In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Dennis Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
not to disagree with alan but, my goal was to parallel what glass and
stanley did and that is all ...seems like there are all kinds of
distributions one might discuss AND, there may be more than one order that
is acceptable
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Dennis Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
addendum
if one manipulates n and p in a binomial and, gets to a point where a
person would say (or we would say as the instructor) that what you see is
very similar to ... and might even be approximated well by ... the nd
At 07:34 AM 2/19/02 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote:
I do not see this. The binomial distribution is a natural
one; the normal distribution, while it has lots of mathematical
properties, is not.
i don't know of any distribution that is natural ... what does that mean?
inherent in the universe? all
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Dennis Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 07:34 AM 2/19/02 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote:
I do not see this. The binomial distribution is a natural
one; the normal distribution, while it has lots of mathematical
properties, is not.
i don't know of any distribution
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Timothy W. Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I also think Alan's idea is sound. I start my students off with some
binomial expansion theory.
Giving not the formulas for the standard distributions
but what types of problems result in these is good.
But I believe it
not to disagree with alan but, my goal was to parallel what glass and
stanley did and that is all ...seems like there are all kinds of
distributions one might discuss AND, there may be more than one order that
is acceptable
most books of recent vintage (and g and s was 1970) don't even
addendum
if one manipulates n and p in a binomial and, gets to a point where a
person would say (or we would say as the instructor) that what you see is
very similar to ... and might even be approximated well by ... the nd
... this MEANS that the nd came first in the sense that one would
Hi Dennis,
Dennis Roberts wrote:
not to disagree with alan but, my goal was to parallel what glass and
stanley did and that is all ...seems like there are all kinds of
distributions one might discuss AND, there may be more than one order that
is acceptable
Sure, I realised that your goal
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.
Alan
Dennis Roberts wrote:
Back in 1970, Glass and Stanley in their excellent Statistical Methods in
Education and
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.
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