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Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:35:07 +0000

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By: Manfred te Grotenhuis

Manfred te Grotenhuis — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:09:06 +0000

Reply to Stijn Ruiter:

Are you suggesting that the nursing profession –> typing ‘Bottom’ all over the place is a spurious relationship?

By: Stijn Ruiter

Stijn Ruiter — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:45:51 +0000

Correlation is a first hint for causality though. Besides, in this case, also the second criterion for “proving” causality was satisfied. That is, Bram first mentioned the nursing profession and after that Rense replied with a comment containing the word “bottom”…of course, there still might be third variables in play

By: Manfred te Grotenhuis

Manfred te Grotenhuis — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:20:10 +0000

Correlation does not prove causality

By: Bram

Bram — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:19:44 +0000

Is it me, or is naming the nursing profession causally connected with an explanation containing the word ‘bottom’ in a reply? (p<.0001) 😀

By: Rense Nieuwenhuis

Rense Nieuwenhuis — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:12:08 +0000

Lovely! Glad to be of service. Since I’ve been a nursing student myself once, I can really imagine how this book helps you in understanding statistics better ‘from the bottom up’, and how this understanding might help in your profession.
Be sure to report back your experiences with the book, if you’d like.

By: Bram

Bram — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:03:45 +0000

Thanks Rense,

I’m not that good at math (to put it mildly) but everso more interested in scientific research. Since this book is cheap, and I’m a (nursing) student, I’ll think I’ll give it a go!