When JMP has to put categorical values in order, such as in table rows or a graph axis, it will use alphabetical order if there is no order defined for the column. JMP knows about the order of a few common categorical values, such as month names and Likert scale
My name is Jennifer Baulier, and I am a summer student at JMP. I attend college at WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), and applied for my internship at SAS through the R3 program. I am going into my sophomore year and am studying both computer science and video game development. I
At a recent meeting with Alan Brown of Syngenta, one of the world’s leading agribusinesses, he described how his role has evolved from being a chemist into being a global statistical troubleshooter. In this role, Alan helps other parts of Syngenta, notably production, to increase yields and resolve problems through
With all the fanfare in New York for Derek Jeter reaching the 3,000-hit mark, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to gather some data to put this rare event in perspective. First off, let me qualify my interest and passion around this topic. I was born and raised in Pelham, New
As data volumes continue to grow, analysts, business users and students must rely on increasingly sophisticated techniques to extract meaningful, actionable information from their data. JMP is proof that they won’t have to sacrifice ease of use for predictive power: With JMP, popular data mining and forecasting tools are accessible
Journal of Quality Technology has appointed Bradley Jones as its new editor starting next year. JQT is a journal published by ASQ that emphasizes applied techniques in industrial statistics, including experimental design, Brad’s specialty. Brad’s current role at SAS is Principal Research Fellow at JMP, where he develops software for
JMP wasn’t around when Anne Milley was taking quantitative analytics courses in college. “Back then, it was all programming,” explained Milley, an economics major. “The visuals were just hideous.” Today, as senior director of analytic strategy in JMP Product Marketing at SAS, Milley appreciates the value that robust and interactive
Kaiser Fung is a statistician with more than a decade of experience in applying statistical methods to unlocking the relationship between marketing and customer behaviors. He leads a team of statisticians at Sirius XM Radio responsible for gaining insight into customers and operational best practices. You may know him from
Last week, SAS and JMP hosted Interface 2011: Statistical, Machine Learning, and Visualization Algorithms, 42nd Symposium on the Interface. The deep statistical issues were mostly over my head, but I found enough discussion of visualizations to keep me interested. Leland Wilkinson shared his recent research on Venn diagrams, which may
We are seeing lots of interest in a new illustrated white paper that is available for download: Moving from SPSS to JMP: A Transition Guide by Dr. Jason Brinkley of the Department of Biostatistics at East Carolina University. As its title indicates, the purpose of the paper is "to transition