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								Don’t believe your numbers too much: IPEDS example				
The famous statistician, F.N. (for Florence Nightingale) David was a professor at UC Riverside, where I earned my doctorate. My advisor told this story about her: We were on this dissertation committee – I forget

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closeThe famous statistician, F.N. (for Florence Nightingale) David was a professor at UC Riverside, where I earned my doctorate. My advisor told this story about her: We were on this dissertation committee – I forget

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								30 Things I Learned in 30 Years as a Statistical Consultant – Part 1 of lots				
Never fear, I’m not going to post all 30 things in this post. This is a series. A LONG series. Get excited. I was invited to speak at SAS Global Forum next year and it

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closeNever fear, I’m not going to post all 30 things in this post. This is a series. A LONG series. Get excited. I was invited to speak at SAS Global Forum next year and it

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								Who’s a 10X Engineer?				
A twitter storm erupted recently in response to one person’s thread about how to find a 10x engineer . Since I started programming FORTRAN with punched cards back in 1974, was an industrial engineer in

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closeA twitter storm erupted recently in response to one person’s thread about how to find a 10x engineer . Since I started programming FORTRAN with punched cards back in 1974, was an industrial engineer in

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								Stupid Mistakes with SAS I have made				
One thing I like about our company a lot is none of our developers fit the stereotype of the 10x coder asshole. Don’t get me wrong, we have more than our share of people who

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closeOne thing I like about our company a lot is none of our developers fit the stereotype of the 10x coder asshole. Don’t get me wrong, we have more than our share of people who

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								Reusable Blocks are the best thing about Gutenberg				
What are reusable blocks and why do you want to use them? This can best be explained by an example. Over at 7 Generation Games, we have a new project under way to create organize

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closeWhat are reusable blocks and why do you want to use them? This can best be explained by an example. Over at 7 Generation Games, we have a new project under way to create organize

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								Some perks of the Gutenberg editor				
Around our office, there are a lot of haters of the Gutenberg editor. However, I’ve found quite a few new features that are hard not to like. Here are just a few of them. The

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closeAround our office, there are a lot of haters of the Gutenberg editor. However, I’ve found quite a few new features that are hard not to like. Here are just a few of them. The

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								Another tip for becoming a better programmer				
I had more than the two tips on becoming a better programmer than I gave in the last post but I had run out of margarita. Now, being replenished with tequila and fresh lime by

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closeI had more than the two tips on becoming a better programmer than I gave in the last post but I had run out of margarita. Now, being replenished with tequila and fresh lime by

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								2 tips to being a better programmer, if you can’t afford SAS Global Forum				
I did a random sample of presentations at SAS Global Forum today, if random is defined as of interest to me, which let’s be honest, is pretty damn random most of the time.  Tip #1

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closeI did a random sample of presentations at SAS Global Forum today, if random is defined as of interest to me, which let’s be honest, is pretty damn random most of the time.  Tip #1

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								PROC MIXED: More errors with repeated measures				
Since the last few posts detailed errors in repeated measures with PROC GLM , I thought I should acknowledge that people seem to struggle just as much with PROC MIXED. Forgetting data needs to be

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closeSince the last few posts detailed errors in repeated measures with PROC GLM , I thought I should acknowledge that people seem to struggle just as much with PROC MIXED. Forgetting data needs to be

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								Errors in Repeated Measures ANOVA – let me count the ways				
As I said in my last post, repeated measures ANOVA seems to be one of the procedures that confuses students the most. Let’s go through two ways to do an analysis correctly and the most

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closeAs I said in my last post, repeated measures ANOVA seems to be one of the procedures that confuses students the most. Let’s go through two ways to do an analysis correctly and the most

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