Re: tails and tests

2000-08-28 Thread Jerry Dallal
dennis roberts wrote: > > in some cases ... chi square test statistics require using ONLY 1 tail ... > of the relevant chi square distribution ... but some cases require using a > two tailed approach ... > > same can be said of F test statistics ... > > can we say that about t test statistics?

Re: tails and tests

2000-08-28 Thread William B. Ware
On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Rich Ulrich wrote: > On 24 Aug 2000 13:30:02 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dennis roberts) wrote: > > > in some cases ... chi square test statistics require using ONLY 1 tail ... > > of the relevant chi square distribution ... but some cases require using a > > two tailed appr

Re: tails and tests

2000-08-27 Thread Rich Ulrich
I am not sure that I understand what is intended here. So I may be off track. On 24 Aug 2000 13:30:02 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dennis roberts) wrote: > in some cases ... chi square test statistics require using ONLY 1 tail ... > of the relevant chi square distribution ... but some cases requi

tails and tests

2000-08-24 Thread dennis roberts
in some cases ... chi square test statistics require using ONLY 1 tail ... of the relevant chi square distribution ... but some cases require using a two tailed approach ... same can be said of F test statistics ... can we say that about t test statistics? ( i am not talking the case where th