Have you checked out the JMP Learning Library lately? Designed for students in introductory statistics courses – or anyone new to JMP – the Learning Library provides short guides, tutorials and links to other resources for getting started with JMP. Now, we all know that JMP is easy to use.
May 12 is becoming the annual event for data visualisation, with world-renowned visualisation guru Stephen Few presenting in London on that day for the second year running. It was perfect timing for him to visit the UK, the home of David McCandless, following Stephen's recent blog post that has rocked
Are you one of the many JMP users in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska? Because the number of JMP users continues to grow in these central US states, the time is right to start a users group for that region. I invite all
The editor of the KD Nuggets newsletter, Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, Ph.D., has attracted quite a number of subscribers over the years with a variety of interesting news items, polls and topics. It's hard to believe he is now posting the 12th annual poll on Data Mining / Analytic Tools Used. Despite
Are you teaching regression analysis in a course? Or are you interested in developing a better understanding of regression concepts yourself? The new Demonstrate Regression teaching module may be just what you need. Statistician and JMP training specialist Mark Bailey and I, along with professors Amy Froelich from Iowa State
While I was working in the JMP booth at SAS Global Forum a couple of weeks ago, quite a few people stopped by to ask me about books. What books about JMP are there? What are the best books to learn JMP? I can answer the first question myself. We've
Remember the old Reese’s peanut butter cup advertisement? Two people are walking down the street – one eating peanut butter, the other chocolate – they run into each other and the chocolate and the peanut butter get mixed up. They sample the new concoction and marvel at the wonderful mixture
I have always been interested in studies that rank US cities according to a variety of attributes. It’s one reason I was drawn to the Raleigh, North Carolina, area more than a decade ago. These studies typically rate cities based on income, job growth, taxes, crime, etc. Kiplinger, a Washington,
If you’ve been to the Discovery Summit before, you know it’s not one to miss. Registration is now open for the analytics event of the year, Sept. 13-16 in Denver. If you haven’t attended, consider what you’ll get out of the experience. 10 event takeaways • Breakout presentations from some
What a pleasure to hear Dr. Ramon Littell’s perspective on The Evolution of Linear Models at SAS Global Forum yesterday. Dr. Littell is the recently retired chair of the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida (my home state). His analogy to “the perfect storm” was appropriate for the