Re: factor analysis of dichotomous variables

2001-04-29 Thread David Duffy
In sci.stat.edu Johannes Hartig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I have a (hopefully simple but not stupid) software question > related to factor analysis of dichotomous variables: > Christofferson (1975) described a GLS estimator for the > factorization if dichotomous data based on the marg

Re: M Regression on old PC

2001-04-29 Thread Bob Wheeler
The basic method uses Gaussian elimination, which is really quite simple. Once I would have suggested that you visit a library for a book on numerical analysis, but nowadays I suggest a Google search. http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/pbourke/analysis/gausselim/ seems ok. David J Firth wrote: > > In

M Regression on old PC

2001-04-29 Thread David J Firth
In the course of doing my homework for an MBA-level managerial econ class, I've been spending a lot of quality time doing regressions. I use MicroTSP 6.6 for the Mac most of the time but use Excel 4 for the Mac occasionally. So, this question is not really a homework question but a tangent. I've

Re: Help me an idiot

2001-04-29 Thread J. Williams
On 29 Apr 2001 09:06:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zina Taran) wrote: >I believe, the thrust of the "fries" reply was the overcount in the >5*4*3*. response rather than an expression of culinary preferences. I think he was referring to order, i.e., which item was first and then second or vice

Re: Joining edstat

2001-04-29 Thread J. Williams
On 28 Apr 2001 22:26:31 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald Burrill) wrote: >On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I just joined the listserv. Our professor is giving us extra credit if >> we join an email list re: stats. I was able to pull up one of his >> messages from last year

Re: Help me an idiot

2001-04-29 Thread Zina Taran
I believe, the thrust of the "fries" reply was the overcount in the 5*4*3*. response rather than an expression of culinary preferences. - Original Message - From: J. Williams To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Help me an idiot > On 29 Apr 200

Re: Help me an idiot

2001-04-29 Thread J. Williams
On 29 Apr 2001 04:09:05 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Bohlman) wrote: >"I wanted that with *fries* and *ketchup*! *Not* ketchup and fries!" We hear you, but fries were not included in the original problem...only the 5 condiments. But you're right, fries would be good with that! Order me one.

Re: Help me an idiot

2001-04-29 Thread Jay Warner
Abdul Rahman wrote: > Please help me with my statistics. > > Question: > > If you order a burger from McDonald's you have a choice of the following > condiments:ketchup, mustard , lettuce. pickles, and mayonnaise. A > customer can ask for all thesecondiments or any subset of them when he > or she

Thank you so much

2001-04-29 Thread Abdul Rahman
Dear You All, Thank you very much for opening my mind about some approaches to my statistical problem. And for your kind understanding I appreciated it very much. For me its a nice feeling to have the people like you around. just me, Abdul Rahman Malaysia ==

Re: Help me an idiot

2001-04-29 Thread James H. Steiger
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 20:48:03 +0800, Abdul Rahman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Please help me with my statistics. > >Question: > >If you order a burger from McDonald's you have a choice of the following >condiments:ketchup, mustard , lettuce. pickles, and mayonnaise. A >customer can ask for all the