On 01/14/2011 03:33 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Michael Madigan<[email protected]> wrote: >> A 2% deviation from the mean is significant? IN WHAT WORLD? > -------------------- > > I don't remember SD comparisons as a %. > > What I do remember is you generate the average and then identify the > points +& - from center for your curve by your population values. > Wow was that a long time ago that I did that. > > >
I believe one standard deviation from the norm would encompass approximately 67% of the universe being sampled. A 2% change between two statistical means is talking about something completely different. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation Regards, LelanedJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
