Message-ID: <49600.217.93.76.27.1114713926.squirrel@mail.panix.com>
Date: 2005-04-28T18:45:26Z
From: Johannes Hüsing
Subject: normality test
In-Reply-To: <200504281626.j3SGQ21K008364@volta.gene.com>
Bert wrote:
>>You probably have noticed that
>> I'm quite new
>> to statistics, but I'm working on that...
>>
>>
> And you want to use Bayesian methods?!
>
I was always under the impression that it's mostly a matter of mindset if
you go Bayesian or frequentist, not of your statistical skills.
[...]
> "The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning
> process." - George E. P. Box
And I find this quote a bit disturbing because a catalyst leaves the process
unchanged, yet as a statistician I might at least sometimes have learnt a
bit of the subject matter problem.
And no, I have nothing substantial to contribute any more tonight.
Greetings
Johannes