RE: What Is This?: ????

I thought that these were sublime messages from Venus. I am receiving them too. Henry M. Silvert Ph.D. Research Statistician The Conference Board 845 3rd. Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel. No.: (212) 339-0438 Fax No.: (212) 836-3825 > -Original Message- > From: Ronny Richardson

RE: Important notice about Final Exam on Thursday

Do we all have to be privy to this? Henry M. Silvert Ph.D. Research Statistician The Conference Board 845 3rd. Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel. No.: (212) 339-0438 Fax No.: (212) 836-3825 > -Original Message- > From: Dennis Leitner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2

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

Might I go one step further and point out the correlation does not establish a causal relationship primarily because it does not point to directionality, at least not without a working hypothesis and some background support. Henry M. Silvert Ph.D. Research Statistician The Conference Board 845 3r

RE: Categorical data Take 2

Why not a discriminant analysis? You might want to develop profiles of people who go into the 5 different success categories -- although they might all be equally sucess except for the last one. Henry M. Silvert Ph.D. Research Statistician The Conference Board 845 3rd. Avenue New York, NY 10022 T

RE: Presenting results of categorical data?

I would like to add that with this kind of data we use the median instead of the average. Henry M. Silvert Ph.D. Research Statistician The Conference Board 845 3rd. Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel. No.: (212) 339-0438 Fax No.: (212) 836-3825 > -Original Message- > From: Donald Burrill [SMT

RE: Data Mining blooper and Related Subjects

I respectfully disagree with Michael Wyatt. I come from an academic background and now work outside of academia, except for the occassional course here or there. I too report to a manager or managers, depending on the circumstances. But my experiences have not been the same as his. I am constantly

RE: Hypothesis testing and magic - episode 2

I would go a little further. It is the perpetuation of the idea that there is some truth out there that has to be found that makes statistics and the sciences so alienating to mopst people. What we attempt to do is configure social facts into a plausible reflection of the physical and social envir

RE: Hypothesis testing and magic

Finally a voice of sanity!!! Henry M. Silvert Ph.D. Research Statistician The Conference Board 845 Third Ave. New York, NY 10022 Phone : (212)339-0438 Fax : (212)836-3825 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: Alan McLean [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, Apr