{"id":2308,"date":"2012-04-11T22:49:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T03:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2012-04-11T22:51:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T03:51:44","slug":"spring-cleaning-in-a-statisticians-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/spring-cleaning-in-a-statisticians-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring-cleaning in a statistician&#8217;s office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2309\" title=\"Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1054-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"White flowers blooming in Santa Monica\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1054-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1054-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1054.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There must be some hallucinogenic drug given off by spring flowers, because it is the one time in the year when I am struck by the irrational thought,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Maybe I should clean my office.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like any other spring cleaning undertaking, random things are uncovered that make me think,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Huh. I wonder what that was for.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here, for your entertainment, are a list of random things found under, in and around various crevices. I think several of these were notes for a blog post I was thinking about writing and never did, probably because my notes fell behind the couch and lay there until covered with dust.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sticky note: \u00a0Wald = Z-squared \u00a0(always good to be reminded)<\/li>\n<li>Another note: According to Agresti &amp; Finlay, the likelihood ratio test is more powerful than the Wald test for small samples.<\/li>\n<li>A scribbled note on conditional probabilities of \u00a0death calculable using logistic regression results<\/li>\n<li>Another note: Logistic regression &#8211; interpreting confidence intervals&#8230;. \u00a0for Exp(B) &lt; 1 it means that, for example, if Hispanic = 1 and non-Hispanic = 0 then and CI = .20 &#8211; .86 then the event is LESS likely to occur for Hispanics. If it is 3.41 &#8211; 35.93 then the event is MORE likely to occur for Hispanics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>{Gee, I hope the event is something good, like getting Easter lilies delivered.}<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flowchart of my first draft of the project we are working on now, with a lot of scribbling on it and half the boxes scratched out.<\/li>\n<li>Stack of SPSS output from a completed project<\/li>\n<li>Stack of SAS output from another completed project<\/li>\n<li>Dividend check for $3.68 from 2007<\/li>\n<li>Receipt for purchase of my office guinea pig. Upon reflection, I conclude that, even though the guinea pig cage is in my office and should therefore technically count as office furniture, there is no way our accountant will allow this as a business expense and throw the receipt away.<\/li>\n<li>Ugly Dolls Watch<\/li>\n<li>Flowchart I wrote a month ago for part of project I am working on now &#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; this is the point where I got distracted because we really are in start up mode and I am so excited about our new project I am working on it pretty much non-stop &#8230;. guess the cleaning will have to wait.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/guineapig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2310\" title=\"guineapig\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/guineapig-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Patty the official office guinea pig\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/guineapig-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/guineapig-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thejuliagroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/guineapig.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I still think I ought to be able to deduct the guinea pig.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There must be some hallucinogenic drug given off by spring flowers, because it is the one time in the year when I am struck by the irrational thought, &#8220;Maybe I should clean my office.&#8221; Like any other spring cleaning undertaking, random things are uncovered that make me think, &#8220;Huh. 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