Re: Hardy-Weinberg lawt

From: Anon. (bob.ohara_at_SOD.OFF.Spammers.helsinki.fi)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:02:21 +0000 (UTC)

William L Hunt wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 05:28:46 +0000 (UTC), "Perplexed in Peoria"
> <jimmenegay@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
<snip>
>
> It seems to me BOH is mostly quibbling here. I have often seen the
> frequency distribution predicted by the Hardy-Weinberg "law" referred
> to as the Hardy-Weinberg distribution and I am sure BOH must have seen
> this also so I don't know why he is complaining about this usage by
> John.

Too much statistics - it simply isn't a distribution in the sense I
would use the term. The only "frequency distribution" (in the sense
that I would use the term) would be the tri-nomial distribution with
cell probabilities {p^2, 2p(1-p), (1-p)^2}.

Bob 

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