On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:11:34 +0000 (UTC), Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >And rather neatly, the square root of the second moment about the >median is less than or equal to twice the square root of the second >moment about the mean (the latter is more commonly known as the >standard deviation).
The above statement is correct, though it isn't what I meant to say. Either of the following is better: 1. The second moment about the median is less than or equal to twice the second moment about the mean (the latter is more commonly known as the variance). 2. The square root of the second moment about the median is less than or equal to the square root of 2 times the square root of the second moment about the mean (the latter is more commonly known as the standard deviation). . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
