At 10:48 AM -0600 2/12/02, Rick Froman wrote: > To those of you on the list who have ridiculed the importance of >making a distinction between scales of measurement (I say, unwisely >kicking the drowsy canine), the recent unpleasantness in the pairs >skating at the Olympics might make you reconsider. The Canadian pair lost >because the scoring system calls for Ordinal data to supercede Interval >data. Sometimes millions of dollars in endorsements may actually be >riding on which scale of measurement you choose. Rick
And of course there's no problem with the data itself ;-) * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
