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malachai926 t1_j65vrxn wrote

Reply to comment by terrykrohe in [OC] best-fit lines, correlations: ed spending vs evangelical –– 2020 election by terrykrohe

>I have never had a non-"lay person" ask if the t-test is the statistic or the p-value

Not everyone is as thorough as I am. You seem to have a strong interest in statistics, based on the content you typically post, and if you want to succeed in the field of statistics and get noticed, you'll have to start cleaning up your presentation.

>The data is a visualization of tabular data presented by the source. The data is visualized using the Mathematica function"ListPlot":

Then you really ought to use a different function. This is just a strange way of presenting your data. You've posted very similar types of graphs here often, and it seems like they don't get much of a response. The strange presentation is probably why.

>There is NO analysis being done here; just data presentation. Inferences are the Reader's prerogative.

A t-test is analysis.

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terrykrohe OP t1_j66kodi wrote

... yeah, the t-test is analysis

It validates the separation of Rep and Dem states into distinct Sample populations; which permits the bottom plot: correlation of ed spending vs evangelical %, considered for Rep and Dem states separately.

(that "NO" violated the "avoid absolutes" dictum)

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