Donald Burrill wrote:
> Then, again, you are asserting that this is not a probability problem but
> a measuring-skill problem. Your postulate that the subsequent
> executioners must have reduced "probabilities" (or success rates) only
> makes sense if all executioners use the same method of execu
> On 20 Nov 2001, J. Peter Leeds wrote:
> > The problem actually breaks down to a rather simple analogy:
> >
> > Imagine that a man has been sentenced by court to run a gauntlet
> > composed of four club-wielding executioners.
(ill-defined, and thus insoluble, problem omitted)
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On 20 Nov 2001, J. Peter Leeds wrote:
> I'm working on a formula for measuring decision making skill and am
> trying to estimate the probability that a person of known skill can
> distinguish among different response option contrasts and avoid a type
> II error.
One effective
I'm working on a formula for measuring decision making skill and am
trying to estimate the probability that a person of known skill can
distinguish among different response option contrasts and avoid a type
II error. The problem actually breaks down to a rather simple analogy:
Imagine that a man
