Talk:F-distribution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Statistics, which collaborates to improve Wikipedia's coverage of statistics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page. |
 |
|||||
| Mathematics rating: | Stub Class | Low Priority | Field: Probability and statistics | ||
| One of the 500 most frequently viewed mathematics articles. | |||||
| Please update this rating as the article progresses, or if the rating is inaccurate. Please also add comments to suggest improvements to the article. | |||||
The second line of TeX on this page is not working. Why not? Michael Hardy 00:20, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- There's only one line of TeX on the page. I've tried to fix it but failed; the TeX system here has been tempremental recently, I think... Dysprosia 00:26, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)
[edit] F-statistics
I've split out F-statistics into a population genetics article, but I'd like a proper statistician to go over it and explain how they are related :) Dunc|☺ 21:26, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Questionable external links? Input please
Greetings all,
Recently User:128.135.17.105 removed several external links (Critical F Calculator, Fisher F Calculator for Hierarchical Multiple Regression, and Fisher F Calculator for Multiple Regression) that I had placed on this page to several F distribution-related online calculators that are available for free on my website. The reason given for this removal by User:128.135.17.105 is that the links are questionable. I would like to hear whether or not this is the majority opinion, as I believe that the free calculators provide a great deal of value to the page. Here's why:
- 1. The table of critical F-values linked to from this page (Table of critical values of the F-distribution) is not exhaustive. The free calculator that I propose linking to can compute critical F-values for a much wider range of research needs.
- 2. The other external link (Online significance testing with the F-distribution) computes probabilities for F-values, but not critical values of the F-distribution.
- 3. There are currently no external links on the page to F-distribution calculators designed for multiple regression and hierarchical multiple regression analyses -- the proposed links would fill this void.
Out of respect for the opinion of User:128.135.17.105, I will not repost the links right away. If anyone agrees that there is value in the external links that User:128.135.17.105 removed, please let the community know by posting your thoughts here. I would particularly enjoy discussing this issue further with User:128.135.17.105, as I believe that (in the spirit of Wikipedia) we can resolve this issue amicably. :-)
--DanSoper 00:08, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I am researcher in africa and find f-distribution calculators very useful. Plaese repost! --202.72.105.130 22:05, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree that the links should be reposted, with a few reservations. Please see my comments on the matter here: Talk:Chi-square distribution. -J.K., Kings College
Several of the current links to F distribution critical values are not very useful (as of February 2007). Posted excerpts from text books do not exploit the ability to publish cheaply on the web; I expected more complete tables if not calculators. However, I cannot judge well the reliability of such tables made available through links.
- the main discussion is at Talk:Chi-square distribution. Nobody who is logged in has commented yet. 128.135.226.222 00:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Kurtosis formula and the sidebar together cause a lot of blank space
Since the kurtosis formula does not fit into the space to the left of the sidebar, a lot of space is left blank immediately before the formula. Is there a TeX command (e.g. \smfrac, or such) to make the fraction smaller? /*EnumaElish*/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.92.175.254 (talk) 19:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
