x,y

2000-12-17 Thread Herman Rubin
is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: help with modelling

2000-12-16 Thread Herman Rubin
of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining

Re: Florida votes and statistical errors

2000-12-14 Thread Herman Rubin
. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: Radon-Nikodym derivative?

2000-12-13 Thread Herman Rubin
ro. One statistical application is that, under appropriate conditions, there is a likelihood ratio. Any reasonable measure theory book will have this. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin,

Re: EdStat: Factoring tetrachoric matrix in SAS

2000-12-11 Thread Herman Rubin
s is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054

Re: reasonable probability

2000-12-06 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Christian Bau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article 90k3vl$[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman Rubin) wrote: AFAIK there is general agreement that unbiased humans are better at identifying the difference between unpunched holes and imperfectly punched

Re: Variance of Mode?

2000-12-05 Thread Herman Rubin
nly. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (76

Re: Manufacturing Legitimacy

2000-12-05 Thread Herman Rubin
for my Intro class. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494

Re: Amending to Variance of Mode?

2000-12-05 Thread Herman Rubin
of the minimum being exponential. One certainly would not want to use the mode for the scale parameter of an exponential. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics

Re: Percentages: population vs. voters, by county

2000-12-02 Thread Herman Rubin
. Overall, I suggest that you learn decision theory, and do not use inappropriate recipes. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN

Re: Measuring student learning?

2000-11-30 Thread Herman Rubin
gh schools, drastic measures hated by the students are needed to reverse the descent into lack of understanding. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue U

Re: EdStat: Factoring tetrachoric matrix in SAS

2000-11-27 Thread Herman Rubin
rvations to estimate different covariances, such as with missing values, the matrix will not necessarily be positive semi-definite. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Sta

Re: stat question

2000-11-24 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], dennis roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:55 PM 11/23/00 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote: In article 8vk5h2$516l9$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Li0N_iN_0iL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: anyone wanting to learn good statistics should not even consider taking

Re: stat question

2000-11-24 Thread Herman Rubin
In article 01c055d0$5408df40$6f38de9e@daheiser, David Heiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Herman Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 4:55 PM Subject: Re: stat question Herman Rubin wrote: anyone wanting to learn

Re: stat question

2000-11-23 Thread Herman Rubin
In article 8vk5h2$516l9$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Li0N_iN_0iL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: anyone wanting to learn good statistics should not even consider taking an "undergraduate" statistics course Nonsense. Not only is that not nonsense, but it is quite difficult to ge

Re: NY Times on statisticians' view of election

2000-11-20 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thom Baguley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: The UK has effective disenfrachisement of most of the members of its Liberal party. Also, the US was definitely set up NOT to be "democratic"; the British democracy has greatly eroded

Re: NY Times on statisticians' view of election

2000-11-18 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ronald Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In sci.stat.edu Herman Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At this point, I have been shocked at the unprofessional, bias, and cluelessly partisan comments

Re: NY Times on statisticians' view of election

2000-11-18 Thread Herman Rubin
ople won in the Bill of Rights and the Petition of Right. Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding the dinner menu. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics

Re: NY Times on statisticians' view of election

2000-11-18 Thread Herman Rubin
al cartoons in our paper had a fortune teller with her crystal ball holding up a punched card and trying to intuit the intentions of the voter. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept

Re: NY Times on statisticians' view of election

2000-11-17 Thread Herman Rubin
University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about t

Re: stat question

2000-11-15 Thread Herman Rubin
is address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (76

Re: manual recount - of punched ballots

2000-11-15 Thread Herman Rubin
he precinct. I have used punched card ballots, and I consider them to be one of the worst means of doing things. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue U

Re: [ap-stat] RE: election proposal

2000-11-15 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ronald Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article 001801c04d82$38529f80$70690e3f@wards, Joe Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know WHY so many states DON'T DO IT THIS WAY? Perhaps the Political Science/History folks

Re: No vote option

2000-11-15 Thread Herman Rubin
is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: distribution of daily low/high

2000-11-09 Thread Herman Rubin
only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: ANOVA with dichotomous dependent variable

2000-11-06 Thread Herman Rubin
quot;Dead vs. Alive" in the members of the Donner party. They tested the odds of a woman dying vs. a man. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West

Re: Which book do you recommend?

2000-11-03 Thread Herman Rubin
in the others; it is fairly clear, and the difficulties are more likely to be in the mathematics. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette

Re: Which book do you recommend?

2000-11-02 Thread Herman Rubin
of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining and leaving

Re: replication of significant results

2000-11-02 Thread Herman Rubin
is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: What's type III?

2000-10-31 Thread Herman Rubin
of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining and leaving

Re: Meta-analysis

2000-10-24 Thread Herman Rubin
non-reporting or limited reporting. All of this must go into the analysis. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL

Re: questions on hypothesis

2000-10-23 Thread Herman Rubin
n only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: How to select a distribution?

