Re: misusing stats: examples

2000-05-10 Thread Paul Gardner
Gene Gallagher wrote: > [snip] > I have recently seen examples of the thrip fallacy in the op-ed > pages of the Boston Globe. Massachusetts has implemented > state-wide standardized testing and has increased state funding > for school districts with low test scores. Statistical analysis > revea

Re: misusing stats: examples

2000-05-10 Thread Gene Gallagher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Uplandcrow wrote: > I teach research methods for social science at a small liberal arts > college. > The level of math in the class is low, I use Richard Black's "Doing > Quantitative Research in the Soc. Sci." and excerpts from > Gujarati's "Basic Econometrics." >

Re: Correlation over time

2000-05-10 Thread Graeme Byrne
Try a cross-correlation function plot. In SPSS you find this option under Graphs>Time Series> CCF "G. Anthony Reina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I'm looking for a way to show how two continuous signals are correlated > over time. In other

Correlation over time

2000-05-10 Thread G. Anthony Reina
I'm looking for a way to show how two continuous signals are correlated over time. In other words, if x(t) and y(t) are correlated signals (with some phase lag between them), does that correlation change over time? (and if so, then how does it vary) What I'd ideally like to get is something like

Re: no correlation assumption among X's in MLR

2000-05-10 Thread Jerry Dallal
EAKIN MARK E wrote: > > > Besides independent normal errors with mean zero and constant > variance, some (many?) econometric text books do make the assumption that > the independent variables are uncorrelated. For example see > > Gujarti, Damodar (1988), _Basic Econometrics 2nd edition_, McGra

Re: misusing stats: examples

2000-05-10 Thread Jill Binker
Ralph Johnson and J. anthony Blair are the authors of _Logical Self-Defense_. (I know, I did a year of grad study in Informal Logic with them.) At 8:13 PM -0400 5/9/00, Donald F. Burrill wrote: >On Tue, 9 May 2000, Jerry Winegarden wrote, in reply to Uplandcrow's >request: > >> > > Uplandcrow wro

Re: bipolar factors

2000-05-10 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Wed, 10 May 2000 08:42:27 +0100, "HAideren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What interpretations can be made from bipolar factors (factors consisting of > negative as well as positive loadings on items)? When calculating the factor > score for bipolar factors, should the negative sign be ignored?

Re: SPSS GLM - between * within factor interactions

2000-05-10 Thread Donald F. Burrill
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Johannes Hartig wrote: > I guess I have to accept there is no way to customize within * between > interactions in GLM. Thanks for the tip using regression, but I think > in future I'd rather try to give a meaning to the default interactions > ;-) This leads me back to th

Re: bipolar factors

2000-05-10 Thread Donald F. Burrill
On Wed, 10 May 2000, HAideren wrote: > What interpretations can be made from bipolar factors (factors > consisting of negative as well as positive loadings on items)? > When calculating the factor score for bipolar factors, should the > negative sign be ignored?

Re: MR question

2000-05-10 Thread Chuck Cleland
JES wrote: > I am a grad student taking a course in MRC and have a problem with a project > I am working on. I think I may have bitten off more than I can handle with > this one and would appreciate any insight you can give me. > I have data from a longitudinal study in which a type of treatment

Re: SPSS GLM - between * within factor interactions

2000-05-10 Thread Johannes Hartig
I guess I have to accept there is no way to customize within * between interactions in GLM. Thanks for the tip using regression, but I think in future I'd rather try to give a meaning to the default interactions ;-) This leads me back to the second part of my original question: Is there some good

bipolar factors

2000-05-10 Thread HAideren
What interpretations can be made from bipolar factors (factors consisting of negative as well as positive loadings on items)? When calculating the factor score for bipolar factors, should the negative sign be ignored? ==