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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:25:00 CDT
Reply-To:     "John Wilkes 678.3874" <JWILKES@MEMSTVX1.BITNET>
From:         "John Wilkes 678.3874" <JWILKES@MEMSTVX1.BITNET>
Subject:      SUSCRIBE - JOHN WILKES

        PLEASE SUSCRIBE ME TO THE LIST:

                LINKFAIL

        THANKS

        JOHN WILKES





 John Wilkes @User Servics              Internet: JWILKES@MEMSTVX1.MEMST.EDU
 Memphis State University               & Bitnet: JWILKES@MEMSTVX1
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:21:19 GMT
Reply-To:     CNUSC operator <PUPITRE@FRMOP11.BITNET>
From:         CNUSC operator <PUPITRE@FRMOP11.BITNET>
Subject:      Computer shutdown/link failure
Comments: To: NAD-F@FRMOP11.BITNET

Due to computer maintenance, FRMOP22
will be down the 21/12/92 from 04:00 to 08:00 (local time).
Sorry for any inconveniences.

CNUSC Operator
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:08:09 +01
Reply-To:     HI@SEARN.BITNET
From:         HI@SEARN.BITNET
Subject:      FRMOP11 IP links down
Comments: To: pits@princeton.edu, eot@ebone.net

I am writing in behalf of the FRMOP11 staff.

REASON:
A problem on the new RENATER connection between Montpellier
and the EBONE EBS in Paris.

AFFECTED NODE(S): all French EARN nodes
AFFECTED INTERNATIONAL LINES: All the IP based links from FRMOP11 to
                              the EARN2 core sites and PUNFSV2.
COMMENTS:
France Telecom (who now hosts and directly manage the RENATER EBS)
is working on the problem.

CONTACT: Dominique Dumas (BRUCH@FRMOP11) (+33 16 67 14 14 14)
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:01:00 MET
Reply-To:     SARA Network Information Centre <NIC@SARA.NL>
From:         SARA Network Information Centre <NIC@SARA.NL>
Subject:      TICKET [.sara-cern]921216-1 CONTINUE
Comments: To: datacom@sara.nl, snet-ops@nic.surfnet.nl, eot@ebone.net,
          ic@sara.nl, netmaster@surfnet.nl, saranet@sara.nl,
          sn-ipman@nic.surfnet.nl, ripe-op@ripe.net

Ticket Number: [.sara-cern]921216-1  Ticket Status:   continue
Ticket Type:   unscheduled           Ticket Source:   SARA
Ticket Scope:  link                  Site/Line:       Amsterdam-EBS1-Cern-EBS1
Ticket Owner:  nic@sara.nl           Problem Fixer:   PTT/NL

Ticket Opened: 921216 17:09 CET      Problem Started: 921216 17:05 CET
       Closed:                                 Ended:


Problem Description:

        Line failure from Amsterdam to Geneva

Affected:

        IP traffic from Amsterdam to Cern will be rerouted via
        Stockholm.
        The default route from Amsterdam-EBS1 via
        Cern to NSFnet will be rerouted via Stockholm.


Actions:

        Dutch PTT is informed and will solve the problem.
        Trouble ticket number from Dutch PTT 37872

        Dec 12, 22:00
        According to Dutch PTT there is a major problem in Germany
        that affects i.a the connection Amsterdam-Zurich.
        Affected links will be rerouted.

Time to fix:

        unknown

Fix:


 ---

 Henk Steenman
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:25:05 EST
Reply-To:     CHOPLIN@FRUTRS51.BITNET
From:         Herve CHOPLIN - UNIVERSITE FRANCOIS RABELAIS - TOURS
              <CHOPLIN@FRUTRS51.BITNET>
Subject:      FRUTRS51 unavailable 15/12/92

