Date:         Wed, 2 May 2007 19:53:55 -0700
Reply-To:     David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
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From:         David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to infer the UNKNOWN cells
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stats112@GMAIL.COM wrote back:
>
>I'm not certain which approximation is used by SAS to generate Student t
>inverse.  If the values programmed into SAS for that function is from
>tables
>from 1950s or 1960s, those tabulated values have already been found to be
>erroneous and better approximations with greater precisions have been
>documented since.  SAS's function is for the typical standard Student t,
>but
>not for more generalized families of Student t.  Any additional suggestions
>would be appreciated.  Thank you!

No one today uses fixed *tables* for these sorts of computations.

David
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David L. Cassell
mathematical statistician
Design Pathways
3115 NW Norwood Pl.
Corvallis OR 97330

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