When one should stop sampling?

2001-11-12 Thread Niko Tiliopoulos
Dear all, I am acting as the stats advisor for my unit in the psychology department of the University of Edinburgh, UK. Last week a colleague of mine presented me with the following issue, and I am not quite sure how to respond: She is running a psychological experiment, in which she a priori sp

Re: Evaluating students

2001-11-12 Thread John Kane
Herman Rubin wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Herman Rubin wrote: > > >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > >> John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >Stan Brown wrote: > > >> >> Herman Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in sci.stat.edu: > >> >>

Re: Evaluating students

2001-11-12 Thread John Kane
Stan Brown wrote: > John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in sci.stat.edu: > >So you are saying that getting the right answer is not important? > > No, of course it's important. But getting the right answer for the > wrong reasons is bad, since one may not be so lucky next time when, > say, calcula

Re: Plese give full path URL for SPSS or MINITAB or Pace2000 downloading

2001-11-12 Thread Bill Miller
I guess I disagree that "good" free statistical software does not exist, particularly for students learning statistics. ViStat, and packages I have developed meet the needs of many students. William G. Miller email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepage: http://OpenStat.homestead.com/OpenStatMain.html homep

Statistical software

2001-11-12 Thread Highland Statistics
We are please to announce version 1.8.3 of Brodgar, a statistical software package for multivariate analysis and multivariate time series analysis. The following techniques are available in Brodgar: principal component analysis, correspondence analysis, canonical correspondence analysis, redundan

ANN: New Online Master of Science in Data Mining

2001-11-12 Thread Daniel Larose
CCSU Launches Online Master of Science in Data Mining Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) announces the launching of an online Master of Science program in Data Mining, the first such program to be offered online. Data mining is the search for interesting patterns and trends in large dat

Re: Standard Deviation!

2001-11-12 Thread Rich Ulrich
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001 01:30:27 +1100, "David Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Presently the Gaming Industry of Australia is attempting to define various > new 'definitions of Standard Deviation'...in a concept to define infield > metrics for the analysis of machines in terms which imply whether a

Fw: We need your help!!!

2001-11-12 Thread Carl Huberty
It would be greatly appreciated if I could get references for the six topics mentioned in the message below. I assume that Conover (1999) discusses the first topic. But beyond that I am at a loss. Thanks in advance. Carl Huberty - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAI

Produto Inedito

2001-11-12 Thread Filtro Nasal
Title: Filtro Nasal Cansado de esperar pela oportunidade de um bom negócio??? Que tal um investimento em um ramo que cresce cada dia mais? Com a crescente preocupação com a poluição mundial e o bioterrorismo, estamos aqui para lhe mostrar um novo conceito em prevenção de doe

Re: Standard Deviation!

2001-11-12 Thread Dennis Roberts
i think you are asking the wrong question ... because, as far as i know ... there is only really one standard deviation concept ... square root of the variance (average of squared deviations around the mean in a set of data) ... perhaps what you are really interested in is HOW should VARIABILIT

Re: definition of " metric" as a noun

2001-11-12 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
"No Spam Mapson" 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, *what* q

Re: Evaluating students

2001-11-12 Thread Thom Baguley
Glen wrote: > As a student I *always* preferred closed book exams. If I know the > material I don't need the book, and if I don't know the material, > the book isn't going to help in the exam enough anyway. For open Yes. Also, closed book exams tend to be easier because the range of questions is

Solutions to Casella, G. - Berger, R. L., "Statistical Inference"

2001-11-12 Thread Andreas Karlsson
Does anyone know where to find solutions to Casella, G. - Berger, R. L., "Statistical Inference"? Maybe a Student's Solutions Manual, or if someone has published something on the net? Thanks. = Instructions for joining and leaving