>At 8:46 AM -0600 12/2/99, Jean Edwards wrote:
> >Hi Tipsters:
> >
> >Statistics (and any math for that matter) is not one of my strong points
>but
> >doesn't the normal curve phenomenon apply to large numbers of people?
Then Paul wrote:
>
>At best, and only if they're randomly sampled.
>I would guess that a class population is both truncated and skewed.
>I'd have trouble justifying its use in classes of less than several
>hundred.
>
>* PAUL K. BRANDON
I agree 100% so why the hell do so many administrators want to use the data
from classes of 40 or less, as part of evaluations.
Rip Pisacreta
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