The End Node FRUTRS51 will be unavailable :
                     Tue, 15 DEC 1992 from 8h00 to 11h00 UTC
Software and Hardware installation.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Herve CHOPLIN (System Manager and Node Administrator)
UNIVERSITY FRANCOIS RABELAIS
Computing Center (Bat. D)
Parc de Grandmont
37200 TOURS  FRANCE
_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.
Phone:    (33).47.36.69.03
E-mail: EARN/BITNET:         CHOPLIN@FRUTRS51.BITNET
        X400:                C=FR;AD=ATLAS;PR=UNIV-TOURS;S=CHOPLIN
        INTERNET:            CHOPLIN@UNIV-TOURS.FR
        VMS PSI_MAIL:        PSI%(2080)3708047411::CHOPLIN
        IXI VMS PSI_MAIL:    PSI%2043083016::CHOPLIN
        VMS DecNet (EDUnet): RABLAI::CHOPLIN or 51410::CHOPLIN (node 50.210)
Fax   :   (33).47.36.69.02
****************************************************************************
     LA TOURAINE, JARDIN DE FRANCE - THE TOURAINE, GARDEN OF FRANCE
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:50:26 SET
Reply-To:     "External TCP/IP Operations (CERN/HEP)" <IP-OPER@CEARN.BITNET>
Comments:     Resent-From: MARTIN@CEARN.cern.ch
Comments:     Originally-From: Alasdair Ross <ABRCT@CERNVM.BITNET>
Comments:     Warning -- original Sender: tag was IP-OPER@CEARN
From:         MARTIN@CEARN.CERN.CH
Subject:      TICKET CERN/921215-01 (CERN-ALL_EXTERNAL_LINES
Comments: To: pits@Princeton.EDU, Ebone Action Team <eat@ebone.net>,
          ripe-op@ncc.ripe.net

Note also the scheduled swap of the communications equipment over a special
power supply.

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Ticket Number: CERN/921215-01          Ticket Status  : CLOSED
Ticket Type  : SCHEDULED               Ticket Source  : CERN
Ticket Scope : Link                    Site/Line      : CERN<-->ALL
Ticket Owner : ABRCT@CERNVM.cern.ch    Problem Fixer  : CERN

Ticket Opened: 921215 10:33 GMT+1      Problem Starts :921217 07:45 GMT+1
       Closed: 921217 10:40 GMT+1              Ended  : 921217 08:15 GMT+1

Problem Description: Swap of all external communication lines to alternate elec
                   : trical power supply for Christmas shutdown period.

Affected: ALL DECnet,IP,SNA,X.25 connectivity into/out of CERN

Action: CERN only

Time to Fix: Approximately 30 mins.
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:56:46 EST
Reply-To:     Bruce Crabill <BRUCE@UMDD.BITNET>
From:         Bruce Crabill <BRUCE@UMDD.BITNET>
Subject:      Planned link outages
Comments: To: Jerome Bennet <BENNETT@DFTBIT.BITNET>,
          Scott Shigo <SHIGO@GWUVM.BITNET>,
          Alexandre Grojsgold <ALGOLD@LNCC2.BITNET>,
          Linda Pelleu <LJP@NBSENH.BITNET>, Roger Fajman <RAF@NIHCU.BITNET>,
          Victor Cid <VCID@UCHCECVM.BITNET>, Michael Karas <KARAS@USUHS.BITNET>

As previously announced, the Univ. of Maryland is consolidating its IBM
mainframes into a single system.  This requires that the phone lines
for our BITNET lines to be moved.  The local phone company is scheduled
to start moving our lines tommorrow and will be moving approximately
3 lines a day for the next several days.  The outage for any given line
is expected to be 4 to 8 hours.  This affects the nodes (and any nodes
connected to them): LNCC2, GWUVM, USUHS, UCHCECVM, GIBBS, NBSENH, and
NIHCU.  Also, several internal nodes within our College Park campus will
have brief outages, but these will be minimal since we are able to install
parallel new circuits for these nodes.

