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Four questions
Message posted by Guy Donahue on September 22, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

1) Is a two-sample test the same as a two-tailed test?

2) Is "distribution free test the same as degrees of freedom?

3) What is the best and most concise way to summerize statistical techniques?

4) Is varibility of dispersion a scatterplot?

Thanks very much for your help

Guy Donahue


READERS RESPOND:
(In chronological order. Most recent at the bottom.)

Re: Four questions
Message posted by JG on September 23, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

No,no,don't know,no .


Re: Four questions
Message posted by Phil Rosenkrantz on September 23, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

I agree with the first post.
1. No, not at all.
2. Not even close.
3. Can you explain your question a bit more?
4. No. You're sort of mixing one and two variable things here.



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