"Wuensch, Karl L" wrote:
>
> For example, I just computed the Pearson r between statophobia (the
> first-day amount of self-reported fear of the course expressed by students
> who have taken stats with me the last several years) and the height of the
> students' ideal mate. Although "significant" at .003, the r was rather
> small, .13. The sample size was moderately large, 489. More fun is to see
> how it is that the students interpret this correlation -- why does
> statophobia covary with the height of ideal mate?
>
> Karl W.
Let me guess. Because:
(1) statophobia is a gender issue
(2) a majority of students are heterosexual
(3) "Studs" are taller than "babes" (and probably by an amount
significantly exceeding the actual sexual dimorphism of human beings)
-Robert Dawson
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