Tag: statistical training

Mixed Feelings about Logistic Regression: Eight Hints for Getting Started with PROC GLIMMIX

Delicious Mixed Model GoodnessImagine the scene: You’re in your favorite coffee shop, laptop and chai. The last of the data from a four-year study are validated and ready for analysis. You’ve explored the plots, preliminary results are promisi…

Possum Romance and Other Data Analysis Anomalies

Today I took my 3-year old, Elizabeth, to lunch at the on-site cafeteria. As she enjoyed some mac & cheese, we noticed a spot on the floor.

Elizabeth: What’s that, mommy?
Me: I don’t know, I think it must be where the rug got messed up …

Roundup

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Reading
Recently finished Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results by Davenport, Harris, and Morison (2010, Harvard Business Press). I’ve assigned it as companion reading for the students who take the Advanced Busin…

What do Simon Cowell, Elvis Presley and SAS have in common?

Larry LaRusso is the Editor of SAS Training Report. His editorial letter from the May issue was so good, I thought I would share it with you. Enjoy!

If you had to choose the Simon Cowell of the mid-1900s, you’d be hard-pressed to pick someone m…