re: [tips] post hoc power vs. confidence intervals (was: Correlation vs.Causation: Is Skipping Breakfast Bad For Weight Control?)

2014-06-06 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:11:31 -0700, David Epstein wrote: On Fri, 6 Jun 2014, Mike Palij went: if one does retrospective power analysis and finds that for the sample sizes used, there is low levels of power, then should request that a new study with a larger sample size be used I used to use,

[tips] post hoc power vs. confidence intervals (was: Correlation vs.Causation: Is Skipping Breakfast Bad For Weight Control?)

2014-06-06 Thread David Epstein
On Fri, 6 Jun 2014, Mike Palij went: if one does retrospective power analysis and finds that for the sample sizes used, there is low levels of power, then should request that a new study with a larger sample size be used I used to use, and request, post hoc power analyses to accompany seemingl

[tips] Correlation vs. Causation: Is Skipping Breakfast Bad For Weight Control?

2014-06-06 Thread Mike Palij
WARNING: Not for the arcane statistically challenged. A new study on the effect of having breakfast or not on weight loss produces results that contradict previous research. Previous correlational research has suggested that skipping breakfast has a negative effect on weight loss and various plausi

Re: [tips] Extreme conservative media outlets - psychology reference

2014-06-06 Thread don allen
Hi Jim- I spend my winters in Southern California so I am fairly familiar with people's political attitudes in this region. Sadly, this isn't seen as an "extreme" attitude. Spend a day listening to AM talk radio and you will hear stuff that makes this rant sound like "The voice of reason". He

Re: [tips] France and Americans

2014-06-06 Thread David T Wasieleski
,Sent from my iPad On Jun 6, 2014, at 8:02 AM, "michael sylvester" mailto:msylves...@copper.net>> wrote: Is it true that the French are generally thamkful for what happned 70 years ago,but the anti-American resentment is only confined to Paris? michael "going beyond where no tipste

[tips] France and Americans

2014-06-06 Thread michael sylvester
Is it true that the French are generally thamkful for what happned 70 years ago,but the anti-American resentment is only confined to Paris? michael "going beyond where no tipster has gone before" --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http