One of my stat professors in grad school referred to it as the "inter-ocular trauma test". (If someone else said that already, never mind). :) Tim
From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:46 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Polling... On the lighter side, one of my statistics professors liked to talk about the "inter-ocular effect": An effect so big it hit you right between the eyes (and the statistical analysis was a matter of confirming the obvious). :-) Claudia _____________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor NSF UWF Faculty ADVANCE Scholar School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 (direct) or 473-7435 (CUTLA) csta...@uwf.edu<mailto:csta...@uwf.edu> CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu<mailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=25180 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-25180-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-25180-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=25192 or send a blank email to leave-25192-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu