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Re: st: statistical test to compare two survey means from two estimating equations
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Steven Samuels <[email protected]> |
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Re: st: statistical test to compare two survey means from two estimating equations |
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Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:45:15 -0500 |
On Dec 5, 2006, at 4:06 PM, Nick Cox wrote:
I'm still puzzled by the over-arching question and curious
as to how this fits into any research project.
Nick, I couldn't agree more. In the days when I did walk-in
consulting for faculty and students, I never started out by answering
a researcher's
question. Usually I asked "What's the problem? Why do you want to do
this?" More often then not, the researcher hadn't really thought out
his project. My biggest contribution was helping to define the
research problem, and the original question was irrelevant.
In the list we usually answer the question first and don't always
think to ask if it's the right one. It's inevitable perhaps, given
the nature of the list, but unfortunate.
Steve
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