No L(H|D) is not a probability and it does not
obey the laws of probability.
Your citation references a discussion about
something else, fiducial probability I would
think.
The likelihood ratio is a fundamental part of
Neyman-Pearson. It is the heart of their
fundamental theorem.
The fit of di
Dear list members,
I would appreciate recommendations for a text to use in an advanced stats
course. The students are undergraduate psychology majors who have taken
the department's intro stats course. Since their math background is
limited, I would like a book that develops ideas intuitively r
- Forwarded message from Olsen, Chris -
Hello Bob and All --
I think SOME long phrases are discussed in The Browser's Dictionary, by
John Ciardi. I don't know if it is still in print, but it is authoritative
and fascinating. (Perhaps not a lot of statistical terms and phrases,
though
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald Burrill) wrote:
> I myself would be skeptical
> about this expectation: I should think that "hard" problems are
> naturally different from "easy" problems within whatever classification,
> and would not be surprised to find the simpl
The Harper Collins Dictionary of Mathematics gives the following
definitions:
1. Histogram - a figure that represents a frequency distribution,
consisting of contiguous rectangles with width proportional to the
size of the respective class intervals and areas proportional to the
relative frequenc
- Forwarded message from Alexander Bogomolny -
The Harper Collins Dictionary of Mathematics gives the following
definitions:
1. Histogram - a figure that represents a frequency distribution,
consisting of contiguous rectangles with width proportional to the
size of the respective class i
I just sent out a posting and immediately got back three automated
messages from people saying they are away. This gave me a great idea
for making money off the Internet -- set up a network for house
burglars! You join every list in sight and send a nonsense message to
them all. Then you harves
Isn't this the same as those folks who explain on their telephone answering
machines that they are out/away?
Individuals on Long Island, New York, used a method of calling homes in an
area, (thay had a reverse telephone book that listed the individuals by
address). When they received an answe
