Re: Statistical Distributions

2002-02-17 Thread Timothy W. Victor
I also think Alan's idea is sound. I start my students off with some binomial expansion theory. Alan McLean wrote: This is a good idea, Dennis. I would like to see the sequence start with the binomial - in a very real way, the normal occurs naturally as an 'approximation' to the binomial.

Re: coefficient in logistic regression

2002-01-26 Thread Timothy W. Victor
Assuming you have coded everything correctly, I would look at something called complete or quasi-complete separation. These conditions often lead to grossly inflated coefficients. Claudiu D. Tufis wrote: Hi, I have a multiple logistic regression. Among the predictors, I have 6

Re: Factor Analysis

2001-06-15 Thread Timothy W. Victor
_Psychometric Theory_, by Jum Nunnally to name one. haytham siala wrote: Hi, I will appreciate if someone can help me with this question: if factors extracted from a factor analysis were found to be reliable (using an internal consistency test like a Cronbach alpha), can they be used to