RE: Looking for a proof

Try this: Law, A, & Kelton, W. D. Simulation Modeling & Analysis. McGraw-Hill. It is now in at least it's third edition. Chris Olsen George Washington High School 2205 Forest Drive SE Cedar Rapids, IA (319)-398-2161 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL P

RE: false positives when testing for anthrax

Professor Eakin and All -- > I caught part of a news story on TV saying that an office > that had tested > positive for anthrax was pronounced clean after further testing. Does > anyone have any numbers on the probability of a false > positive when using > the test for anthrax? This info would

RE: MCAS, statistics and other math problems

Professor Gallagher and All -- Let me first of all absolutely commend your professional interest, time, and dedication to fair testing practice! With high stakes testing apparently the fad of this particular few years in public education, fairness is -- if posible -- an even more important co

RE: Help for DL students in doing assignments

Hello All -- Not only that, I have an old Tacoma Narrows Bridge I'd like to sell someone. -- Chris Chris Olsen George Washington High School 2205 Forest Drive SE Cedar Rapids, IA (319)-398-2161 > >The neat thing about math is the numerical answer doesn't > matter, just the > >method.

RE: Boston Globe: MCAS results show weakness in teens' grasp of

Hello Dennis and All -- Please pardon the formatting of my response here -- apparently I cannot choose a different font, so I will bracket my comments by "-->" and "<---." Dennis writes... since i was not the person posting the original item on this matter ... i do know in fact what the

RE: Boston Globe: MCAS results show weakness in teens' grasp of

Dear Sir or Madam: I read with interest your posting on the issue of the so-called Tukey boxplot. I would like to make a few observations, if you will forgive the temerity of a high school teacher. (1) I would think it highly unlikely that even your poor school districts are using textbooks

RE: A much more basic MCAS fallacy?

Jay and All -- I have been following with interest the discussion on MCAS. Jay Warner writes... > > the idea of measuring educational performance is fundamentally > worthwhile to meet certain objectives. the methods described > here fall far short of any ideal,and appear to fall short

RE: common mistakes in statistics

Title: common mistakes in statistics Sir --      I'm not sure if experimental design falls in your domain of interest, but if so you might try...   Hurlbert, S. H.    Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological field experiments.  Ecological Monographs.  54(2), 1984, 187-211.   Hope thi

RE: Stat pkg for old Mac

Lee and All -- I just visited the www.duxbury.com site yesterday, and I think I remember they showed older _student_ versions. You might try there also. -- Chris Chris Olsen George Washington High School 2205 Forest Dr. S.E. Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 (319)-398-2161 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: Student fears (was: Histograms etc.)

Herman and All -- > > On the other hand, the type of clear measurements and > formulation in these fields are not generally available > in psychology. So they make the massive mistake of > letting statistics do their thinking for them. A typical > example of this is to convert their data to n

RE: a fortiori

Hello Bob and All -- I think SOME long phrases are discussed in The Browser's Dictionary, by John Ciardi. I don't know if it is still in print, but it is authoritative and fascinating. (Perhaps not a lot of statistical terms and phrases, though...) -- Chris Chris Olsen George Washington H

RE: Statistics and Art

Kuldeep and All -- I am chagrined to report that I know even less about art than statistics, but you might try this book: Reedy. T. J., & Reedy, C. L. Statistical Analysis in Art Conservation Research. It was published in (I think) 1988 by the Getty Conservation Institute. There i

RE: Calculator policy

Hello All -- In a private note, Bob Hayden suggested my previous posting sounded like I was against the use of calculators, which Bob knows very well is not so. Just in case others thought so (and by some quirk gave my opinions any credence) let me contribute my ideal classroom testin

RE: Calculator policy

Hello Bob and All -- Some comments from a lurker and AP stat teacher. Bob writes... > The College Board has policies on calculator use on its exams. I am > most familiar with the Advanced Placement test in statistics. Here it > is suggested or required that students bring a calcu

RE: teaching statistical methods by rules?

Hello Robert and All -- Please forgive the intrusion of a lurker in a domain above my pay grade, as it were, but I have a slight question... > The "Z test with s" is nothing but an unnecessary approximation of the > t distribution for n>>1 degrees of freedom by the z distribution. The m