Comments on: Series on Confusing Statistical Terms http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/series-on-confusing-statistical-terms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=series-on-confusing-statistical-terms Statistical Consulting, Resources, and Statistics Workshops for Researchers in Psychology, Sociology, and other Social and Biological Sciences Fri, 18 May 2012 15:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karen http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/series-on-confusing-statistical-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Karen Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:33:32 +0000 http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/?p=801#comment-1206 Denis--Thanks. I'll get on those. Jim--Thanks. As someone trained in psychology and statistics (in a statistics department), I've always found econometricians to be using entirely different terminology. But with a bit of explanation, we can often find the common concepts to the different words, and work well together. But engineers seem to be speaking a whole different language. LOL. I had a conversation once with an engineer where I had no idea what he was talking about until I finally realized he meant "variable" when he said "parameter." That was bizarre. Denis–Thanks. I’ll get on those.

Jim–Thanks. As someone trained in psychology and statistics (in a statistics department), I’ve always found econometricians to be using entirely different terminology. But with a bit of explanation, we can often find the common concepts to the different words, and work well together.

But engineers seem to be speaking a whole different language. LOL. I had a conversation once with an engineer where I had no idea what he was talking about until I finally realized he meant “variable” when he said “parameter.” That was bizarre.

]]> By: Jim Hurdle http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/series-on-confusing-statistical-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Jim Hurdle Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:07:42 +0000 http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/?p=801#comment-1205 Wonderful idea to publish this topic. It actually could almost be extended to a book. I am an economist so I have the "discipline" terms used in my graduate education. Sometimes, in reviews of articles by mathematical statisticians, I find some confusing terminology that turns out to be just a renaming of a concept I already know. So keep on this route, your contribution will be appreciated! Wonderful idea to publish this topic. It actually could almost be extended to a book. I am an economist so I have the “discipline” terms used in my graduate education. Sometimes, in reviews of articles by mathematical statisticians, I find some confusing terminology that turns out to be just a renaming of a concept I already know.

So keep on this route, your contribution will be appreciated!

]]> By: Denis http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/series-on-confusing-statistical-terms/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 Denis Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:00:21 +0000 http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/?p=801#comment-1203 Mean, moment, significance are some of those mean words, indeed! ;D Mean, moment, significance are some of those mean words, indeed!
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