2000-10-21 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert J. MacG. Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: In article 8smcpv$41r$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Choi, Young Sung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a statistically poor researcher and have a statistical problem. I have two candidate distributions

Re: .05 level of significance

2000-10-21 Thread Herman Rubin
ly when offered composite bets with known probabilities. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone:

Re: How to select a distribution?

2000-10-19 Thread Herman Rubin
. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: .05 level of significance

2000-10-19 Thread Herman Rubin
ficance levels based on the normal distribution were wrong when estimated variances were used. It was widely used before Fisher. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue U

Re: .05 level of significance

2000-10-19 Thread Herman Rubin
not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = In

Re: Wiener process

2000-10-19 Thread Herman Rubin
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining

Re: questions on hypothesis

2000-10-18 Thread Herman Rubin
Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining and leaving this list a

Re: questions on hypothesis

2000-10-18 Thread Herman Rubin
do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 ==

Re: questions on hypothesis

2000-10-18 Thread Herman Rubin
hese views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for

Re: questions on hypothesis

2000-10-17 Thread Herman Rubin
have "learned" in their statistics courses. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] P

Re: questions on hypothesis

2000-10-14 Thread Herman Rubin
-randomized procedures which can do this. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494

Re: questions on hypothesis

2000-10-14 Thread Herman Rubin
ce usually is unrelated to practice importance. I meant to type "practical importance". -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette

Re: questions on hypothesis

2000-10-14 Thread Herman Rubin
ue. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054

Re: What is today's Hogg Craig?

2000-09-26 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jerry Dallal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jerry Dallal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back in the "old days", the standard text for an undergraduate math stat course was Hogg Craig. I had some fondness for Li

Re: Likelihood: Is there a skeleton in the normal closet?

2000-09-24 Thread Herman Rubin
is address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (76

Re: What is today's Hogg Craig?

2000-09-24 Thread Herman Rubin
nly apply statistics, the appropriate level would be the later versions of Hogg and Craig or Mood and Graybill, with de Groot and the same level. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. o

Re: About Probability

2000-09-19 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Mclean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan McLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sure there is a multitude of possible answers to this one. One way I would answer it is to say that probability is only applicable

Re: What are the differences between Statistics and Econometric?

2000-09-19 Thread Herman Rubin
atistician who may not know economics. I know; I was there. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: About Probability

2000-09-19 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Christopher Tong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19 Sep 2000, Herman Rubin wrote: This would exclude the application of probability to such things as nuclear physics. While we have to use observations to draw inferences, the probabilities of interest

Re: About Probability

2000-09-18 Thread Herman Rubin
, it is essentially impossible to get good results empirically. Only modeling will provide understanding, and confirmation of the assumptions. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin

Re: What are the differences between Statistics and Econometric?

2000-09-18 Thread Herman Rubin
not understand. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: About Probability

2000-09-18 Thread Herman Rubin
Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks

Re: proportions as explanatory variables

2000-09-14 Thread Herman Rubin
is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: reliability baseball

2000-09-14 Thread Herman Rubin
s not have is unlikely to acquire it from any amount of repetition. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL

Re: EXPECTED VALUE OF NONLINEAR RANDOM VARIABLES

2000-09-11 Thread Herman Rubin
not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: Student fears (was: Histograms etc.)

2000-08-24 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], dennis roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:22 PM 8/22/00 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote: No geographer would take the heights of mountains and convert them to a probability scale. i beg to differ ... for, it is not totally an uninteresting question that someone

Re: Student fears (was: Histograms etc.)

2000-08-22 Thread Herman Rubin
This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Re: likelihood

2000-08-20 Thread Herman Rubin
the prior, and also it is possible to do a good job of specifying the prior and do very poorly as to the action despite a good job of specifying the prior. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University

Re: Simulating Integer Scores

2000-08-20 Thread Herman Rubin
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Re: Point vs. Interal estimation

2000-08-20 Thread Herman Rubin
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Fisher Was: Re: likelihood

2000-08-11 Thread Herman Rubin
stand Fisher's view of probability. The only discernable connection between Bayes original work and Fisher's view of probability is that they are both discussed in Chapter 2 of his 1956 book, "Scientific Inference". -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that thes

Re: summarizing p-values

2000-08-08 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jerry Dallal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin wrote: I will address this point first, as it is equally valid no matter what one's view of statistical inference happens to be. The point is that the probability of publication depends on the p-value. If you

Re: summarizing p-values

2000-08-07 Thread Herman Rubin
, the publication problem above still remains. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX

Re: extrapolation

2000-07-25 Thread Herman Rubin
not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

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