Re: What is a confidence interval?

2001-09-27 Thread Michael F.
(Warren) wrote in message: > So, what is your best way to explain a CI? How do you explain it > without using some esoteric discussion of probability? I prefer to focus on the reliability of the estimate and say it is: "A range of values for an estimate that reflect its unreliability and whi

Re: variance estimation and cross-validation

2001-07-25 Thread Michael F.
From: Mark Everingham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: variance estimation and cross-validation Newsgroups: sci.stat.math, sci.stat.edu, sci.stat.consult, sci.math Date: 2001-07-24 03:14:05 PST I'm not familiar with your research area, but if I understand your data correctly you have N image measu

Re: misusing stats: examples

2000-04-30 Thread Michael F.
Uplandcrow wrote: > I am looking for examples of articles that use a stat procedure incorrectly. A literature search of important journals in the subject area in which your students major might show that common problems have been addressed. For example, the articles below address problems t

Re: Linear Correlation with errors in both variables

2000-01-17 Thread Michael F.
ELN/fisackson wrote: > There exists a technique known as Orthogonal Distance Regression (aka > Deming regression) to establish if a linear relationhsip exists between > two variables when both are subject to error. A few statistics packages > even calculate it. I wonder if there exists a similar