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Date:         Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:31:24 -0400
Reply-To:     Mark A Davenport MADAVENP <M_Davenport@uncg.edu>
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From:         Mark A Davenport MADAVENP <M_Davenport@uncg.edu>
Subject:      Re: Question: Use (misuse, non-use) of error bars
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Here is another interesting read on the topic of error bars. This is the one that piqued my self-doubt.

http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2007/03/most_researchers_dont_understa.php

*************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Mark A. Davenport Ph.D. Senior Research Analyst Office of Institutional Research The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 336.256.0395 M_Davenport@uncg.edu

'An approximate answer to the right question is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate question.' --a paraphrase of J. W. Tukey (1962)


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