Re: Sample Size Question

2000-04-20 Thread Donald F. Burrill
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am somewhat green when it comes to stats and these may be basic > questions but here goes. > I am trying to determine the correct sample size for a 1 sample t. > The population is 8,000 and I realize the n>=30 rule, > but what if this is

Re: Gauss guide on line

2000-04-20 Thread Eric Zivot
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > Does anybody know a site where there is documentation on Gauss on line > like the one we can find on TSP ? > On my site (http://faculty.washington.edu/ezivot/gaussfaq.htm) I have links to several free gauss guides. ez ===

Re: Hypothesis testing and magic - episode 2

2000-04-20 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 10:48:38 +0100, "P.G.Hamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: < snip, interesting stuff about, proper age-adjusted life-tables, with proper adjustment of base-line Ns, would not show an increase in competing causes of death > > BTW an even greater problem in animal testing seems to

Sample Size Question

2000-04-20 Thread terrykrueger
I am somewhat green when it comes to stats and these may be basic questions but here goes. I am trying to determine the correct sample size for a 1 sample t. The population is 8,000 and I realize the n>=30 rule, but what if this is descriptive stats with only two possibilites (y/n answer) Am I usi

Re: How to compare kappas?

2000-04-20 Thread David Cross/Psych Dept/TCU
You might want to check section 10.5 in Agresti, Categorical Data Analysis, 1990, Wiley. On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Mats Carlsson wrote: > Sorry if this has come up before, but > here it goes. > > Is there a way I can compare > kappa-values? The backgound is as > follows: > Four physicians has coded

Re: Quick Portable Statisitcs

2000-04-20 Thread David Cross/Psych Dept/TCU
One of my favorites is "Table Polishing" or "Median Polishing", discussed in Tukey & Mosteller's "Green Book", Data Analysis and Regression. David Cross On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am looking for a source of "portable staistics", i.e. techniques that > are easy to remembe

Re: How to compare kappas?

2000-04-20 Thread jsuebersax
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mats Carlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way I can compare > kappa-values? The backgound is as > follows: > Four physicians has coded a 100 surgical > notes. > Each physician has coded each surgical > note using all four different > classifications..

Free Software to Perform IRT Unfolding Analyses

2000-04-20 Thread James S. Roberts
Dear Colleagues: I am happy to announce that the GGUM2000 software system is now available free of charge. The GGUM2000 system estimates parameters for a family of item response theory models for unfolding. The most general model implemented in the system is the generalized graded unf

Gauss guide on line

2000-04-20 Thread Jean-Pierre LEMAITRE
Does anybody know a site where there is documentation on Gauss on line like the one we can find on TSP ? === This list is open to everyone. Occasionally, less thoughtful people send inappropriate messages. Please DO NOT CO

Re: effect size

2000-04-20 Thread Paul R Swank
since t = (M(1) - M(2)) / S*sqrt(1/n(1) + 1/n(2)) and d = (M(1) - M(2)) / S, Doesn't that make d / sqrt(1/n(1) + 1/n(2)) = t ? At 05:51 PM 4/19/00 -0400, you wrote: >is there a standard error ... for an effect size? > >as an example ... say you were looking at differences between means betwee

Re: power and what it says

2000-04-20 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 19 Apr 2000 15:22:14 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dennis roberts) wrote: > let's say that one designs a simple experiment about the effectiveness of a > weight change program ... > > you set your sights on a power of .7 ... (beta therefore being .3) ... > select a two tailed alpha of .05 ... b

Re: power and what it says

2000-04-20 Thread Jerry Dallal
dennis roberts wrote: > > what confidence do we have that the treatment effect is AT LEAST 3 lbs? What Steve said, plus You can't make a Bayesian omlette without breaking some Bayesian eggs. :) === This list is open to e

Re: How to compare kappas?

2000-04-20 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:55:13 +0200, Mats Carlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if this has come up before, but > here it goes. I can't say the precise question has come up here, before -- What *is* the precise question? > Is there a way I can compare > kappa-values? The backgound is as W

Re: hyp testing -Reply

2000-04-20 Thread Robert Dawson
I wrote: > > As far as random samples are concerned: it is *very* rare for a true > > random sample, based on an equal-probability sample of the population to > > which the inference is intended to extend, to be taken and Thom Baguley replied > I don't think the problem is as severe as

RE: power and what it says

2000-04-20 Thread Simon, Steve, PhD
Dennis Roberts writes: >you set your sights on a power of .7 ... (beta therefore being .3) ... >select a two tailed alpha of .05 ... because the situation is such that >this program could actually make you gain weight though you hope that >it will help you lose weight > >now, let's assume

Re: hyp testing -Reply

2000-04-20 Thread Jon Cryer
I thought everone knew there was a difference in Anatomy between male and female professors! ;) At 12:19 PM 4/20/00 +0100, you wrote: >dennis roberts wrote: >> >> At 10:32 AM 4/17/00 -0300, Robert Dawson wrote: >> >> > There's a chapter in J. Utts' mostly wonderful but flawed low-math intro

Re: hyp testing -Reply

2000-04-20 Thread Thom Baguley
Robert Dawson wrote: > As far as random samples are concerned: it is *very* rare for a true > random sample, based on an equal-probability sample of the population to > which the inference is intended to extend, to be taken. Say a researcher is > studying the behaviour of humans. (S)he may ta

Re: Software for robust stats?

2000-04-20 Thread Art Kendall
Are you sure your version does not include EXAMINE? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a grad student in social science. My use of satistics software has > been limited to SPSS because its simple user interface allowed me to > easily do some simple non-parametric tests. But now, I am interes

Re: hyp testing -Reply

2000-04-20 Thread Thom Baguley
dennis roberts wrote: > > At 10:32 AM 4/17/00 -0300, Robert Dawson wrote: > > > There's a chapter in J. Utts' mostly wonderful but flawed low-math intro > >text "Seeing Through Statistics", in which she does much the same. She > >presents a case study based on some of her own work in which s

Re: Quick Portable Statisitcs

2000-04-20 Thread P.G.Hamer
C., Bayard, Paschall, III wrote: > I am looking for a source of "portable staistics", i.e. techniques that > are easy to remember and use, that can be applied without a calculator > or software program or and do not need reference tables. > > Examples are: Tukey-Duckworth two sample test, and th

Re: Hypothesis testing and magic - episode 2

2000-04-20 Thread P.G.Hamer
Jerry Dallal wrote: > As Tukey has pointed out, the null hypothesis of no effect > is not that we think there is no effect, but we are uncertain > of the direction. > > I wish I knew more about Delany and its application. > One problem, pointed out by David Salsburg, is that a > substances that e

Re: bootstrap, jackknife & cross-validation with matlab

2000-04-20 Thread Will Dwinnell
T.S. Lim wrote: "Statisticians use S-Plus, not Matlab. Your life would be much easier if you switch to S-Plus. There're so many useful functions written by top Statisticians." I think you forgot to include a derisive sniff in there somewhere. Some statisticians use MATLAB, besides these langauge

How to compare kappas?

2000-04-20 Thread Mats Carlsson
Sorry if this has come up before, but here it goes. Is there a way I can compare kappa-values? The backgound is as follows: Four physicians has coded a 100 surgical notes. Each physician has coded each surgical note using all four different classifications. (thus coning the same note in four diff