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2001-04-20 Thread Hindley, Jane
Dear Eric, I'm writing my summer school course outline, and would like to know what the budget is for outside speakers before approaching anyone. The outline should be finished by the end of next week. best wishes, janeh application/ms-tnef

Re: Student's t vs. z tests

2001-04-20 Thread dennis roberts
alan and others ... perhaps what my overall concern is ... and others have expressed this from time to time in varying ways ... is that 1. we tend to teach stat in a vacuum ... 2. and this is not good the problem this creates is a disconnect from the question development phase, the measure

Re: Student's t vs. z tests

2001-04-20 Thread dennis roberts
nice note mike Impossible? No. Requiring a great deal of effort on the part of some cluster of folks? Definitely! absolutely! There is some discussion of this very possibility in Psychology, although I've yet to see evidence of fruition. A very large part of the problem, in my mind, is

Introducing inference using the binomial (was: Student's t vs. z

2001-04-20 Thread Bruce Weaver
On 19 Apr 2001, Paul Swank wrote: I agree. I normally start inference by using the binomial and then then the normal approximation to the binomial for large n. It might be best to begin all graduate students with nonparametric statistics followed by linear models. Then we could get them to

ANCOVA vs. sequential regression

2001-04-20 Thread William Levine
Here is a statistical issue that I have been pondering for a few weeks now, and I am hoping someone can help set me straight. A study was conducted to assess whether there were age differences in memory for order independent of memory for items. Two preexisting groups (younger and older adults -

Statistical Notation

2001-04-20 Thread Magill, Brett
Does anyone know of a resource that lists symbols often used in statistics and probability. What I am looking for is something with the symbol, its name, and some common uses. In particular, I would like web sources, but I would be grateful for any suggestions. Best, Brett