Comments on: Public Blogger: Kottke http://elliottback.com/wp/public-blogger-kottke/ Internet & Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:40:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: praetorian http://elliottback.com/wp/public-blogger-kottke/#comment-1302 praetorian Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:23:31 +0000 /?p=595#comment-1302 This is a beautifully-illustrated example of how a welfare state breeds laziness. Vote Conservative. This is a beautifully-illustrated example of how a welfare state breeds laziness. Vote Conservative.

]]> By: Rachel C http://elliottback.com/wp/public-blogger-kottke/#comment-1249 Rachel C Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:57:37 +0000 /?p=595#comment-1249 Using the CLT on time series data is inappropriate. Using the CLT on time series data is inappropriate.

]]> By: Elliott Bäck http://elliottback.com/wp/public-blogger-kottke/#comment-1248 Elliott Bäck Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:25:04 +0000 /?p=595#comment-1248 I was in ORIE 270 section today, and I asked TA about this problem. He said, <blockquote>Yeah, that's fine--statisticians sometimes make a lot of noise for no reason...</blockquote> The only point of contention here is that my CI is somehow inappropriate. I asked him if with n=37 data invoking the CLT theorem was valid. He said yes. I asked him if it was valid even though the data is heavily right-skew. He said, sure--that's the definition of the CLT. I asked him if it was appropriate given that the data is from a time-series, with the caveat that time / post length are uncorrelated. He said yes. You have yet to convince me that constructing a large-scale conservative CI for a sample of 37 independent data points is somehow innapropriate, and your attack that "I'm doing all the wrong things" is completely non-constructive. At most all you have are some blind claims about my data. Perhaps your acute expert knowledge in statistics is waning over the last six years... I was in ORIE 270 section today, and I asked TA about this problem. He said,

Yeah, that’s fine–statisticians sometimes make a lot of noise for no reason…

The only point of contention here is that my CI is somehow inappropriate. I asked him if with n=37 data invoking the CLT theorem was valid. He said yes. I asked him if it was valid even though the data is heavily right-skew. He said, sure–that’s the definition of the CLT. I asked him if it was appropriate given that the data is from a time-series, with the caveat that time / post length are uncorrelated. He said yes.

You have yet to convince me that constructing a large-scale conservative CI for a sample of 37 independent data points is somehow innapropriate, and your attack that “I’m doing all the wrong things” is completely non-constructive. At most all you have are some blind claims about my data. Perhaps your acute expert knowledge in statistics is waning over the last six years…

]]> By: Elliott Bäck http://elliottback.com/wp/public-blogger-kottke/#comment-1240 Elliott Bäck Mon, 18 Apr 2005 04:46:40 +0000 /?p=595#comment-1240 Sure, Rachel. I just emailed my stats professor--I'll let you know. Sure, Rachel. I just emailed my stats professor–I’ll let you know.

]]> By: Rachel C http://elliottback.com/wp/public-blogger-kottke/#comment-1239 Rachel C Mon, 18 Apr 2005 04:32:46 +0000 /?p=595#comment-1239 Just got back from a statistics conference and I showed this to them.. try talking to a professor, you're doing all the wrong things. Just got back from a statistics conference and I showed this to them.. try talking to a professor, you’re doing all the wrong things.

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