dennis roberts wrote:
At 06:08 PM 6/19/01 +0000, Jerry Dallal wrote:the minus one is for the option of 0 courses - droping out. It is presumed that you have already decided to stick it out. :)
>Alex Yu wrote:
> >
> > In 1940 Helen M. Walker wrote an article in the journal of Educational
> > Psychology regarding the concept degrees of freedom. In 1970s, I. J. Good
> > wrote something to criticize Walker's idea. I forgot the citation. I tried
> > many databases and even searched the internet but got no result. Does any
> > one know the citation? Thanks in advance.
> >
>
>73AmerStat 27 227- 228 J What are degrees of freedom? Good, I.
>J.answer??? the number of options you have in deciding what courses you can
take during your freshperson year in college ... MINUS ONE
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