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Date:   Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:30:23 +0100
Reply-To:   "R. Allan Reese" <R.A.Reese@gri.hull.ac.uk>
Sender:   "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   "R. Allan Reese" <R.A.Reese@gri.hull.ac.uk>
Subject:   Re: 'Nother Newbie Question
Comments:   To: "Jorge (Itzhak) Vulej" <jorgevul@netvision.net.il>
In-Reply-To:   <NGBBIFGDALFCPHNCEDGBGEHLCFAA.jorgevul@netvision.net.il>
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Jorge (Itzhak) Vulej wrote:> I work in marketing research, and one of the most tedious chores we have is > to check the significance of Chi Squares in dozens of crosstabs (i.e., > content by socio demographic questions), then delete the non-significant > crosstabs to print and report the significant ones. > > Is there an available script to ease this task?

I hope not! Without wanting to impute any personal criticism of Jorge, let me publicly state this is NOT an appropriate use of the software or the method. It is precisely the type of use that brings software, and by linkage statisticians, into disrepute. "Significant" does NOT equate with meaningful, interesting or informative.

R Allan Reese CStat


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