Re: Multiple measurements

2001-07-20 Thread Donald Burrill
Hi, Ivan. I think your problem may not be so simple as you've described it. But to begin with the simplest: In terms of area in mm^2, simply multiplying length x width, all of the ultrasound (US) samples except one have smaller areas than any of the high-speed drill (AR) samples; 6 of

Re: EdStat: Probabilistic inference in resampling?

2001-07-20 Thread S. F. Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yu) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... (( cuts )) > If > resampling is based on empirical probability within the reference set, then > why do we care about the population variance? Because what we "care about" is *prior* to the inferential methods we use? So

Multiple measurements

2001-07-20 Thread Ivan Balducci
Dear members, I am an engineering brazilian. My job is to help researches in Dental School about Statistics. My doubt is... How can I to comaparing two instruments: Ultra Som ...versus...Alta Rotação (High Sound & High Rotation) Theses instruments are used in Operative Dentistry to perform  p

Re: [Q] testing the (bio)statistics minor

2001-07-20 Thread Jerry Dallal
"J. Williams" wrote: > An oral qualifying examination would certainly test the students' > abilities to perform under stress. How about giving them the data > sets beforehand and enable them to prepare for any and all queries > from the student's doctoral committee members and/or other designat

Re: Confidence interval for Pearson Correlation

2001-07-20 Thread Dennis Roberts
one way ... it is done by transforming the r value to a Fishers big Z ... then building the CI around that (there is a stan error of the big Z) ... then, finally reconverting the end Z points back to r values ... At 02:02 AM 10/22/99 -0200, Alexandre Moura wrote: >Dear Members, > >How can I con

Confidence interval for Pearson Correlation

2001-07-20 Thread Alexandre Moura
Dear Members, How can I construct a confidence interval about Pearson correlation using standard error and t value? What is the formula? Regards, Alexandre Moura. = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks abo