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RE: st: Quantum mechanics in Stata
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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"'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
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RE: st: Quantum mechanics in Stata
Date
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:14:10 +0000
I was asking for extra references. Thanks for these. However, the more I think about it, the more finding a suppressed integer denominator and estimating an unstated unit of measurement seem only superficially similar problems and calling them both quantum problems may mislead too.
Nick
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kieran McCaul
Sent: 16 November 2011 00:42
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: st: Quantum mechanics in Stata
...
When I read Nick's original post, I wasn't really sure what he was
asking for (I'm still not 100% sure), but I started to download the
paper by Kendall that Nick referenced only to discover that I already
had a copy of it.
I came to it via a paper in Significance:
Sixsmith E (2009). The megalithic story of Professor Alexander Thom.
Significance 6(2): 94-96.
This was a review of Thom's work in which he proposed the existence of
an ancient unit of measurement: the "megalithic yard".
Thom A (1955). A statistical examination of the megalithic sites in
Britain. J R Stat Soc A 118(3): 275-295.
Thom A (1962). The megalithic unit of length. J R Stat Soc A 125(2):
243-251.
Thom A (1964). The larger units of length of megalithic man. J R Stat
Soc A 127(4): 527-533.
These "quantal" problems are found in many different fields of research.
A more recent review is:
Cankaya E and Fieller NRJ (2009). Quantal models: a review with
additional methodological development. J Appl Stat 36(4): 369-384.
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