Re: E as a % of a standard deviation

2001-09-29 Thread John Jackson
Here is my solution using figures which are self-explanatory: Sample Size Determination pi = 50% central area 0.99 confid level= 99% 2 tail area 0.5 sampling error 2% 1

chaos vs LRD

2001-09-29 Thread Priya Ranjan
Hi All, Is anyone aware of a chaotic map which generates a LRD type distribution? Is the distribution generated by logistic map which is f(x)=1/(pi*sqrt(x(1-x))) for r=4 (full chaos)

Re: definition of metric as a noun

2001-09-29 Thread Gordon D. Pusch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neville X. Elliven) writes: Herman Rubin wrote: The OED cites the following use of metric as a noun: 1921 Proc. R. Soc. A. XCIX. 104 In the non-Euclidean geometry of Riemann, the metric is defined by certain quantities ... A good example of bad usage: *what* metric,

Re: E as a % of a standard deviation

2001-09-29 Thread Donald Burrill
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, John Jackson wrote: Here is my solution using figures which are self-explanatory: Sample Size Determination pi = 50% central area 0.99 confid level= 99% 2 tail area 0.5 sampling

Re: Help with Minitab Problem?

2001-09-29 Thread Donald Burrill
I second Dennis' question. While indeed MINITAB recognizes the missing values, what it does with them depends on the procedure being used: e.g., for CORRelation it uses all cases for which each pair of variables is complete (pairwise deletion of missing data), and therefore, for a data set like

Re: E as a % of a standard deviation

2001-09-29 Thread Donald Burrill
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, John Jackson wrote in part: My formula is a rearrangement of the confidence interval formula shown below for ascertaining the maximum error. E = Z(a/2) x SD/SQRT N The issue is you want to solve for N, but you have no standard deviation value.

Re: p value

2001-09-29 Thread Magenta
Dennis Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... let's say that you do a simple (well executed) 2 group study ... treatment/control ... and, are interested in the mean difference ... and find that a simple t test shows a p value (with mean in

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Re: What is a confidence interval?

2001-09-29 Thread dennis roberts
At 02:16 AM 9/29/01 +, John Jackson wrote: For any random inverval selected, there is a .05% probability that the sample will NOT yield an interval that yields the parameter being estimated and additonally such interval will not include any values in area represented by the left tail. Can

Re: Confidence intervals

2001-09-29 Thread Herman Rubin
In article 9p2d8l$clk$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Ronald Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Herman Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Teaching people to use something without any understanding can only be ritual; this is what most uses of statistics are these days. If one does not use numbers, it is

Re: p value

2001-09-29 Thread Herman Rubin
In article IOet7.11245$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Magenta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... let's say that you do a simple (well executed) 2 group study ... treatment/control ... and, are interested in the mean

Re: What is a confidence interval?

2001-09-29 Thread John Jackson
Great explanation dennis roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... At 02:16 AM 9/29/01 +, John Jackson wrote: For any random inverval selected, there is a .05% probability that the sample will NOT yield an interval that yields the

Re: E as a % of a standard deviation

2001-09-29 Thread John Jackson
Donald - Thank you for your cogent explanation of a concept that is a bit hard to grasp. After researching it more, I determined that there is a gaping hole in my knowldege relating to the area of inferences on a population proportion so I am somethat admittedly in the dark and have to study up a

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2001-09-29 Thread owner-edstat
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2001-09-29 Thread owner-edstat
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