Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-06 Thread Mark Weaver
Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 daRcmaTTeR wrote on Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 06:08:29PM -0500 : I'm not mad. I'm just trying to increase the SNR of this mailing list. Ok...but whats SNR? Maybe I should have written S/N Ratio instead. It's an acronym for

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-05 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 daRcmaTTeR wrote on Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 06:08:29PM -0500 : I'm not mad. I'm just trying to increase the SNR of this mailing list. Ok...but whats SNR? Maybe I should have written S/N Ratio instead. It's an acronym for Signal to Noise Ratio.

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-05 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Seth Zirin wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 09:59, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: I REALLY need some fast help with a simple statistics question but I am not real strong on statistics. I have a question regarding Fisher's exact: is it a legitimate test to run on a

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-05 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, et wrote: I take responsibility for posting OT on the list. I would do it again but perhaps in doing so I should have specified an off-list, direct reply to me rather than in the list. Newsgroups are sometimes too slow and I needed info ASAP (like within an hour or

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-05 Thread daRcmaTTeR
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Todd Lyons wrote: -pgpenvelope processed message Carroll Grigsby wrote on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 09:39:08PM -0500 : With all due respect, putting this thread in the same category as that mess last week is a huge leap.

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-04 Thread Praedor Tempus Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I take responsibility for posting OT on the list. I would do it again but perhaps in doing so I should have specified an off-list, direct reply to me rather than in the list. Newsgroups are sometimes too slow and I needed info ASAP (like within

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-04 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carroll Grigsby wrote on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 09:39:08PM -0500 : With all due respect, putting this thread in the same category as that mess last week is a huge leap. For one thing, this hardly a controversial topic. I did not say it was the

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-04 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 13:15, Todd Lyons wrote: Carroll Grigsby wrote on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 09:39:08PM -0500 : With all due respect, putting this thread in the same category as that mess last week is a huge leap. For one thing, this hardly a controversial topic. I did not say it was

[expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-03 Thread Praedor Tempus Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I REALLY need some fast help with a simple statistics question but I am not real strong on statistics. I have a question regarding Fisher's exact: is it a legitimate test to run on a particular set of data I have. I need help fast. Anyone with

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-03 Thread Seth Zirin
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 09:59, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: I REALLY need some fast help with a simple statistics question but I am not real strong on statistics. I have a question regarding Fisher's exact: is it a legitimate test to run on a particular set of data I have. I need help

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-03 Thread Praedor Tempus Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thank you for the help...NOT. In any case, the OT DOES provide warning that it isn't ON TOPIC and you can read at your own risk. It sure beats the other OT thread on the list the other day. Be thankful. On Monday 03 February 2003 03:44 pm, Seth

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-03 Thread Praedor Tempus Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Seth will be pleased to know I did acquire an answer by aid from this list, no less, which led me to a website which led me to a PERSON who was able to help me out with my specific situation. Thanks to those who did offer aid in various forms. On

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-03 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 03:51:40PM -0500 : Thank you for the help...NOT. In any case, the OT DOES provide warning that it isn't ON TOPIC and you can read at your own risk. It's also a flag to list owners that the

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-03 Thread tarvid
I have a question regarding Fisher's exact: is it a legitimate test to run on a particular set of data I have. No statistical test is legitimate in the hands of the inexperienced. No statistical test is legimate in the hands of the experienced when they have an agenda. Mark Twain said

Re: [expert] OT Important! (to me) Any statisticians in the list?

2003-02-03 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Monday 03 February 2003 04:06 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 03:51:40PM -0500 Thank you for the help...NOT. In any case, the OT DOES provide warning that it isn't ON TOPIC and you can read at