i'm having trouble figuring out how to compute correlations using the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient.  if anyone can help me with this, i'd be eternally grateful.  it seems fairly simple when you just glance at the formula, but i'll explain.


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man, do i have a bad habit of neglecting livejournal. umm...so since my last post...camp is over. fun times, i must say. i've never in the past had the opportunity to work the boys' home week. it's a couple of days that we work for free at the end of camp (kinda mandatory volunteer work, if that makes sense). anyway, the boys' home thing was ( Read more... )

i think i've discovered my biggest problem with God. if you know my history, you'll understand the following. if not, you don't know me well enough (hint, hint...lol). i'll begin by quoting from Rick McKinley (Donald Miller's pastor):

[The] soft heart you were born with, while sinful, was still tender toward life. Children hope and feel; they ( Read more... )

so it's 5:15 in the morning and i'm wide awake. yet again i realize that i have forgotten about livejournal. wow, and i just noticed that this update page loaded all crazy and is scrolling horizontally as i type. that's irritating ( Read more... )

so i've been home from afghanistan for about a month now. i just totally forgot about livejournal, though. i haven't been able to log in at all for the past year, so i guess it just slipped my mind. crazy, huh? many thanks to all the people who kept in touch or even went so far as to send cards or packages. kirsten and andy in particular. ( Read more... )

hope you all haven't forgotten about me ( Read more... )

alright...hey everybody. haven't made it to afghanistan yet, but i'm getting there. i'm currently in kergyzstan (or something like that) waiting for a flight. we should be here for another 24-48 hours. i'm right at the base of the himalayas, and it is AWESOME!! i'm taking lots of cool pictures. it's sweltering here in the afternoons and ( Read more... )

alright...i'm home on a three-day pass. whoopee!! so now i'm gonna post a bunch of pics on here for your viewing pleasure. i took them with a 6.2 mp camera, though, so i'll have to go through the process of downsizing them for the web. but here's a preview: i'll be posting a few from the trip christina and i took to s'port, probably a couple ( Read more... )

sorry guys. no pictures. i'm just not gonna be able to post them before i leave tomorrow. but i WILL post them eventually ( Read more... )

sorry, guys. i've been out of pocket. christina and i went to shreveport this weekend. we took a few good pictures, though, and i'll edit this post and add them sometime today. today is busy. last day of freedom for me. lol. and i have to pack and get everything ready. added to that, i've gotta go hang out with my dad this afternoon, and ( Read more... )