Propagation of error problem

2002-01-21 Thread Dr. S. Shapiro
value of D (i.e., D +/- d)? Responders are kindly requested to contact me _directly_ at [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I don't often consult this usegroup. Please be as specific as possible in your reply, because I'm no mathematician. Thanks in advance to all responders

Re: Cramer-von-Mises Criterion

2001-12-10 Thread Clay S. Turner
of goodness-of-fit tests?? > > Cheers, > CCC > > "Clay S. Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > You have probably thought of this, but the age old standard is the Chi > > Square

Re: Cramer-von-Mises Criterion

2001-12-10 Thread Clay S. Turner
You have probably thought of this, but the age old standard is the Chi Square test. One thing about empirical distributions is that they may not be one of the standard forms. This is why the Jackknife method and then later the Bootstrapping methods were developed. Thus you can extract the distr

University of Maryland Faculty Position in Assessment

2001-12-09 Thread James S. Roberts
University of Maryland, College Park Assistant/Associate Professor, Educational Assessment The Department of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, is seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor

[HELP NEEDED] What is the best technique to analyze the following experiment?

2001-11-16 Thread S.
I performed the following experiment: Each user (U) used several interfaces (I). Both U and I are to be treated as random factors. For each U and I combination, time (T), errors (E) and satisfaction (S) were measured. The data looks something like: U I T E S

Re: Thomas' Fuzziness and Probability

2001-07-31 Thread S. F. Thomas
nnection is misguided in my view, in the same way that using probability to represent a simple likelihood reality leads to difficult analytical contortions as in both classical and Bayesian statistics. It is time to get past the early tutorial exaggeration that insisted that fuzzy was different from

Assessment and Cognition Conference

2001-07-27 Thread James S. Roberts
Assessment and Cognition: Theory to Practice August 13-14, 2001 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland A conference hosted by the Department of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation, University of Maryland, and supported by the Maryland State Department of Education. Organized by Rob

Re: EdStat: Probabilistic inference in resampling?

2001-07-20 Thread S. F. Thomas
will be greatly appreciated. > > > Chong-ho (Alex) Yu, Ph.D., MCSE, CNE Regards, S. F. Thomas = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remar

Re: Bayesian analyses in education

2001-07-12 Thread S. F. Thomas
to launch any real attacks of their own from behind such a fortress. > Professor of music education > Sibelius Academy > Helsinki, Finland Regards, S. F. Thomas = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks

Assessment and Cognition Conference

2001-05-24 Thread James S. Roberts
Assessment and Cognition: Theory to Practice August 13-14, 2001 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland A conference hosted by the Department of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation, University of Maryland, and supported by the Maryland State Department of Education. Organized by Rob

? re influence of cor. coeff.

2001-01-11 Thread Dr. S. Shapiro
0.7302 0.390.707 12.5 Av -0.4735 0.3596 -1.320.220 54.3 Km 6.79 13.82 0.490.635 20.8 Ks-17.63 21.49 -0.820.433 45.4 n = 15 S = 1.204 R-Sq = 49.7% F = 1.78 whereas is Av is

I'm Looking for a good OMR system

2000-11-24 Thread S³awomir Nowakowski
Hello We are looking for a good OMR system. Could you give us some offer or name o f some company dealing with this system. Slawek Nowakowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about

Statistics problem (HELP!)

2000-10-27 Thread Dr. S. Shapiro
red) and Excel 97, but may be able to find other packages if I hunt around long enough. Kindly respond to me _directly_ at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks in advance to all responders, S. Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Instruct

Position Announcement

2000-10-09 Thread James S. Roberts
University of Maryland, College Park Assistant Professor, Educational Assessment The Department of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, is seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position starting Au

Theoretical Multivariate Books

2000-05-31 Thread Salem S Reyen
Hi, I'm having hard time locating theoretical multivariate statistics books which are published after 1984. The only book I can find is Bilodeau & Brenner's Book. Does anyone know if there are other newer ones? Thanks in advance. -- Salem

Statistical Applications Short Courses

2000-05-05 Thread James S. Roberts
SHORT COURSES FOR STATISTICAL AND RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS THE SEMINAR AND TRAINING CENTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEASUREMENT, STATISTICS, AND EVALUATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IS PROUD TO OFFER Topic: "Logistic Regression Analysis" Dates: May 11-12, 2000 (Thursday and

Assessment Conference

2000-05-03 Thread James S. Roberts
Conference Announcement -- June 5 & 6, 2000 ** Assessments in Educational Reform: Both Means and Ends ** A two-day conference of interest to educators who need to use information effectively

Free Software to Perform IRT Unfolding Analyses

2000-04-20 Thread James S. Roberts
of change. Additionally, the model could also estimate the locations of respondents on this continuum. *** James S. Roberts, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Measurement, Statistics & Eval

Question re Wilcoxon

2000-04-04 Thread Dr. S. Shapiro
to contact me _directly_ at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks in advance to all responders for your help in the above matter; I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convienience, since the Direktor is already harassing me about this. Regards, S. Shapiro [EMAIL

When can a sample size be too large?

