At 09:36 AM 2/26/99 -0800, Mark Robert Drovdahl wrote:
>        Are my higher-education dollars really worth it? Can anyone
>explain to me how statistics will help me put a 2.0 L motor into my
>favorite Westy? I would've asked my prof, but he was too busy shoving this
>morning's midterm down my throat. Have a great Friday.
>
Statistically, 23.4% of all owner-attempted conversions require
professional assistance at some time.  The relationship between experience
and success is alpha .822 at a .05 level of confidence (using a
causal-recursive model pioneered by W. Berry, citation on demand).  This
suggests that unless you have considerable mechanical experience, or
consider your time worth less than 10% of the going rate for experts in
your area, you should have someone else do it.  Further, if you become
really good at stats, you'll be able to get a job that will enable you,
with two days work, to pay a professional to do the engine job that would
take you a week to accomplish.  And he'll do a better job.
Any further questions?

Dr.Ian Cameron, Faculty of Education, Department of Psych Foundations and
Measurement, U. of Victoria