On 06/04/04 13:22, Barry Rowlingson wrote: >> Although it has a slightly higher learning curve than SPSS-like > > We're usually more concerned with the first derivative of the learning >curve than its intercept. Better to say R has a steeper initial learning >curve. Maybe plot one out in R?
According to my introductory psychology text (Woodworth and Schlossberg's "Experimental Psychology, Revised Edition" [1954], ch. 18), a learning curve is a plot of (some measure of) amount learned as a function of learning trials. A steep initial slope therefore implies fast learning. I wish it were true, but I fear the opposite is intended. Jon -- Jonathan Baron, Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Home page: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~baron R search page: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/ ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
