Re: Bimodal distribution

2001-10-15 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
Desmond Cheung wrote: Is there any mathematical analysis to find how much the two peaks stand out from the other data? Is there any formulas to find the variance/deviation/etc that's similar to the unimodal distribution case? In answer to the latter question - excatly the ones you

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Dr. Fairman
Stuart Gall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:9qa466$4je$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Dr. Fairman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Well no I am afraid not, because although for all p prime p = 2*n+1 is true it is not true that for all n n

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
Well, they do say what goes around comes around; I'd love to see what mark the dishonest DL student gets having had his homework done for him by somebody who: (a) believes all primes to be odd; (b) believes that A=B implies B=A; (c) has never heard of

Re: Are parametric assumptions importat ?

2001-10-15 Thread Michael Prager
Voltolini wrote: Hi, I am Biologist preparing a class on experiments in ecology including a short and simple text about how to use and to choose the most commom statistical tests (chi-square, t tests, ANOVA, correlation and regression). I am planning to include the idea that testing the

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Rich Ulrich
- Mathematical logic is a lot tougher when your translation fails to properly distinguish any and every and some. On 15 Oct 2001 07:18:43 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. Fairman) wrote: [ ... ] 4.If you agree with item #3 (if not - please argue - why), it means that you are also agree with

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Stuart Gall
Hello Stuart, 1.Is sum of every two odds = even ? (Y/N) Answer: Yes. 2.Is any prime is odd? (Y/N) Answer: Yes. 3.Generalizing item #1 and #2, Is sum of any two primes = even ? (Y/N) Answer: Yes. 4.If you agree with item #3 (if not - please argue - why), it means that you are also

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Re: Final Exam story

2001-10-15 Thread Jon Miller
Robert J. MacG. Dawson wrote: (On the other hand if they are in political science or international relations and have read Schelling on The Strategy of Conflict, they will probably all pick the left front tire (or right front in Britain), as the most distinct one. In fact,

some GARCH questions (long)

2001-10-15 Thread David B
I am trying to estimate a univariate TARCH (-X) model by Maximum Likelihood from about 4000 data points using Excel and its Solver. And... It seems to work ! Still, I would like to know : 1) Is Excel solver really trustworthy on such an issue (or more generally for quite complex estimation

Faculty positions in statistics

2001-10-15 Thread rchagant
Please post and circulate among your students and colleagues.  Thank you so much. -Rao Chaganty *** FACULTY POSITIONS, TENURE TRACK DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Applications are invited for

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Nomen Nescio
Mr. Dawson wrote: Well, they do say what goes around comes around; I'd love to see what mark the dishonest DL student gets having had his homework done for him by somebody who: (a) believes all primes to be odd; ... ### Let's assume that any prime is NOT odd ###

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Ronny Richardson
At 10:40 PM 10/15/01 +0200, you wrote: ### Dear Mr. Dawson, please send me at least ONE even prime ### and i shall give you $1,000,000. Well, I am not Mr. Dawson but two (2) is both prime and even. You can send the check to the address below. Dr. Ronny Richardson Associate

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread dennis roberts
a prime # is a natural number GREATER than 1 that can be divided ONLY by 1 and itself ... a prime number has NO factors other than 1 and itself i think 2 qualifies ... and is not 2 ... even? send check to bob ASAP At 10:40 PM 10/15/01 +0200, you wrote: Mr. Dawson wrote: Well, they

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread meeroh
In article 9qf3la$1b2$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Stuart Gall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you take any two primes their sum is OBVIOUSLY even. Such as 2 and 3 :-) But I know what you meant, and I know what your point is, so we can both killfile him now... meeroh -- Using random signatures is as

Squared CUSUM

2001-10-15 Thread David B
Hi, I am looking for some synthetic (or even some not so synthetic) papers/courses about the squared CUSUM test of stability on the web (I didn't manage to find any and it seems to be just beyond standard statistics textbooks). Anyone having something about it please? David B

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Reg Jordan
Well, OK. But one of the conditions of this pathetically drawn out pissing match was ...for any prime greater than 2... Perhaps this thread can now be put mercifully to rest. reg - Original Message - From: Ronny Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Nomen Nescio [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Alan McLean
Ignoring the error in saying (2) that all primes are odd - where has 2 disappeared to? - you are highly confused about the difference between if ... then and if and only if then . Correcting (3) to: The sum of any two primes greater than 2 is even. This is true - but it does NOT

Re: Help for DL students in doing assignments

2001-10-15 Thread Alan McLean
Can I claim the $1,000,000? There is certainly an even prime: 2. Alan Nomen Nescio wrote: Mr. Dawson wrote: Well, they do say what goes around comes around; I'd love to see what mark the dishonest DL student gets having had his homework done for him by somebody who:

Re: samp. w or w/o replacement

2001-10-15 Thread Jay Warner
Dennis Roberts wrote: seems to me that if you are talking about, for example, generating a sampling distribution of means, ... then each and every SRS is assumed to be randomly and INDEPENDENTLY drawn from said population ... thus, sampling with replacement is assumed if not, each NEXT