polyserial correlation in prelis 2

2000-08-06 Thread castlemaster
hi, there is a test of model with chi-sq value, d.f. and p-value provided for the polyserial correlation coefficients in prelis 2. is it a test of close fit or a test of significance? does a test of significance exist? any reference? many thanks. ==

Re: a fortiori chickens

2000-08-06 Thread Thomas Gatliffe
As a former farm boy (who had the job of carrying the chicken to the wood pile and making the hole among the wood pieces used to control the aftermath) I think no apology to city folk is necessary. If they under stood the reference (better yet from personal experience), they would be more properl

Re: t-test normality assumption

2000-08-06 Thread Gary McClelland
Don Burrill in a discussion of the assumptions of t-test assumptions writes: > "Acceptable" I don't know about: depends on the universe of discourse. > But you should try to justify the assumption that the observations are > taken independently, and that the underlying within-group variances a

Re: Regression books

2000-08-06 Thread Gary McClelland
Many thanks to Christopher Tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for posting the list of recommended and mentioned textbooks on regression. And thanks for including mine on the list. > Judd & McClelland (*) > > (*) = out of print, according to amazon.com However, the out-of-print info from Amazon is wrong

Re: t-test normality assumption

2000-08-06 Thread Bob Hayden
Selections from an earlier exchange on EdStat-L are followed by some comments. - Forwarded message from Donald Burrill - On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Gates, Christopher [OMP] wrote: > Donald, thank you so much for your response. I had the opportunity to > converse with my friend (HOH) on this

Re: a fortiori

2000-08-06 Thread Garry Dickinson
Bob Hayden asks: Now, does anyone know of a reference where one could look up phrases? For example, "like a chicken with its head cut off". -- One reference for idiomatic expressions is Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, first published in 1870 and still in print. Unfortunately it doesn'

Re: a fortiori chickens

2000-08-06 Thread Bob Hayden
- Forwarded message from Rich Ulrich - > Now, does anyone know of a reference where one could look up phrases? > For example, "like a chicken with its head cut off". Very short > phrases are sometimes in dictionaries under the main word ("battle > fatigue" might be under either word) but

Re: summarizing p-values

2000-08-06 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 10:34:24 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello from Germany, > as a part of my dissertation in medicine, I have > to summarize some results of clinical trials. > My question: By summarizing the results > (percentage differences of certain parameters), > how can I regard for th

Re: a fortiori

2000-08-06 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 6 Aug 2000 10:26:02 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hayden) wrote: < snip, re: a fortiori > > Now, does anyone know of a reference where one could look up phrases? > For example, "like a chicken with its head cut off". Very short > phrases are sometimes in dictionaries under the main word (

a fortiori

2000-08-06 Thread Bob Hayden
- Forwarded message from Donald Burrill - > Also, as another chance to display my ignorance, I couldn't find "a > fortiori" in my dictionary. Try RHD, between "aforetime" and "afoul", not between "a" and "AA". It will surely be in OED as well. - End of forwarded message from Donal

Re: t-test normality assumption

2000-08-06 Thread Donald Burrill
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Gates, Christopher [OMP] wrote: > Donald, thank you so much for your response. I had the opportunity to > converse with my friend (HOH) on this matter again, and his explanation > seemed to closely follow yours, or at least that's how I see it. > > I guess the bottom line