brilliant.

Ian Cameron wrote:

> 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