Re: best inference

2001-11-23 Thread Herman Rubin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:24:54 -0600, Bill Jefferys ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Roberts) wrote: >> #on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if

Re: best inference

2001-11-23 Thread Herman Rubin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dennis Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might >consider for a moment: >what is the SINGLE most valuable concept/procedure/skill (just one!) ... >that you would think is most important when it co

Re: best inference

2001-11-22 Thread Thom Baguley
Alan McLean wrote: > > Happy holiday, Dennis. I have two answers to this question - pick one! > > First, the recognition that all of statistics, but particularly > inference, is about providing, and assessing the strength of, evidence - > in circumstances where some measurement(s) can sensibly b

Re: best inference

2001-11-22 Thread Rolf Dalin
This is not a big holiday in Sweden, but I'll be brief anyway, throwing in some personal thoughts: Understanding that the notion of relationship between (two) variables have different aspects. Like correlation measures, statistical effect, explanatory power, consistency, mechanism ... And that

Re: best inference

2001-11-21 Thread Alan McLean
Happy holiday, Dennis. I have two answers to this question - pick one! First, the recognition that all of statistics, but particularly inference, is about providing, and assessing the strength of, evidence - in circumstances where some measurement(s) can sensibly be defined, and these measurement

Re: best inference

2001-11-21 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:24:54 -0600, Bill Jefferys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Roberts) wrote: > > #on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might > #consider for a moment: > # > #what is the SINGLE most valuab

Re: best inference

2001-11-21 Thread Jay Warner
Dennis Roberts wrote: > on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might > consider for a moment: > > what is the SINGLE most valuable concept/procedure/skill (just one!) ... > that you would think is most important when it comes to passing along to > students studying "i

Re: best inference

2001-11-21 Thread Bill Jefferys
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Roberts) wrote: #on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might #consider for a moment: # #what is the SINGLE most valuable concept/procedure/skill (just one!) ... #that you would think is most important when it

best inference

2001-11-21 Thread Dennis Roberts
on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might consider for a moment: what is the SINGLE most valuable concept/procedure/skill (just one!) ... that you would think is most important when it comes to passing along to students studying "inferential statistics" what i am