Re: P-value help---urgent need for help

Posted by Bruce Weaver on Mar 24, 2011; 11:21am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/P-value-help-urgent-need-for-help-tp4259619p4262106.html

Hi Marta.  You are quite right about arson being contagious, and I really like those words from the Spanish philosopher.  However, I still find it very strange that the example from Dave Nichols (link below), which I gave in my response to the first request, did not suffice--and also strange that it was not acknowledged in any way.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.stat.spss/browse_frm/thread/e8abd285cc0e4cd1/3fa8e889cde9c118?lnk=gst&q=chi-square+weight+#3fa8e889cde9c118

Cheers,
Bruce

Marta García-Granero-2 wrote

Hi everybody:

I think that some people is being a bit oversuspicious. I I went to the
web page (http://www.dennonoor.com) and clicked on a link that explained
that Mr. Ismail Noor had left the company and was working overseas with
an NGO on a project to prevent child abuse (that explained the data he
sent to this list). I wrote him off line and gave him a solution
(downloading the freeware application WinPepi, that works with tabulated
data).

As a Spanish philosopher said: "we are the owners of our silences and
the slaves of our words". Think twice before playing arsonist on the
list, please. It is a contagious mood.

Anyway, maybe Mr Noor could have explained his situation better,
something like: "I work for an NGO to prevent child abuse and I have
been asked to analyze this table, I don't have the original data
anymore...".

Mr Noor's problem has been solved to his satisfaction, as I can infer
from his thanking message to me.

Best regards on this cloudy spring morning (at least on Spain).

Marta GG


El 24/03/2011 9:12, Helmut Vorkauf escribió:
> I saw your 1st posting and came to the conclusion that a not so funny
> game was being played.
> Now you repeat the game. I ask you to end the game and give us the
> solution.
> There are too many riddles:
> you work for a commercial survey service, so your question for the
> most simple cross-tabulation strikes me as unbelievable.
> You ask for a p, but a p for what? A p of a chi-sq, a p of an
> uncertainty coefficient, or what?
> Some of your customers might ask you such questions, and you are paid
> to answer them.
> But please stop molesting this list, where people try to help in real
> problem situations.
> Helmut Vorkauf
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Ismail Noor <[e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all on the list,
>     This message is being posted for the second time,
>
>     I have the following table and I need to calculate the p-value for
>     it. I appreciate any help...............
>
>     *Table 2. *Participants’ awareness of child maltreatment
>
>     *Level of Awareness*
>
>     **
>
>
>
>     *Male professionals*
>
>     **n(%)
>
>
>
>     *Female professionals*
>
>     n(%)**
>
>
>
>     *Total*
>
>     n(%)**
>
>     **
>
>     *Low*
>
>
>
>     696
>
>
>
>     (37.1)
>
>
>
>     549
>
>
>
>     (28.9)
>
>
>
>     1245
>
>
>
>     (33.0)
>
>     **
>
>     *Intermediate*
>
>     **
>
>
>
>     607
>
>
>
>     (32.3)
>
>
>
>     573
>
>
>
>     (30.2)
>
>
>
>     1,180
>
>
>
>     (31.2)
>
>     **
>
>     *High*
>
>     **
>
>
>
>     516
>
>
>
>     (27.5)
>
>
>
>     697
>
>
>
>     (36.7)
>
>
>
>     1,213
>
>
>
>     (32.1)
>
>     **
>
>     *Missing*
>
>     **
>
>
>
>     59
>
>
>
>     (3.1)
>
>
>
>     80
>
>
>
>     (4.2)
>
>
>
>     139
>
>
>
>     (3.7)
>
>     **
>
>     *Total*
>
>
>
>     1,878
>
>
>
>
>
>     1,899
>
>
>
>
>
>     3,777
>
>
>
>     (100)
>
>     Ismail K. Noor, Ph.D.,
>     [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
>     http://www.dennonoor.com
>     Skype: ismail.noor2
>
>     (966) 1-2520088 Ext. 40109 (Office-Riyadh)
>
>     (966) 50-717-2356 (cell-Riyadh)
>     (966) 1-237-9373 (home-Riyadh)
>     [phone] <tel:%28313%29%20240-5259> (home-Dearborn-USA)
>
>
>
>
>
>