Thanks for the info! I'm sure that'll help people pass along an answer to you. Erin B. St. Louis, MO
William Foss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear List, I am testing my hypothesis that I can get my homework turned in (ha ha). The assignment is to take a sample space of fifty (in my case, horn players) the example was to take 50 small bags of M&Ms and count the number of a certain color in each bag. Or, we could poll a group of fifty people, asking a question with a number for the answer. From there, we measure the central tendency, make a frequency distribution table, pie graph, find variance, standard deviation and then find the intervals of 1,2,3 of the standard deviation. I appreciate the questions that you have for me, they are very similar to those the teacher gave the class to apply to this assignment. I am not really testing any hypothesis, however. The interpretation of the data will not be anything other than "this is approximately how much the average horn player practices." Also, now that I think about it, the title of "serious horn player" was a very poor choice of words. I think that anyone on this list is serious enough to pay attention to the horn world outside of playing is a serious horn person. Some of the people who have sent me results manage to find the time to play, have a life, and have a job all at the same time. I think that that signifies a person who is serious about horn. William Foss Paul Ingraham's advice to young horn players: Find a good teacher. Practice diligently. Watch what you say to your colleagues. >I hate to pester, but I'll take this announcement to repost my earlier >question, as I think it is even more applicable now that responses are >requested from such a wide variety of people: > > >Though I am sure there are greater experts than I out on the list, I'll > >do my duty as a doctoral student in a research program (meaning, I've > >suffered my share of statistics courses) and ask you, William, about > >what exactly you have in mind for your survey. What hypotheses are you > >testing with the survey? Is there anything in particular you are trying >to > >demonstrate or support with the info you gather? Is it just the one > >question regarding hours of practice? What types of analyses are you > >considering running? Are you just going to do some descriptive analyses >and wanted some >fun data, or are there any questions you are trying to >answer? > > > >Knowing the answers to these questions will do wonders for clarifying > >your potential respondent pool and the phrasing in your survey, and will > >also help other list members give you the best data you can get. Best > >of luck, keep us updated! > >Erin Block >Grad. Student, I/O Psychology >St. Louis, MO > > >William Foss wrote: >Dear List >I am in desperate need of more responses! I think that I will now open the >survey to include anyone. No matter how much you practice please contact me >privately or on-list as soon as is possible and give me a rough estimation >of how many hours you practice on a weekly basis, if it isn't too much >trouble. > >Thank you >William Foss > >Paul Ingraham's advice to young horn players: >Find a good teacher. Practice diligently. Watch what you say to your >colleagues. > > >_______________________________________________ >post: horn@music.memphis.edu >unsubscribe or set options at >http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/ireland1006%40sbcglobal.net >_______________________________________________ >post: horn@music.memphis.edu >unsubscribe or set options at >http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/skippy_the_wonderguy%40hotmail.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/ireland1006%40sbcglobal.net _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
