Any statistics majors out there?

[thirtythree]

 

[thirtythree]

Whose idea was it to make the enter button so big? .. here's my question:

I am taking AP stats and am wondering if a clouded residual plot or a high correlation coefficient is a better judge of a "good fit" ..

 

[StageLeft]

Look for a strong skewing to the right.

 

[Pastore]

there are some stupid people here, but that would sink us to a new low.... statistics are evil....

 

[thirtythree]

Uhh .. that doesnt answer the question does it?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Deslocke
Uhh .. that doesnt answer the question does it?

No

 

[thirtythree]

Stupid lifer.

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: Deslocke
Stupid lifer.

hahaha, poor Skoorbie just got 0wned!

 

[thirtythree]

^bump

 

[MiataGirl]

what do you mean by a clouded residual plot? if by that you mean they're all close together..then that's a bad thing..you want them to be as random as possible.

a high correlation coefficient would suggest that a lot of the data does follow a good "pattern", and so your line would be a good "fit".

 

[roncarter]

Why in the world would anyone want to become statistics?? hahaha

its so boring

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: roncarter
Why in the world would anyone want to become statistics?? hahaha

its so boring

not really.... you get to work on all these different problems.... you probably work on more projects as a statistician than you would as anything else.