Re: Statistics textbook recommendation

At 09:02 PM 9/9/00 -0500, Herman Rubin wrote: In statistics one takes actions; these >actions have consequences in the various states of nature, >and what separates statistics from probability is that one >cannot assume knowledge of the state of nature. So = THIS STATEMEN

Re: Statistics textbook recommendation

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >- Forwarded message from Eric Scharin - >I'm looking for a good introduction to statistics textbook. I'm >interested in reading it mostly for fun and to become more "well >rounded" mathematically. I have a B.S. in math

STATISTICA

>Subject: stat packages >From: "AJ" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 9/8/00 2:53 PM Central Daylight Time >Message-id: > >I am interested in opinions on the Statistica package. I have always used >SPSS, but now that I need to buy my own program, I am intrigued by >Statisti

Re: stat packages

NCSS is beautiful in its ease of use and robustness. It comes with a set of printed documentation that is really a series of applied stats books including literature references. I have used the current version for about a year. It has a few minor flaws in that it occasionally locks up or boots y

Re: stat packages

I was a SAS user from the mainframe days until about 1995. I liked the software but the yearly lease was prohibitive. I tested several stat packages at that time and settled on Statistica. I have no regrets. Their ads are every bit the truth. It's a great package, well worth the $1,000. Rumor has

[ap-stat] Re: stat packages NCSS

- Forwarded message from Thomas Gatliffe - NCSS has had all these capabilities for the last 10 years. You must have been looking a long time ago. If your objective is both low-sweat statistics and good, fully-customizable graphics, check out NCSS. I'm a big fan of NCSS, although I h

RE: Statistics textbook recommendation

- Forwarded message from Eric Scharin - I'm looking for a good introduction to statistics textbook. I'm interested in reading it mostly for fun and to become more "well rounded" mathematically. I have a B.S. in mathematics and took a single senior level statistics course in college (but h