Tag: web analytics

Cluster analysis on a pivot table

The increasing supremacy of JavaScript on both server side and client side seems a good news for those statistical workers who deal with data and model, and therefore always live in the darkness. They could eventually find a relatively easier way to…

The years to get green card for Indian and Chinese

The path toward a green card is especially difficult for Indian and Chinese who are working in the US and named as EB2 workers, since they have to wait years to submit an i485 form after being approved with their i140 form submission. Once the cutoff d…

Some analysis on university ranking by US News

The yearly US News best college ranking is an important tool in comparing schools for students and their eager parents. The latest data is publicly available (paying 20 bucks would get full access) [Ref.1]. And the methodology is easy to find and expla…

Predict unemployment rate for Election 2012 by SAS

Since recently President Obama announced that he is seeking reelection, the unemployment rate on November 2012 would decide the result. The Wall Street Journal averaged 54 economists’ predication and concluded that the number is going to be 7.7%. App…

Effectiveness of two mail list groups: SAS-L and R-help

Software’s strength depends on the cohesion of the community backing it. Though a commercial package comes with technique support guarantee, the speed and efficiency of telephone wired customer service may not suit the fast-evolving programming need….