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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:19 am

Hello I am teacher of mathematics and one of my students asked me
about how to choose correct statistical method to learn whether there
is a significant relation between numbers chosen randomly by people and
their favorite colors etc.Thanks in advance.

Herman Rubin

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:52 pm

Guest

In article <1169824747.778375.98870@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>,
<zafer99@gmail.com> wrote:

Quote:

Asking how to choose a method without understanding the
terms is a MISTAKE; it is important to understand (NOT
be able to compute) probability, and the technical
term "statistica significance" and how little relation
it has to practical significance.

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This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Old Mac User

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:18 pm

Guest

Herman... be gentle. This person has asked a perfectly good
question. Just because he/she didn't use precise statistical terms
(aka jargon) is not a reason to bring out the attack dogs. Let's see
what we may do to help this person and help her student. OK?
OMU

On Jan 26, 9:52 pm, hru...@odds.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) wrote:

Quote:

In article <1169824747.778375.98...@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>,

zafe...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello I am teacher of mathematics and one of my students asked me
about how to choose correct statistical method to learn whether there
is a significant relation between numbers chosen randomly by people and
their favorite colors etc.Thanks in advance.Asking how to choose a method without understanding the
terms is a MISTAKE; it is important to understand (NOT
be able to compute) probability, and the technical
term "statistica significance" and how little relation
it has to practical significance.

--
This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hru...@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

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