Re: for number haters

2001-09-19 Thread Jay Warner
Dennis Roberts wrote: > [snip] > > of course, talking about descriptive oriented topics within statistics is > rather easy to do ... but, when it comes to inference ... that is a tougher > nut to crack since there many many assumptions that have to be made ABOUT > the data ... about the populatio

Parameter estimation with maximum likelihood method using Matlab 6

2001-09-19 Thread Saqib
I'm using Matlab 6.0 to perform Maximum Likelihood estimation for identifying parameters. The problem is that i am dealing with time varying parameters (which are to be identified). and along with that other terms in matrices (A,B,C,D,K) are also time varying. I am elaborating this as follows: m

Re: Definitions of Likert scale, Likert item, etc.

2001-09-19 Thread dennis roberts
At 05:14 PM 9/19/01 -0400, Rich Ulrich wrote: >It has Likert's original observations on writing >an attitude scale (1932, which I had not seen elsewhere). likert's work appeared in the archives of psychology ... #141 i think ... in 1932 ... it was his dissertation work ... under the direction i

Re: for students (biology et al.) that hate numbers

2001-09-19 Thread Paul Bernhardt
jeff rasmussen said on 9/19/01 11:36 AM: >Voltolini wrote: > >> Hi, I am biologist teaching statistics for biologists and I am >> >> very interested in to learn more about teaching strategies >> >> when the students hate numbers (like biologists!). >> >> > One thing I recently did was

Re: Definitions of Likert scale, Likert item, etc.

2001-09-19 Thread Rich Ulrich
As I was saying a few days ago - On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 17:37:55 -0400, Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ ... ] > It is often useful to read what is published in several > textbooks. Sometimes old textbooks have as much > to say as new textbooks do, if the old ones don't > assume so many ans

Workshop Announcement

2001-09-19 Thread Shizuhiko Nishisato
The 22nd Annual Professional Development Workshop Multidimensional Analysis of Qualitative Data: A One-Day Overview of "Dual Scaling" and Its Applications OISE/UT Building, 252 Bloor St.

for number haters

2001-09-19 Thread Dennis Roberts
At 12:36 PM 9/19/01 -0500, jeff rasmussen wrote: > > > One thing I recently did was divide the class into 6 groups of ~5 > each. >Each group got a baggy with different stuff: one was multicolored >confetti, another was different types of pasta, another was different >lenghts of twine tha

Re: sig. testing articles

2001-09-19 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 18 Sep 2001 13:26:40 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Roberts) wrote: > some time ago ... i posted a site that had a series of articles about > significance testing ... > > The Fall 1998 Issue of Research in the Schools, was a special full issue on > Statistical Significance Testing. This i

non stat question: existance of educational programming list?

2001-09-19 Thread EAKIN MARK E
Besides teaching statistics, I have been teaching programming recently. I know there exists a Visual Basic list but does anyone know of a list similar to this one but for teaching programming? Mark Eakin Associate Professor Information Systems and Management Sciences Department University

Re: sig. testing articles

2001-09-19 Thread Dennis Roberts
At 02:11 PM 9/19/01 -0400, Rich Ulrich wrote: >Or download the APA conclusions on the general topic. >This paper also provided a rare and valuable overview on >social science research: > >http://www.apa.org/journals/amp/amp548594.html > >American psychologist >August

Re: Viruses in EdStat

2001-09-19 Thread Ronny Richardson
At 12:20 PM 09/19/2001 -0400, you wrote: >The EdStat list is not moderated -- no human sees the messages before >they are automatically forwarded to the list. > >Jackie Dietz Actually, I believe it would be possible to easily stop attachments and cut out most of the spam that makes it to the li

for students (biology et al.) that hate numbers

2001-09-19 Thread jeff rasmussen
Voltolini wrote: > Hi, I am biologist teaching statistics for biologists and I am > > very interested in to learn more about teaching strategies > > when the students hate numbers (like biologists!). > > One thing I recently did was divide the class into 6 groups of ~5 each. Each gro

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2001-09-19 Thread WILLIAM BEDER MMARCHAN CUYA
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Re: Viruses in EdStat

2001-09-19 Thread E. Jacquelin Dietz
The EdStat list is not moderated -- no human sees the messages before they are automatically forwarded to the list. Jackie Dietz Jerry Dallal wrote: > > "E. Jacquelin Dietz" wrote: > > > We have investigated the possibility of removing attachments from > > messages before they are distribute

Re: Viruses in EdStat

2001-09-19 Thread Jerry Dallal
"E. Jacquelin Dietz" wrote: > We have investigated the possibility of removing attachments from > messages before they are distributed to the EdStat list. This appears > to be impossible using our current majordomo software. What about not transmitting any message with an attachment? ==

Re: Biology articles ?

2001-09-19 Thread Konrad Halupka
Voltolini wrote: > Hi, I am biologist teaching statistics for biologists and I am > > very interested in to learn more about teaching strategies > > when the students hate numbers (like biologists!). > > > > This is the second time I am requesting information > > about articles or anyother

Viruses in EdStat

2001-09-19 Thread E. Jacquelin Dietz
Dear EdStat readers, During the last few weeks, two copies of the Hybris.gen virus have been sent to the EdStat list. This virus arrives with the apparent "From:" address [EMAIL PROTECTED] This address is faked; in fact, the web site http://www.sexyfun.net/index.shtml has been set up to provide

Re: Regression to the mean,Barry Bonds & HRs

2001-09-19 Thread Magenta
"Robert Chung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... [bits previous deleted] > --Robert Chung, who hasn't done much tap-dancing > since that unpleasantness involving the newly-waxed > floor and the too-tight pants. So you experienced regression to the