In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:24:54 -0600, Bill Jefferys
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Roberts) wrote:
>> #on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dennis Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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 would think is most important when it co
Alan McLean wrote:
>
> Happy holiday, Dennis. I have two answers to this question - pick one!
>
> First, the recognition that all of statistics, but particularly
> inference, is about providing, and assessing the strength of, evidence -
> in circumstances where some measurement(s) can sensibly b
This is not a big holiday in Sweden, but I'll be brief anyway, throwing
in some personal thoughts:
Understanding that the notion of relationship between (two) variables
have different aspects. Like correlation measures, statistical effect,
explanatory power, consistency, mechanism ... And that
Happy holiday, Dennis. I have two answers to this question - pick one!
First, the recognition that all of statistics, but particularly
inference, is about providing, and assessing the strength of, evidence -
in circumstances where some measurement(s) can sensibly be defined, and
these measurement
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:24:54 -0600, Bill Jefferys
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Roberts) wrote:
>
> #on this near holiday ... at least in the usa ... i wonder if you might
> #consider for a moment:
> #
> #what is the SINGLE most valuab
Dennis Roberts wrote:
> 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 would think is most important when it comes to passing along to
> students studying "i
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Roberts) wrote:
#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 would think is most important when it