Re: [R] inquire a statistical terms

2012-08-08 Thread S Ellison
>Is there any standard statistical terminology describing the points beyond > a confidence region? 'data'? Sounds flippant, but even for univariate location estimates (a case where parameter estimates and data can be compared directly) a lot of data points are usually outside confidence regio

Re: [R] inquire a statistical terms

2012-08-08 Thread Bert Gunter
?? A confidence region for what? Confidence regions refer to parameters and functions of parameters (e.g. means of fitted values) and are completely incommensurate with the scale of the data. It sounds like you are confusing basic concepts (i.e. you don't really understand what a confidence region

[R] inquire a statistical terms

2012-08-08 Thread Zhiqiu Hu
Dear all, Is there any standard statistical terminology describing the points beyond a confidence region? Obviously, the "outlier" is improper here. Please help me if you happens have the info. Thanks you very much for your kindly help. Best wishes, Zhiqiu [[alternative HTML version de