Re: FW: Student's t vs. z tests

2001-04-24 Thread jim clark
Hi On 24 Apr 2001, Mark W. Humphries wrote: I concur. As I mentioned at the start of this thread, I am self-learning statistics from books. I have difficulty telling what is being taught as necessary theoretical 'scaffolding' or 'superceded procedures', and what one would actually apply in a

Re: FW: Student's t vs. z tests

2001-04-24 Thread dennis roberts
I think that reading the scientific literature would disabuse one about the limited application of statistical significance. My students tell me that learning about statistical inference greatly increases their capacity to read primary literature. Perhaps it is different in your discipline.\