I've always enjoyed programming contests. I was a regular contestant and sometimes winner in MacTech magazine's Programmer's Challenge in the '90s where the fastest code wins, and I've been a longtime participant and now part-time administrator at Project Euler, where only correctness matters. For the past couple years, I've been
We are holding a seminar on how to build better statistical models on Thursday 10 May, and the number of people who have registered is unprecedented. More than 100 people are planning to attend from a vast array of analytical functions, including banking and insurance, R&D and manufacturing, marketing and
In the 16 years I have been at SAS, I have been fortunate to wear many hats: technical pre-sales, product management, product marketing and even doing a five-month assignment at a large bank in the UK. When you think about what it takes to make discoveries from data and create
The JMP booth was a hub of activity during the first full day of SAS Global Forum 2012. We received a wide range of questions, and I would like to share some of them with you so we can all participate in the global conversation about SAS and its products. Q:
The second full day at SAS Global Forum is in the books. One of the most informative ways that users learned about JMP was stopping by the demo floor. Throughout the day, JMP technical experts shared 15-minute Super Demos, where they highlighted new and exciting features in JMP 10. Topics
This week, I'm in sunny Orlando for SAS Global Forum 2012. I'm here talking to people about JMP Graph Builder for iPad. If you're attending the conference, stop by the JMP booth and say "hi." Or catch one of my Super Demos at 1pm Monday or Tuesday. I'll be showing
When I was at the JMP Discovery Summit last year, several people asked me, “What’s a three-way chart and why would I need one?” Not everyone needs one, but some might. In this blog post, I’ll tell you more about them and why you might want to use them. The
Each quarter, JMP systems engineers present 11 Mastering JMP live webcasts, which are intended to help users develop and expand their JMP skills. Some webcasts are available as on-demand videos now. We'll roll out the others after the upcoming live events take place. Did you miss one of the live webcasts? Register
The first Saturday in May means different things to different people. For me, growing up in New York with a thoroughbred horse-loving family, it meant mint juleps and women wearing hats that monopolized the airspace in the room where we all gathered to watch the “Run for the Roses,” also
Many years ago, we added the Presummarized control charts to JMP version 5 at the request of folks in the semiconductor industry. While there are many types of Presummarized control charts, one of the most common is the chart called, “Individuals on Group Means,” which plots the subgroup average just