Re: Interpreting p-value = .99

2001-12-03 Thread Stan Brown
Jerry Dallal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in sci.stat.edu: >"Robert J. MacG. Dawson" wrote: > >> > > But I don't see why either the advertiser or the consumer advocate >> > would, or should, do a two-tailed test. >> >> The idea is that the "product" of these tests is a p-value to be used >>

probability question

2001-12-03 Thread Matt Dobrin
Does P(A*B|C)=P(A|C)*P(B|A*C)? If not, what does it equal? Thanks in advance. -Matt = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http

Re: Who said "Correlation does not imply causation".

2001-12-03 Thread Karl L. Wuensch
I think that phrase has created much misunderstanding.  I try to convince my students that correlation is necessary but not sufficient for establishing a causal relationship. Karl L. Wuensch, Department of Psychology,East Carolina University, Greenville NC  27858-4353Voice:  252-328-4102

Gen random numbers from distribution

2001-12-03 Thread Tom
Gen random numbers from distribution I need to generate random numbers from a Beta and a Gamma distribution. In both cases the mean and standard deviation are known. I do not have a statistics package but intend to write a program to accomplish this and perform necessary calculations. Is this

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-03 Thread Jerry Dallal
Rich Ulrich wrote: > > On 2 Dec 2001 16:49:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Heslin) > wrote: > > > Jenny -- here's a way to impute continuous variables using SAS: > > > > Regression analysis is performed on a continuous variable until significant > > predictors of the continuous variable ar

Position Announcement: Chair or Dept. Ed. Psych. and Sp. Educ, SIUC

2001-12-03 Thread Dennis Leitner
Please bring this announcement to the attention of anyone potentially interested. The Statistics and Measurement specialty is one of four within the department. You might also check out our website: www.siu.edu/departments/coe/epse I'm sorry for any cross-posting. Thanks for your consideration

Wayne Daniel's book

2001-12-03 Thread Robert Hamer
I apologize if this has been asked before, because I just subscribed to this newsgroup. I use Wayne Daniel's book, "Biostatistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences," as a text in an introductory course in Biostatistics for first year graduate students in Public Health. Is anyone

simple Splus question - plot regression function

2001-12-03 Thread Alexander Sirotkin
Hi. After fitting a linear regression model I need to do an extremely simple thing - plot the regression function along with the original data. Splus has a simple way to plot quite a few complex plots and a very complicated way to do this simple one ! Is there a simple way to plot the regress

cfp: ICIM-2002 - I Inductive Modelling Conference

2001-12-03 Thread Inductive Modelling Conference
*** CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS I International Conference on INDUCTIVE MODELLING ICIM'2002 May 20-25, 2002 Lviv, Ukraine http://www.niss.gov.ua/Center/ICIM/

Re: What usually should be done with missing values ...

2001-12-03 Thread Rich Ulrich
On 2 Dec 2001 16:49:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Heslin) wrote: > Jenny -- here's a way to impute continuous variables using SAS: > > Regression analysis is performed on a continuous variable until significant > predictors of the continuous variable are identified. The parameter estima

Re: Interpreting p-value = .99

2001-12-03 Thread Jerry Dallal
"Robert J. MacG. Dawson" wrote: > > > But I don't see why either the advertiser or the consumer advocate > > would, or should, do a two-tailed test. > > The idea is that the "product" of these tests is a p-value to be used > in support of an argument. The evidence for the proposal is not

Re: Evaluating students: A Statistical Perspective

2001-12-03 Thread J. Williams
On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 19:19:38 -0500, Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >With the curve, and low, low averages, you do notice >that a single *good* performance can outweigh several >poor ones. So that is good. > It is good, but conversely having several "high" scores even with low, low ave

Re: Interpreting p-value = .99

2001-12-03 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
Stan Brown wrote: I see why the quality controller would want to > do a two-tailed test: the product should not be outside > manufacturing parameters in either direction. (Presumably the QC > person would be testing the pills themselves, not patients taking > the pills.)