In article <8vk5h2$516l9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Li0N_iN_0iL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Herman Rubin wrote:
>>anyone wanting to learn good statistics should not even
>>consider taking an "undergraduate" statistics course
>Nonsense.
Not only is that not nonsense, but it is quite difficult
to get students who have learned techniques to consider
what, if any, basis was behind those techniques.
Meaningful statistics is based on the concept of
probability, not the computation of probabilities, and
consideration of the totality of consequences.
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This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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