Posted by finelinebob on September 4, 2006, at 0:36:25
In reply to Re: :-) » finelinebob, posted by Estella on September 3, 2006, at 22:49:13
> > Bah! It's z-normalization essentially
>
> eh?
> (its okay, you don't have to explain that)In stats, you can compare measurements of two different things by z-normalizing their measured values. Set the mean to 0. Set the standard deviation to 1. Adjust distrutions accordingly.
It's like comparing apples to oranges by changing them both into pears.
> Er... Do you know what kind of aphasia he had?Nope. I do remember that he had about 85% chance of correctly expressing what he wanted to say by writing it instead.
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