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Ryan Lekivetz
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Sr. Research Statistician Developer

I am a senior research statistician developer working on enhancing the Design of Experiments (DOE) platforms in JMP. I received my PhD in statistics from Simon Fraser University with a focus on DOE. I am constantly trying to bring my work home with me by looking for ways to apply DOE to my everyday life (some examples can be found in my previous posts below). In my spare time I collect vintage diecast vehicles and other toys from my childhood, where the collection size is restricted mainly by my ability to sneak them into the house without my wife noticing.

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Are Lilly Pulitzer for Target items still a bargain on eBay?

Readers in the US may have seen ads for the Lilly Pulitzer collection at Target. On Sunday, April 19, this collection launched with many Target stores having queues that resembled those for Black Friday sales. Most products sold out within a few minutes of the store openings. Online was no

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Results of our designed experiment: Tasty iced tea

In my previous post, I described an experiment that my wife and I conducted to find a method for making delicious iced tea with juice. The factors we looked at were these: Tea type: black tea or oolong Steep method: hot water vs. cold water Steep time: short (5 minutes

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A deeper look at WordPress vs. Google Analytics

In my previous blog entry, I discussed the discrepancy between WordPress and Google Analytics view counts. Today, I'd like to look more closely at what the data may be telling us. If I think about modeling the number of WordPress views that show up on a blog entry, I would think

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WordPress vs. Google Analytics in top 10 posts

In a previous blog post, I looked at how the top 10 JMP blog posts from 2011 held up over time and hinted toward the discrepancy between WordPress counts and Google Analytics. While I didn’t have historic WordPress counts for those blog posts, it's much easier for the posts released in 2014

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Where are they now? How blog posts fare over time

As I approach the one-year anniversary of my first post for this blog, I’ve grown interested in how the popular JMP Blog posts from the past have done in the years that follow. In other words, do the popular posts continue to be popular? A good starting point for an