Re: hypothesis vs Confidence interval

2000-10-18 Thread Herman Rubin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, San <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >When we analyze data which we ought to know whether the difference of >mean between two populations isn't equal to zero, which method will >generally be better? hypothesis or confidence interval? Neither is the appropriate thing to

Re: hypothesis vs Confidence interval

2000-10-18 Thread San
Why? How does it work out? Jerry Dallal wrote: > > San wrote: > > > > When we analyze data which we ought to know whether the difference of > > mean between two populations isn't equal to zero, which method will > > generally be better? hypothesis or confidence interval? > > Confidence interval

Re: hypothesis vs Confidence interval

2000-10-18 Thread Jerry Dallal
San wrote: > > When we analyze data which we ought to know whether the difference of > mean between two populations isn't equal to zero, which method will > generally be better? hypothesis or confidence interval? Confidence interval.

hypothesis vs Confidence interval

2000-10-18 Thread San
When we analyze data which we ought to know whether the difference of mean between two populations isn't equal to zero, which method will generally be better? hypothesis or confidence interval? Or confidence interval is just a kind of substitue for hypothesis when we are dealing with problems like