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2009-11-05 counting statistics:

not being a biologist, i do not know what is meant by 'plating cells'. in order to give a cogent response, i need to understand what the measurement [or counting] process actually entails. also,

2009-11-02 New Studentized Range table?:

mamoy - i haven't heard of 'new studentized range' tables per se. but there is an article that appeared in the journal biometrics [pp 671-685] in 1960 by h.l.harter entitled 'critical values for

2009-11-02 Computing Margin of Error:

dave - you are quite correct that the ME should also take into account the population size. the actual formula for the ME is ME = 1.96sqrt[(pq/n)(N-n)/N ]. here N is the population size and

2009-10-22 non gaussian distribution:

mark - the counter-intuitiveness you express about 'rare events' [which are called tail events in the trade] is not really so paradoxical. being at least 1 SD above the mean, which has a normal probability

2009-10-16 Standard Deviation:

davis - your question is more properly addressed to the instructor of the course you are taking - or to a ta, if there is one. you could also resort to dropping in on another faculty member that