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Re: st: RE: Measures of association for a small sample
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Ronan Conroy <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: Measures of association for a small sample
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Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:40:21 +0000
On 2012 Ean 10, at 23:48, Steve Samuels wrote:
> Your 13 regions do constitute a"population". You can certainly compute measures of association as descriptive statistics. I don't see that statistical tests are justified unless you have a notion of a "super-population" from which the 13 regions were sampled: otherwise, what are the repetitions implied in the probability statements of type 1 error and type 2 error?. But opinions differ on this.
Such patterns as you find among the 13 regions are still worth measuring, which is one function of a measure of association.
Ronán Conroy
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Associate Professor
Division of Population Health Sciences
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Beaux Lane House
Dublin 2
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