On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:15:26 +0200, Vijay Arya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I guess tossing the same coin may not make it dependent. One can use a > single coin and generate an infinite trace of heads and tails 101001.... > which becomes the population. > > Provided that A and B donot choose the same 0 or same 1 in their > samples, the samples of A and B will remain independent. When I toss a quarter multiple times and catch it in the air, the consecutive outcomes are not independent, or I never would have hit 16 heads in a row. Now, if it bounces on a hard surface .... -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
