Re: Disadvantage of Non-parametric vs. Parametric Test

1999-12-08 Thread Glen Barnett
Rich Ulrich wrote: > - In my vocabulary, these days, "nonparametric" starts out with data > being ranked, or otherwise being placed into categories -- it is the > infinite parameters involved in that sort of non-reversible re-scoring > which earns the label, nonparametric. (I am still trying to

Re: Disadvantage of Non-parametric vs. Parametric Test

1999-12-08 Thread Glen Barnett
Frank E Harrell Jr wrote: > > > > Alex Yu wrote: > > > > > > > > Disadvantages of non-parametric tests: > > > > > > > > Losing precision: Edgington (1995) asserted that when more precise > > > > measurements are available, it is unwise to degrade the precision by > > > > transforming the measurem

Re: Disadvantage of Non-parametric vs. Parametric Test

1999-12-08 Thread Glen Barnett
Robert Dawson wrote: [a long description of an instransitivity problem with WMW] This is very interesting! I'm interested to know what happens in these cases with Kruskal-Wallis - presumably it will reject. It does make the point (which I always try to make clear to people) that unless you ha

Re: Disadvantage of Non-parametric vs. Parametric Test

1999-12-08 Thread Jan de Leeuw
Parametric/Nonparametric bootstrap is standard terminology, used in the books by Efrom/Tibshirani, Davison/Hinkley, Chernick, Shao/Tu, and so on. It's not new, it's by now 20 years old. The parametric bootstrap is already in Efron, 1979, it's equally traditional as the nonparametric one. Both

Re: Disadvantage of Non-parametric vs. Parametric Test

1999-12-08 Thread Rich Strauss
At 12:04 PM 12/8/99 -0500, Rich Ulrich wrote: -- snip -- >Similarly, bootstrapping is a method of "robust variance estimation" >but it does not change the metric like a power transformation does, or >abandon the metric like a rank-order transformation does. If it were >proper terminology to sa

Re: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem

1999-12-08 Thread Mike Wogan
Donald, I'm a firm believer in the effects of Maxwell's Demon. Mike

Re: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem

1999-12-08 Thread Joe Ward
- Original Message - From: Donald F. Burrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mike Wogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Luv 2 muah 143 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 12:41 PM Subject: Re: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem | On Wed, 8 Dec

Re: Disadvantage of Non-parametric vs. Parametric Test

1999-12-08 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
> > Alex Yu wrote: > > > > > > Disadvantages of non-parametric tests: > > > > > > Losing precision: Edgington (1995) asserted that when more precise > > > measurements are available, it is unwise to degrade the precision by > > > transforming the measurements into ranked data. Edgington's comment

FW: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem

1999-12-08 Thread Magill, Brett
Mike, With randomization pre, it is not necessary to take a pre-intervention measurement. Test the difference in confidence following the training. If it is significant, there is a difference. Decide what direction it is in and attribute the difference to the training. You can make this attribu

Re: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem

1999-12-08 Thread Radford Neal
>On 8 Dec 1999, Luv 2 muah 143 wrote: > >> 5 of 10 volunteers are randomly selected to receive self-defense training. >> The other 5 receive no training. At the end of the training period, all >> subjects complete a self-confidence questionnaire. >> >> a.) Is there a difference in self-con

Re: Sample Distribution

1999-12-08 Thread Gary McClelland
Mark ( [EMAIL PROTECTED]) write: > I have a problem that puzzles me. It's a theorem that is listed in an > inference book. Here it is: > > If a random sample with size two is taken from a distribution with > positive variance and if the sum and the difference of the two > components of that sam

Re: Coefficient of Determination Question

1999-12-08 Thread Joe Ward
Hi, GM -- We always have trouble trying to give "names" to things. Usually we increase misunderstanding as we give ambiguous names to things. For example, how many folks know what is meant when they hear someone say "In a 3-factor ANOVA (A,B,C) there is a "significant 'A' MAIN EFFECT." The "som

Re: Coefficient of Determination Question

1999-12-08 Thread Burke Johnson
I suspect most readers (including myself) would prefer the more simple and clear terms "explained variance" and "unexplained variance." I suggest leaving the term alienation to Karl Marx's Political-Economy. Burke Johnson

Re: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem

1999-12-08 Thread Joe Ward
Mike Wogan writes -- - Original Message - From: Mike Wogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Luv 2 muah 143 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 11:16 AM Subject: Re: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem | On 8 Dec 1999, Luv 2

Re: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem

1999-12-08 Thread Donald F. Burrill
On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Mike Wogan wrote, in response to Luv 2 muah 143's question: > > 5 of 10 volunteers are randomly selected to receive self-defense > > training. The other 5 receive no training. At the end of the > > training period, all subjects complete a self-confidence > > questionnair

Re: Coefficient of Determination Question

1999-12-08 Thread Daniel Robertson
I believe I've heard (1-r^2) called the "coefficient of alienation," but I can't think of any references... Gaurang Mehta wrote: > I am looking for the coefficient name for (1-r^2). I know r^2 is the > Coefficient of Determination, but I do not know the name of the (1-r^2) > coefficient. > > An

Re: Coefficient of Determination Question

1999-12-08 Thread Pete Gieser
Sample coefficient of alienation "Gaurang Mehta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 82m788$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:82m788$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I am looking for the coefficient name for (1-r^2). I know r^2 is the > Coefficient of Determination, but I do not know the name of the (1-r^2) > coef

Re: could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem

1999-12-08 Thread Mike Wogan
On 8 Dec 1999, Luv 2 muah 143 wrote: > 5 of 10 volunteers are randomly selected to receive self-defense training. The > other 5 receive no training. At the end of the training period, all subjects > complete a self-confidence questionnaire. > > a.) Is there a difference in self-confidence b

Coefficient of Determination Question

1999-12-08 Thread Gaurang Mehta
I am looking for the coefficient name for (1-r^2). I know r^2 is the Coefficient of Determination, but I do not know the name of the (1-r^2) coefficient. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance GM

Re: Disadvantage of Non-parametric vs. Parametric Test

1999-12-08 Thread Rich Ulrich
- I have a comment on an offhand remark of Glen's, at the start of his interesting posting - On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 15:58:11 +1100, Glen Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Yu wrote: > > > > Disadvantages of non-parametric tests: > > > > Losing precision: Edgington (1995) asserted that whe

could someone help me with this intro to stat. problem

1999-12-08 Thread Luv 2 muah 143
5 of 10 volunteers are randomly selected to receive self-defense training. The other 5 receive no training. At the end of the training period, all subjects complete a self-confidence questionnaire. a.) Is there a difference in self-confidence between the 2 groups (p<.01)? b.) What are the

Re: GARCH

1999-12-08 Thread Hizir
I think you can try XploRe please visit http://www.xplore-stat.de thank, Hizir "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" schrieb: > Could anyone tell me how to > perform GARCH analysis on > time series data? What software > do I need to perform this type of > analysis? Any help would be > greatly appreciated. > >