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A better approch?

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 5:23 p.m.

In Response To: A better approch? (Timothy Chow)

Isn't this a little like saying "if you use an apple tree ax to chop down a cherry tree, the cherry tree really isn't chopped down"? :-)

If I have a method that computes the correct answer to a problem, why does it matter whether the method is conceptually correct? Any method of computing these probabilities is going to be based on certain assumptions which are wrong but, hopefully, don't make enough difference to have a material effect on the final answer.

* BTW, I have no idea if there is such a thing as an "apple tree ax" or a "cherry tree ax". It's just my feeble attempt to come up with an analogy on the spur of the moment. (I better go back to programming now.)

Messages In This Thread

• Confidence Interval Overlap vs Joint Standard Deviation (long)
  neilkaz -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 5:13 p.m.
  • Confidence Interval Overlap vs Joint Standard Deviation (long)
    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 5:30 p.m.
  • Confidence Interval Overlap vs Joint Standard Deviation (long)
    Tom Keith -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 5:51 p.m.
    • Confidence Interval Overlap vs Joint Standard Deviation (long)
      Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 3:19 a.m.
  • Confidence Interval Overlap vs Joint Standard Deviation (long)
    Bob Koca -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 7:30 p.m.
    • Confidence Interval Overlap vs Joint Standard Deviation (long)
      neilkaz -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 9:20 p.m.
      • Confidence Interval Overlap vs Joint Standard Deviation (long)
        Bob Koca -- Saturday, 31 October 2009, at 9:31 p.m.
      • Confidence Interval Overlap vs Joint Standard Deviation (long)
        Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 12:21 a.m.
  • A better approch?
    eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 4:02 a.m.
    • A better approch?
      neilkaz -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 4:32 a.m.
    • A better approch?
      MaX -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 1:19 p.m.
    • A better approch?
      MaX -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 1:22 p.m.
    • A better approch?
      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 5:37 p.m.
      • A better approch?
        eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 6:12 p.m.
        • A better approch?
          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 7:36 p.m.
          • A better approch?
            Tom Keith -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 8:38 p.m.
            • A better approch?
              Chuck Bower -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 1:20 a.m.
              • A better approch?
                Jason Lee -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 2:24 a.m.
                • A better approch?
                  Chuck Bower -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 3:06 p.m.
              • A better approch?
                Timothy Chow -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 6:56 p.m.
        • A better approch?
          Maik Stiebler -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 10:05 p.m.
        • A better approch?
          MaX -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 10:15 a.m.
          • A better approch?
            Timothy Chow -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 6:47 p.m.
            • A better approch?
              MaX -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 8:18 a.m.
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            eXtreme Gammon -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 7:26 p.m.
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              MaX -- Thursday, 12 November 2009, at 12:56 p.m.
        • A better approch?
          Timothy Chow -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 6:40 p.m.
          • A better approch?
            Tom Keith -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 7:28 p.m.
            • A better approch?
              Timothy Chow -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 10:10 p.m.
              • A better approch?
                Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 12:14 a.m.
                • A better approch?
                  Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 1:29 a.m.
                  • A better approch?
                    Maik Stiebler -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 7:18 a.m.
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                      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 4:17 p.m.
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                        Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 5:23 p.m.
                        • A better approch?
                          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 5:37 p.m.
                          • Aren't you two just particpating in the 250 year old fracas?
                            Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 6:19 p.m.
                            • Aren't you two just particpating in the 250 year old fracas?
                              Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 7:55 p.m.
                              • Aren't you two just particpating in the 250 year old fracas?
                                Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 8:29 p.m.
                            • Aren't you two just particpating in the 250 year old fracas?
                              Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 4 November 2009, at 12:11 p.m.
                      • A better approch?
                        Maik Stiebler -- Wednesday, 4 November 2009, at 8:40 p.m.
                        • A better approch?
                          Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 4 November 2009, at 10:09 p.m.
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                            Maik Stiebler -- Wednesday, 4 November 2009, at 10:51 p.m.
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                              Maik Stiebler -- Wednesday, 4 November 2009, at 11:57 p.m.
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                              Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 6:52 a.m.
                              • A better approch?
                                Maik Stiebler -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 7:25 a.m.
                                • A better approch?
                                  Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 3:37 p.m.
                                  • A better approch?
                                    Maik Stiebler -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 9:19 p.m.
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                                      Maik Stiebler -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 9:42 p.m.
          • A better approch? [LONG]
            MaX -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 3:04 p.m.
            • A better approch? [LONG]
              Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 3:47 p.m.
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              Maik Stiebler -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 10:01 p.m.
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                MaX -- Friday, 6 November 2009, at 3:31 p.m.
                • A better approch? [LONG]
                  Maik Stiebler -- Saturday, 7 November 2009, at 5:52 p.m.
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                    MaX -- Monday, 9 November 2009, at 12:39 p.m.
                    • A better approch? [LONG]
                      Maik Stiebler -- Monday, 9 November 2009, at 10:59 p.m.
                      • A better approch? [LONG]
                        MaX -- Tuesday, 10 November 2009, at 1:33 p.m.
        • A better approch?
          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 5 November 2009, at 10:23 p.m.
          • A better approch?
            MaX -- Friday, 6 November 2009, at 12:35 p.m.
    • A better approch?
      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 7:45 p.m.
      • A better approch?
        eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 10:03 p.m.
        • A better approch?
          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 1 November 2009, at 10:30 p.m.
    • A better approch?
      Mislav Radica -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 12:59 a.m.
      • A better approch?
        eXtreme Gammon -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 1:58 a.m.
        • A better approach?
          eXtreme Gammon -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 2:00 a.m.
        • A better approch?
          MaX -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 10:19 a.m.
        • A better approch?
          Mislav Radica -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 12:55 p.m.
          • The different approachs-give us a choice
            Mislav Radica -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 1:18 p.m.
        • A better approch?
          misja -- Monday, 2 November 2009, at 7:36 p.m.
    • A better approch?
      Neil Robins -- Tuesday, 3 November 2009, at 9:39 p.m.