On 8/30/2007 10:43 AM, Thomas Lumley wrote: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >>> >> Do you know what's in my wish list? >> >> I wish spreadsheets and computer languages had gone one >> step further. >> >> I mean, it's nice to define Cell X to be "equal" to >> Cell Y + 10, and then when we change Cell Y, magically we >> see Cell X change. >> >> But why can't it be the reverse? Why can't I change Cell X >> _and see the change in Cell Y_? >> > > Well, most statistical calculations are data-reducing, ie, many-to-one. > > I don't think you are likely to find a language where you can change the > confidence limits for the sample mean and have the data change in > response.
But just think how much money you could make as a consultant if you could change the p-value from 0.08 to 0.01. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
