Re: Coming soon...

From: toughslush <meurtre_at_earthlink.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:41:07 -0000

> It's the Official OSO FAQ.
>
> Yes, everything you ever wanted to know about the OSO group
area, from
> how to upload photos to how to remove yourself from
membership, will
> soon be ONLINE!!

Oh, thank God. I was petrified that an Olive FAQ would be about
... historical data. All that water that they tell me is under the
bridge right now. (Which bridge? No one ever specifies, you
know.)

I had fears of some sort of "relationship map," which ... I'm better
now, though. My heart rate is back to normal.

> P.S. Regression analysis is most often used for prediction.
The goal
> in regression analysis is to create a mathematical model that
can be
> used to predict the values of a dependent variable based upon
the
> values of an independent variable. In other words, we use the
model to
> predict the value of Y when we know the value of X.
> This has absolutely nothing to do with Olives, though.

Thanks, Deb.

Though, I'm not so sure it has nothing to do with Olives. Let's say
you saw A going through a relationship with B. They broke up.
Then A has a relationship with C. One night, over Lemon Lift tea,
C explains that A's behavior troubles him/her in some way. You
are able to explain, using the "olive gossip" variant of regression
analysis, that A did that same thing with B, and it's probably
because of this thing in his/her childhood, and C shouldn't
personalize it, but only set limits with him/her.

Seeing the behavior in the first relationship allows you to know
that it is part of A's pattern--irrespective of whom he/she is going
out with.

Q.M.
Received on 2002-07-15 22:41:12