2000-03-22 Thread Howard S. Hoffman
When can a sample be too large? As an experimental psychologist, I explain to my students that in an experiment in which you expect your treatments to modify your sample means, there are always three reasons why one can get a significant result of a statistical test. (i.e.. a result in the a

Re: Book recommendation for classification trees

2000-02-12 Thread T.-S. Lim
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >Dear all, > >I am looking for a good book recommendation concerning classification >trees. > >So, if you have a good book, please send my your response. > >Best wishes > >Wolfgang The best book is still the CART book by Breiman, Friedm

Re: ** Stat question

2000-02-07 Thread Howard S. Hoffman
I get your point. I see this sequence as an example of how good dialogue can lead to education and interesting literary exchange. Howard S. Hoffman Herman Rubin wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Howard S. Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: ** Stat question

2000-02-06 Thread Howard S. Hoffman
I stand corrected. I had not considered the requirement of homogeniety of varience. Sure, if U=2 V must be 0. hence, for certain values of U , V can be predicted exactly. Howard S. Hoffman Radford Neal wrote: > Guidi Chan wrote: > >

Re: ** Stat question

2000-02-06 Thread Howard S. Hoffman
. Howard S Hoffman Guidi Chan wrote: > Hello, > > I've kinda hit a road block trying to figure out this question, it's a > pretty basic question but it's been a while since I've taken a stats > course so perhaps I could get some hints: > > Question: > &

Re: Course Curriculum

2000-02-05 Thread Howard S. Hoffman
you to it source. Howard S. Hoffman Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm organizing a BASIC research methods/statistical analysis course for > medical residents. The course will be held over multiple sessions for a &

Re: degrees of freedom

2000-02-05 Thread Howard S. Hoffman
My son and I have written a statistics tutorial for the computer and in it we provide an answer to your question. The tutorial is available for $19.95 from my son's websit: www.animatedsoftware.com but if you send me an email I can arange for you to download a review copy free.

Re: Textbooks for a course in data mining for scientists and engineers

2000-01-26 Thread T.-S. Lim
In article <86nrjb$ljd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >Can anyone suggest a good textbook for a course in data mining? The >students would graduate students in science and engineering with the >typical background being one or two undergraduate courses in >probability and statist

Re: Marketing Research Journals

2000-01-17 Thread T.-S. Lim
In article <00d101bf60f3$a5a77dc0$21c0@grant>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >Hi all, > >I am looking to subscribe to a general Marketing Research Journal. Does any >body have any ideas on which Journal(s) is the best. > >Kind regards, >Grant I don't know

Re: search engines

2000-01-16 Thread T.-S. Lim
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >it appears that the longer i go, the more info i tend to gather for other >folks ... especially via the web. now, i have my favorite search engines >... and for sure, none is perfect. in addition to things like altavista, >infoseek, e

an open review process in Statistics journals?

2000-01-08 Thread T.-S. Lim
hink twice before writing any silly comment if they know that their names would be made known to the author(s). JASA (Journal of the American Statistical Association), for example, has adopted a double-blind reviewing process. I used to think double-blind is good. Now, I'm not so sure anymor

Re: y2k confound

2000-01-07 Thread T.-S. Lim
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > < > >Another tests and measurement issue -- I heard one report on a talk >show that one facility found all its computers reading 4 JA 1980 on >New Year's Day. A y2k bug? Not exactly. I noted that one of the >test programs I used left

Re: grading on the curve

1999-12-26 Thread T.-S. Lim
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >Dear Dr. Dallal, > >I'm interested in your statement about the 'take home portion of the exam' >and what weight you place upon an exam that can easily be done with the joint >help of other individuals. How do you know what portion of

Re: grading on the curve

1999-12-25 Thread T.-S. Lim
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > >Herman Rubin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >: What is the purpose of homework? It should be to help learning, >: and this cannot be combined with being used for a grade. Those >: problems which do not contribute to learning are a waste