Re: recommendations for Markov Chain Monte Carlo book

2001-01-13 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 04:44:39 -, Faheem Mitha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear people, I only know of one basic book covering MCMC stuff, and that is "Markov Chain Monte Carlo in practice" by Gilks, Richardson and Spiegelhalter. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Also, if you know of any

Re: MA MCAS statistical fallacy

2001-01-13 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Francis Galton explained it in 1885. Possibly, the Mass. Dept. of Education missed it! Or, could it be that the same gang who brought us the exit poll data during the November election were helping them out? :-) I am wondering

Re: MA MCAS statistical fallacy

2001-01-13 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard A. Beldin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In one way or another, we have to give the slower students more time. We can do it by making courses which allow students to progress (or not) at their own pace or by flunking them so they can do it all over. The former is