Re: Venn diagram program?

2001-08-16 Thread Greg Heath
Why not use a pie chart? Easy to understand and probably easily done with Excel or Access. Greg Hope this helps. Gregory E. Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] The views expressed here are M.I.T. Lincoln Lab (781) 981-2815not necessarily shared by Lexington, MA(781) 981-0908(FAX

canonical correlation question

2001-08-16 Thread Gardburyb
Hi all, I'm new to the group. I'm doing my dissertation, and I am doing a canonical correlation analysis. My question is, what is the best way to compare canonical equations between groups. That is, I did a canonical on the sample overall, but now I would like to see if there is a difference in c

Re: Venn diagram program?

2001-08-16 Thread dennis roberts
At 10:40 AM 8/17/01 +1000, Alan McLean wrote: >You can draw Venn diagrams very easily in Powerpoint using the >ellipse/circle and box/rectangle tools. Draw the diagram, group all the >bits together, and copy it into Word or whatever. > >Whether it is 'publication quality' depends on your definitio

Re: Venn diagram program?

2001-08-16 Thread Alan McLean
You can draw Venn diagrams very easily in Powerpoint using the ellipse/circle and box/rectangle tools. Draw the diagram, group all the bits together, and copy it into Word or whatever. Whether it is 'publication quality' depends on your definition of htis term. Alan Donald Burrill wrote: >

Re: Venn diagram program?

2001-08-16 Thread Donald Burrill
On 16 Aug 2001, John Uebersax asked for software "that produces publication quality Venn diagrams": > I want something to summarize and communicate to non-statisticians > (e.g., physicians) the overlap between two sets (such as patients who > have Major Depression those who receive antidepressa

Venn diagram program?

2001-08-16 Thread John Uebersax
Can anyone suggest a standalone Windows (or DOS) that produces publication quality Venn diagrams? I want something to summarize and communicate to non-statisticians (e.g., physicians) the overlap between two sets (such as patients who have Major Depression those who receive antidepressant meds).

Re: Presenting results of categorical data?

2001-08-16 Thread Thom Baguley
Dennis Roberts wrote: > sorry ... i can't agree with this ... > > it could be that in the "serious" cases ... there is a unidentifiable gene > factor that INTERACTS with the treatment ... that is not available in the > "mild" cases group (that's why you have serious and mild cases) ... so, it >

Chicago Short Course - Resampling Methods: A Guide for the Practitioner

2001-08-16 Thread Patrick Fleury
On October 11-12, 2001 The Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association will present a short course entitled Resampling Methods: A Guide for the Practitioner. Dr. Michael R. Chernick, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Dr. Phillip I. Good, Information Research Dr. Cyrus R. Mehta, Cyt

Minimum n for CFA in SEM?

2001-08-16 Thread Marianne and Dimitrios
Hello. Can someone please check my calculations before I go crazy recruiting well over a thousand subjects? I am trying to validate a questionnaire which is hypothesized to have three subscales, each measured by fifteen questions, using confirmatory factor analysis (structural equation modeling).

Re: Presenting results of categorical data?

2001-08-16 Thread Dennis Roberts
At 12:39 PM 8/16/01 +0100, Thom Baguley wrote: > For example, if a new drug is administered to a >treatment group made up of serious cases and compared to a control >group of mild cases obtaining more "cures" for the treatment group >might be considered better evidence than a random sample. > >Th

Re: Presenting results of categorical data?

2001-08-16 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
Thom Baguley wrote: however, I think the > defence of convenience samples can be stronger than this. Unless we > have reason to believe that a sample is biased in such a way as to > generate our pattern of results a convenience sample is just as g

Re: Presenting results of categorical data?

2001-08-16 Thread Thom Baguley
"Robert J. MacG. Dawson" wrote: > Oh, it never is (strictly), outside of a few industrial > applications. Nobody ever took a random equal-probability sample from > all turnips, all cancer patients, all batches of stainless steel, all > white mice, or all squirrels. However, there are good comm

Chapman-Kolmogorov equations

2001-08-16 Thread Magenta
Hi all :-) I'm working on an assignment on Markov chains that wants me to find the answers to some Chapman-Kolmogorov equations, like if P{X0=2}=1/3 find P{X0=2, X1=2, X2=1, X3=3}. Can someone point me to websites that have worked examples? In the worked example I have in my study guide for th