                                       Bruce
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Organization: Samford University
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Date:         Sat, 12 Dec 1992 15:18:28 CST
Reply-To:     SDZITO@SAMFORD.BITNET
From:         SDZITO@SAMFORD.BITNET

i would like to be removed from this mailing list

                                      sdzito at samford


                                                 thank you.
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:51:41 CET
Reply-To:     Jos Wennmacker <U001222@HEARN.BITNET>
From:         Jos Wennmacker <U001222@HEARN.BITNET>
Subject:      HEARN connections disrupted 15-12-92 12:00 - 12:30

Due to some CISCO problems, connections will be disrupted
for a short time from 12:00 MET for about 30 minutes.
Sorry..
Jos Wennmacker.
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Date:         Sat, 19 Dec 1992 21:31:39 EST
Reply-To:     Sheila Patterson <SFP@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU>
From:         Sheila Patterson <SFP@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU>
Subject:      CornellC down 2200-0200
Comments: To: linkfail@uga.BITNET, pits@princeton.edu

CornellC will be down from Saturday, Dec. 19 at 2200 thru 0200 Sunday,
Dec. 20 for test time.

Sheila Patterson, CR-Systems
315 CCC - Cornell University
Ithaca, NY  14853
(607) 255-5388
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Date:         Sun, 20 Dec 1992 13:42:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Stephen Tihor <TIHOR@NYUACF.BITNET>
From:         Stephen Tihor <TIHOR@NYUACF.BITNET>
Subject:      NYUACF* and NYUCCVM off line

On Monday the 28th for about an hour and  half between 9am and 2pm EST while we
relocate some key hardware.
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Organization: Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:15:24 CST
Reply-To:     "Juan M. Courcoul" <COURCOUL@VMTECQRO.QRO.ITESM.MX>
From:         "Juan M. Courcoul" <COURCOUL@VMTECQRO.QRO.ITESM.MX>
Subject:      Systems downtime for Xmas vacation, ITESM, Queretaro Campus

The Queretaro Campus of the Monterrey Institute of Technology System (ITESM)
will begin its Christmas Vacation starting this coming Friday 12/18/92.
At approx. 18:00 CST, all systems will be shut down and powered off.
Systems will be brought back online on Monday 1/4/93, at approx. 8:00 CST.
Communication via Bitnet or Internet to all faculty/staff/students will be
unavailable during this two-week period.

Since we are an end node, the only services affected are those provided by
our backbone Listserv, our Relay server and our anonymous FTP service.

Our regrets for any inconveniences this may cause (i.e., bounced Internet
mail). Merry Christmas, and a prosperous New Year.

Juan M. Courcoul
Admin for VMTECQRO & VMTECQR2
Monterrey Institute of Technology
Queretaro Campus
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Date:         Sun, 13 Dec 1992 16:11:20 -0500
From:         dick darlington <dick_darlington@QMRELAY.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU>
Subject:      Finding critical F

                                                                    12:42 PM
  OFFICE MEMO                                                 Time:
                      Subject:
                      Finding critical F                            12-08-92
                                                              Date:

In response to Brian Day's question, one can use Systat's FIF (F inverse
function) operator to find critical values of F for any specified values of
alpha, df1 and df2.  Day specified df1 = 278 and df2 = 500, but did not specify
alpha.  Thus I entered into Systat's editor a column headed ALPHA containing
the four values .05, .025, .01, .005.  Then I issued the command
>let f = fif(1-alpha, 278, 500)
Systat returned the following four values of F: 1.187, 1.227, 1.275, 1.308.
Dick Darlington, Psychology, Cornell
From: pmk@busadm1.cba.hawaii.edu (PAUL KAZENSKI)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.stat-l
Subject: 2 vs 1 system(s) of equations
Date: 16 Dec 92 04:08:21 GMT
Organization: College Business Administration, University of Hawaii

Greetings!
A friend asked me a question I cannot answer, so I am appealing to
the experts on this list.  Generally the problem is as follows:

There are 2 systems of 3 equations each that have been estimated
recursively with "good" results.  Someone is now suggesting that
the proper approach is to combine the 2 systems into a single system
and perform simultaneous estimation.  The basis for this is to extract
additional information from the (possibly) correlated error terms across
systems.  Unfortunately, the task is far from trivial.

