Tolerance intervals (calculation of tolerance factors)

2000-03-31 Thread lg106
I am looking to an algorithm to compute the tolerance factors used in constructing normal tolerance limits. I have the article 'Tables of Tolerance-Limit Factors for Normal Distributions' Alfred Weissberg and Glenn H Beatty 1960. This contains tables of r(N,P) and u(f,y) multiplying these together

Re: Combining 2x2 tables

2000-03-31 Thread Bruce Weaver
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, JohnPeters wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if someone could help me. I am interested in combining > 2x2 tables from multiple studies. The test used is the McNemar's > chi-sq. I have the raw data from each of these studies. What is the > proper correction that should be use

Re: testing a coin flipper

2000-03-31 Thread A. G. McDowell
Here is a somewhat DIY approach. Comments? In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Consider the following problem (which has a real world >problem behind it) > >You have 100 coins, each of which has a different >probability of heads (assume that you know that >probab

Tolerance intervals (calculation of tolerance factors)

2000-03-31 Thread lg106
I am looking to an algorithm to compute the tolerance factors used in constructing normal tolerance limits. I have the article 'Tables of Tolerance-Limit Factors for Normal Distributions' Alfred Weissberg and Glenn H Beatty 1960. This contains tables of r(N,P) and u(f,y) multiplying these together

6 NJ short courses & seminars

2000-03-31 Thread Barron, Alfred [PRI]
Springtime for Statistics (April-May-June) Six New Jersey Area announcements [1] Logistic Regression Short Course [2] Clinical Trials Short Course [3] Multiple Comparison & Exact Inference Short Courses [4] Bates' Nonlinear Regression Short Course [5] I

Re: Combining 2x2 tables

2000-03-31 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:22:32 -0500, JohnPeters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if someone could help me. I am interested in combining > 2x2 tables from multiple studies. The test used is the McNemar's > chi-sq. I have the raw data from each of these studies. What is the > proper

Re: Kruskal-Wallis & equal variances

2000-03-31 Thread Rich Ulrich
- I can address a couple of concrete points - On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 15:22:43 GMT, Gene Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: < snip > > The real problem that we often see is a dataset composed of lots of zeros > with a few positive values. From the literature, especially Hollander & > Wolfe, I

Re: testing a coin flipper

2000-03-31 Thread David A. Heiser
- Original Message - From: Bob Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 6:44 AM Subject: testing a coin flipper > Consider the following problem (which has a real world > problem behind it) > > You have 100 coins, each of which has a different > p

Re: Out of sample prediction

2000-03-31 Thread Steve McGrew
On 31 Mar 2000 06:41:38 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor Aina) wrote: >I've got 2 non-overlapping periods. Data is >available for period one (the first period). >The intention is to predict observations that >will be coming in period 2. > >Now, suppose an extra information is available for >period 2

Re: "Kolmogorov-Smirnov" vs "Chi Square"

2000-03-31 Thread Herman Rubin
In article <8c0ctq$kol$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, CD Madewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I wonder if the writer of the original question really wanted a >thesis or just a simple answer in how to look at a data set and decide >which of the two test (he mentioned) to use. If he wanted a discussion >on w

Honors Projects

2000-03-31 Thread Alphonse
I need ideas about undergraduate honors projects in statistics - what is the practice at various colleges/universities, what should the empahsis be etc. Thanks. * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping.