Re: An Interesting Student Problem

2002-02-04 Thread Stu
uot;, a valid statement? I emphasize to my student's, and also believe, that an experiment cannot "prove" anything. Rather, the results provide support for or against a premise. It is not easy to pose a question nor make a statement that cannot be misinterpre

Re: a problem

2002-01-15 Thread Stu
want to test for >, so as not to dispense too much. A <> (not equal to) test claims only that the amount dispensed is not correct. For example. a ball-bearing must be neither too large not too small. Stu Garfield High School Los Angeles, CA > > > Janne > > ===

Re: When does correlation imply causation?

2001-12-05 Thread Stu
read and books don't make people kill. There are many such examples. My favorites involve time series, for example, hat size and shoe size (birth to adult); hair length and weight (birth to age 1); and those with a third factor, for example, temperature and electric bill. Stu Garfiel

Who said "Correlation does not imply causation".

2001-12-04 Thread Stu
upport. Absolutely. Without both a working hypothesis and a literature search one could say that cancer causes cigarette smoking. Stu Garfield High School Los Angeles --- End Message ---