On 29/10/2009, at 10:48 AM, Bert Gunter wrote:
Folks:
If generalities -- with the attendant risk of occasional specific
caveats
and violations -- can be tolerated, then George Box's (paraphrased)
comments
of circa 40-50 years ago seem apropos: why do statisticians obsess
over
normality, to which most analyses -- i.e. inference (especially from
balanced designs)-- are robust, when lack of independence of the
observations is the violation of assumptions that can reeks
Point of order Mr. Chairman. That should be ``wreaks''.
(To ``reek'' is to stink.)
the greatest havoc on the statistical analysis?
<snip>
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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