The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Games begins today and while looking for news about the games, events and the schedule, I found an interesting set of blog posts on The Guardian website, which made available several data sets relating to the games. The author of this article,
“The most commonly used class of experimental design in many industrial laboratories is the two-level factorial.” – Greenfield (1976). This bold statement was true in 1976, and I would not be surprised if were still true today. Certainly, two-level factorial designs are a standard feature in a first course in
Consumers Union publishes a report called “Fuel economy vs. performance” in which the organization provides a table of data to “prove” that “You don't always have to give up engine performance in return for good fuel economy.” While I greatly appreciate having the raw data, a graphic visualization would go
Are you a Facebook Platform developer or Page owner? Have you explored how much traffic flows through your page, how many people share your posts, or what posts receive the most attention? As you probably know, Facebook has developed an excellent feature for compiling traffic data. Facebook Insights provides platform
For those who follow such things, professional cycling proves to be fascinating. And July is the best month of all, since it features the three-week long Tour de France, a wonderful extravaganza of athleticism, endurance and marketing hype. For the first time ever, pundits are touting a rider from Great
During every release cycle, the JMP Genomics development team adds support for new data types and updates our existing import processes to work with the latest formats. We can bring in many types of raw or summarized data files from next-gen sequencing studies and microarray experiments. These files are imported into
A typical diagnostic test has two outcomes: positive or negative with the goal of classifying subjects correctly based on a “gold standard” or known outcome. These diagnostic tests have specific performance measures that are used to assess the clinical value of a test. Two basic measures for a diagnostic test
Live Mastering JMP Webcasts Each quarter, JMP systems engineers present 11 Mastering JMP live webcasts that are intended to help users develop and expand their JMP skills. We recently added new dates (through December 2012) for our Mastering JMP webcasts. The new list includes September and December dates for Making
Analysts of all stripes attended Chicago’s first Predictive Analytics World (PAW), where JMP was a sponsor. We talked to attendees about design of experiments, Six Sigma, graphics and spatial analysis, data visualization and other topics in addition to predictive analytics. For me, the highlights of PAW were many: Matt Flynn
We’re pleased to announce that JMP Genomics 6 is now available! Work on this update has been in progress since JMP Genomics 5.1 came out late last year, and this is our first JMP Genomics version built on the JMP 10 platform released this spring. During this release cycle, as