He has tried correlation analysis, and regressing residuals, but finds no
evidence of cross-system correlation.  This doesn't appear to be convincing 
enough, so he asks:

Are there tests that can be performed to determine **when** the systems
should be combined?  References would be most helpful, as well as any 
discussion.  He doesn't have access to the net, so I would appreciate 
either a post or e-mail (I can summarize if anyone is interested) and I will 
pass your comments along.

Mahalo nui loa in advance.
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 09:44:00 EST
From:         dxa6@CCDOSH1.EM.CDC.GOV
Subject:      tutorial software

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>Someone suggested spreadsheets for tutorial work in stats, but that person
>had not seen one with regressions and correlations.  EXCEL 4.0 for Windows
>has regression, correlation, ANOVA, and lots more.

The same is true for EXCEL 4.0 for Macintosh.  EXCEL 3.0 had many statistical
features as well, as does LOTUS 1-2-3, for both Mac and IBM.

From: David Arday
      Office on Smoking and Health
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Internet: dxa6@ccdosh1.em.cdc.gov
From: charvey@teal.csn.org (Chip Harvey)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.stat-l
Subject: "Prestige" of Journals
Date: 16 Dec 92 18:21:10 GMT
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Forgive me if this message is duplicated; I don't know what happened to my
first post.

I am seeking help in evaluating the "prestige" of statistical journals and
other journals publishing papers in statistics and ecological and
environmental statistics.

I am supposed to submit a ranking to a federal government panel of non-
statisticians for purposes of valuation of work published by government
researchers.  As is any such ranking, this too is a linear representation of
a multidimensional set of opinions and as such, is controversial.  The
criteria themselves are controversial.  Anyway, among statistical journals,
I anticipate differences based on theoretical/applied slants of the raters. 

The criteria which are to be used in evaluating "prestige" are: 1) degree of
difficulty in getting a paper accepted, 2) level of referee review, 3)
geographic extent of readership, 4) an assessment of the level of scientific
influence of the journal in the specific field (statistics, ecology,
environmental sciences), and 5) the extent to which senior scientists publish
their best papers in the journal.  There are four categories of "prestige"
ranging from "HIGHLY" to "LEAST."  The list of publications is open-ended.

Additionally, the panel is seeking ideas on how to rate the prestige of books,
book chapters, proceedings, etc.

I would appreciate any participation.  Please e-mail your lists, ratings, and
ideas to me, charvey@csn.org.  If there is general interest, I will post the
results.  I am cross-posting this request in bit.listserv.stat-l and
sci.math.stat.


Chip Harvey                                                 charvey@csn.org
National Park Service                                        (303) 969-2807
Air Quality Division					FAX: (303) 969-2822
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:14:26 EST
From:         Evan Cooch <ecooch@SAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      diff of means

Many thanks to those who quickly responded to my late-night (hence
poorly worded) request for a reminder on estimating the error variance
of the difference between two sample means.

  Obviously, the expectation of the differences between two sample means
(mu1  and mu2) is simly (mu1 - mu2). The variance of this difference is
given by

              Var(mu1 - mu2) = v(mu1) - 2cov(1,2) + v(mu2)

If the samples are truly independent, then cov(1,2) = 0, and the
preceding reduces to

                Var(mu1 - mu2) = v(mu1) + v(mu2)

Of course, v(mu1) = sample v / n ( = SE)

thus,  Var(mu1 - mu2) = SE(1) + SE(2)

This, of course, is related to the denominator of the t-test.

   (((n1 - 1)v(1) + (n2 - 1)v2)/(n1+n2-2))((n1+n2)/n1n2)


Its amazing the little things you forget (a) when its late and you're
tired, and (b) you've spent much more time worrying about the
significance of differences, rather than details about the magnitude of
the difference.

Thanks again...



