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2007 Oct 25
1
Appropriate measure of correlation with 'zero-inflated' data?
I have reached the correlation section in a course that I teach and I
hit upon the idea of using data from the weekly Bowl Championship
Series (BCS) rankings to illustrate different techniques for assessing
correlation.
For those not familiar with college football in the United States
(where "football" refers to American football, not what is called
soccer here and football in most
2009 Jan 28
2
For Whom the Gaza Bell Tolls -- Part 1 and 2 -- Obamas Mideast Jewish Wet Dream Team
...eir pensions, and their
access to health care.?
While Roberts et al. may be right that each and every American taxpayer bears some responsibility for the carnage in Gaza, the fact is that most Americans are tired of violence in the
far-away Middle East. Besides, the economy is in the tank, the NFL playoffs are in progress, and the kids have to go back to school. Everyday life takes priority for most Americans.
Unfortunately, such short-sightedness will not do, for the pitiful denizens of Gaza are not the last targets of the Israeli army or the worldwide network of Diaspora Jews. The dispossession
of...
2009 Jan 28
2
For Whom the Gaza Bell Tolls -- Part 1 and 2 -- Obamas Mideast Jewish Wet Dream Team
...eir pensions, and their
access to health care.?
While Roberts et al. may be right that each and every American taxpayer bears some responsibility for the carnage in Gaza, the fact is that most Americans are tired of violence in the
far-away Middle East. Besides, the economy is in the tank, the NFL playoffs are in progress, and the kids have to go back to school. Everyday life takes priority for most Americans.
Unfortunately, such short-sightedness will not do, for the pitiful denizens of Gaza are not the last targets of the Israeli army or the worldwide network of Diaspora Jews. The dispossession
of...