In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dennis Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might
>consider for a moment:
>what is the SINGLE most valuable concept/procedure/skill (just one!) ...
>that you would think is most important when it comes to passing along to
>students studying "inferential statistics"
>what i am mainly looking for would be answers like:
>the notion of ________
>being able to do ______
>that sort of thing
>something that if ANY instructor in stat, say at the introductory level
>failed to discuss and emphasize ... he/she is really missing the boat and
>doing a disservice to students
I have no problems with this. The most important concept is
that of a decision problem. Put into one sentence,
It is necessary to simultaneously consider
all consequences of the proposed action in
all states of nature.
I have discussed the consequences of just keeping this in
mind, without going into calculation details. Few of the
present introductory courses could survive this.
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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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