Evan Cooch
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:34:41 -0100
From:         MAGNUS STENBECK <mastfoh%tellus.sos.se%sos@MAIL.SWIP.NET>
Subject:      PC software for proportional hazards model

I am analyzing survival time for several major diagnostic groups of
cancer. The data is from the Swedish cancer registry. The file
contains some 1 million observations - all malignant cancers
discovered in Sweden since 1958 are included in the material.
I am analyzing the material using a 486-50 Mhz PC using a
regression approach, i.e. logit analyses on the
likelihood of surviving 1, 5, or 10 years, and censored exponential
regression models predicting survival time. I also want to use
proportional (and possibly non-proportional) hazards models. I
normally work with GAUSS which is fast enough to do analyses of up
to 100,000 cases at a time, but I cannot find applications written
in GAUSS for the hazards models. Does anyone know of some good
software for the micro computer which does the proportional hazards
model and which is fast enough to handle, say, 5 explanatory
variables and 100,000 observations?
(SAS, for instance, is not useful because of the excessive time SAS
takes to analyze 50-100,000 cases on a micro computer ....)

Magnus Stenbeck                   Email: MASTFOH at TELLUS.SOS.SE
Center for Epidemiology
National Board of Health and Welfare
Banergatan 16
S-106 30 Stockholm
SWEDEN
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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:58:20 CST
From:         SOCBRENT@MIZZOU1.BITNET
Subject:      Request for information on Statistical Navigator

GF asked for information about Statistical Navigator.

Statistical Navigator is an expert system to aid researchers in
selecting appropriate statistics.  It asks researchers questions
about their research objectives and assumptions then identifies
the most appropriate statistics for their problem.  Unlike the
small decision trees now offered by some statisical packages,
it is relatively comprehensive.  At last count, it included
abaout 200 types of statistical analysis.  It also identifies
which major PC statistics packages provide that analysis.

It is a MS-DOS program available from Idea Works, Inc.  The
address is 607 Jackson Street, Columbia, MO   65203.
(314) 875-5827, FAX: (314) 875-5812.

Incidentally, this program is relevant to the issues others
have been raising regarding the use and misuse of statistical
tools.  Statistical Navigator is one attempt to help researchers
use powerful statistical packages responsibly.  Perhaps it
would be worthwhile to hear some other ways people are trying
to encourage and support responsible use of these tools.

Ed Brent
Idea Works
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Organization: Instituto de Ingenieria del Conocimiento, Madrid
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 09:33:54 HOE
From:         "Julia D:az Garc:a" <JULIA@EMDCCI11.BITNET>

Unsubscribe Julia Diaz
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:14:48 MEZ
From:         Suitbert Ertel <SERTEL@IBM.GWDG.DE>
Subject:      Allen Yates

I would like to communicate with
Allen Yates, author of
Multivariate Exploratory Data Analysis.
A perspective on exploratory factor analysis
Albany, N.Y. State University of New York Press 1987
An e-mail address would be fine, fax or
more traditional adresses welcome, too.
Suitbert Ertel
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:53:49 -0500
From:         Erik Olson <EO7646@BROCK1P.BITNET>
Subject:      Randomness

    I am currently searching for a large number of digits of the square root
of two. The purpose of my request is to use the digits to test for randomness
and other statistical attributes. I would appreciate the list in file form,
but if someone can give me an algorithm then I will try to generate the
list myself. The reason for my request of the square root of two is that
this irrational number is not transcendental and more interesting than pi.
If anyone has a list of any other nontranscendental number, then I will
use it instead of the square root of two.

Thank you for your help,
Erik Olson
"Future Statistician of America"


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= Math Major (Statistics)             =     eccentric"                  =
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= Internet:                           =   -Mark Twain                   =
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Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 13:39:44 ECT
From:         Lary Jones <LJONES@BINGVMB.BITNET>
Subject:      "By Inspection"

I have gotten a number of replies to my query about the history/
appropriateness of making experimental decisions by inspection
of the data.  I thank everyone who has contributed :-)

I am about ready to close on a new house, and my summary may be delayed
for a few days to a week.

I wish all a good weekend!

__________________________________________________________________
Lary Jones...Computing Services...SUNY-Binghamton...(607) 777-2879
School of Management Research Support ...... LJones@BingVMB.Bitnet

 "No, the official sport at Binghamton University is not Bingo,
  and, no, SUNY is not a reference to the weather.  In fact,
  in November we had 29% of the available sunshine, and that
  was barely below average."