Salaries and gender

2002-03-04 Thread Rolf Dalin
statistically? Any references in the subject? Rolf Dalin ** Rolf Dalin Department of Information Tchnology and Media Mid Sweden University S-870 51 SUNDSVALL Sweden Phone: 060 148690, international: +46 60 148690 Fax: 060 148970, international: +46 60 148970

Re: Applied analysis question

2002-02-27 Thread Rolf Dalin
roduct would consume different amounts. Rolf Dalin ** Rolf Dalin Department of Information Tchnology and Media Mid Sweden University S-870 51 SUNDSVALL Sweden Phone: 060 148690, international: +46 60 148690 Fax: 060 148970, international: +46 60

Re: Proportionate vs. disproportionate

2002-01-11 Thread Rolf Dalin
d have the same odds ratio = 44. Equal differences in percentages means that the same proportion of the population changed their minds. The meaning was probably "proportionate" = "of the same order of magnitude". Rolf Dalin ==

Re: Usability of skills and knowledge

2001-11-22 Thread Rolf Dalin
sense which has to do with problems/variable types. 3. Cases including context, data, discussions should be there. Etc. Rolf Dalin > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Rolf Dalin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In a discussion about the desired direction of development of i

Re: best inference

2001-11-22 Thread Rolf Dalin
. And that finding a p- value or a CI of one aspect is only a small piece of the puzzle. Rolf Dalin > on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might > consider for a moment: > > what is the SINGLE most valuable concept/procedure/skill (just one!) ... > that you

Usability of skills and knowledge

2001-11-16 Thread Rolf Dalin
ics skills and knowledge? Rolf Dalin ** Rolf Dalin Department of Information Tchnology and Media Mid Sweden University S-870 51 SUNDSVALL Sweden Phone: 060 148690, international: +46 60 148690 Fax: 060 148970, international: +46 60 148970 Mobile: 0

Re: diff in proportions

2001-11-15 Thread Rolf Dalin
so have to kill darlings like Pearson's Chi Sq. Rolf D > At 04:26 PM 11/15/01 +0100, Rolf Dalin wrote: > > > >The significance test produces a p-value UNDER THE CONDITION > >that the null is true. In my opinion it does not matter whether we > >know it isn't

Re: effect size/significance

2001-09-14 Thread Rolf Dalin
I remember I read somewhere about different effect size measures and now I found the spot: A book by Michael Oakes, U. of Sussex, "Statistical Inference" 1990. The measures were (xbar-ybar)/s, Proportion misclassified, r squared (biserial corr) and w squared (which I think means the same as Rs

Re: effect size/significance

2001-09-13 Thread Rolf Dalin
re on a scale which is arbitrary, not meters or USDs, let's say you have constructed a scale from multiple items. How do you define effect size? How can differences between means be interpreted to be informative? Cheers! /Rolf Dalin ** Rolf Dalin D