Tag: statistical training

Chris Daman 8
The magical ESTIMATE (and CONTRAST) statements

When asked to select the best (or worst) of something in a business setting, do you wish you had "magic glasses" to see the answer? PROC GLM and other statistical modeling procedures have their own versions of such an item with their ESTIMATE (and CONTRAST) statements. They allow you to

Catherine (Cat) Truxillo 2
The Punchline: MANOVA or a Mixed Model?

Edited to add: Thanks for Larry Madger for noticing an important omission in my code below. I have updated the programs to include the response variables, which enables the responses to have different means. So, if you were reading last week, we talked about how to structure your data for

Catherine (Cat) Truxillo 1
Keeping the Analytical Trenches Fresh

You know the old joke, Q. How can you tell an extroverted statistician from an introverted statistician? A. The extrovert looks at your shoes when they talk. Well, the statisticians that I work with every day are a pretty lively bunch, so this joke doesn’t really apply, but it brings