Re: Most Absurd ONE-LINERS ever posted in sci.stat.math

On 1 Jun 2006 20:02:00 -0700, "Reef Fish"
<Large_Nassau_Grouper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Preface and Introduction to the SUBJECT line:

[snip]

The most deserving nominee is none other than our well-known
Richard Ulrich, who has been in this group longer than most.


Ulrich> Y = b X is a NONLINEAR regression model.

That should be a sho-in, in the Statistics Hall of Shame.

Reference: June 10, 2005. Exact quote:

Ulrich> y= b0 + b1*x with b0 constrained to 0
Ulrich> - is nonlinear by definition
[snip, rest]


It turns out that Reef Fish Bob Ling can't take part
in a "dialog", as opposed to presenting his little
lectures.


Another word that Bob seemed unfamiliar with,
in regard to the "Linear Models", above, was "taxonomy."
(However: He may know that word, but it did not have
any place in his lecture.)


There are gross limits to his verbal abilities.
His major modes of argument are
simple repetition (often: something true but irrelevant),
verbal abuse, and
abuse-as-intimidation.


--
Rich Ulrich, wpilib@xxxxxxxx
http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html
.