Re: Distribution Free Tolerance Limits

2000-05-19 Thread FIsackson
Chebycheff's Inequality redivivus! Tables of the tolerance factors may be found in the following two venerable texts. (They can also be calculated from the inequality with a number of numerical analysis packages for the Mac or the PC) Engineering Statistics, 2nd Edition; Bowker and Lieberman,

Newbie Question

2000-05-19 Thread Manni Heumann
Hi! I just discovered the newsgroups sci.stat.consult, sci.stat.edu, and sci.stat.math, and I was wondering, which group covers which topics. Are there any FAQs for any of these groups? What is on, what is off topic? TIA, -- Manni

Re: Newbie Question

2000-05-19 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Fri, 19 May 2000 08:26:46 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Manni Heumann) wrote: Hi! I just discovered the newsgroups sci.stat.consult, sci.stat.edu, and sci.stat.math, and I was wondering, which group covers which topics. Are there any FAQs for any of these groups? What is on, what is off

Regression and Correlation (Was Correlation)

2000-05-19 Thread Magill, Brett
I am no statistician, so let me make sure I am understanding what you are saying. Your point is that you may have an identical regression equation despite the fact that the correlation may vary depending on the amount of variation in X. If this is your point, I agree and recognize this--r is a