JMP Japan Users Interview: Vol. 3

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Atsushi Kishimoto

Kyushu University Hospital ARO Next Generation Medical Center Associate Professor

JMP Encounter with

1989 Four Moon Ten Held in San Francisco on the day SUGI ( SAS User's Group International ) When I participated in John Sall by JMP I witnessed the announcement of JMP It is an encounter with.

My unexpected side

I teach statistics in the medical school, but actually I am from the literature department.My hobby is traveling by plane, ANA When JAL Went to all Japanese airports that have regular flights.

Also, I didn't stay in college all the time SAS I was at the company and was in charge of technical support for statistical analysis.During my tenure John Sall Have visited Japan and have climbed Mt. Fuji together.

1.JMP What is your favorite feature of?

I think the concept is wonderful.Currently, I am teaching how to draw path diagrams at university, but if you understand this method, you will be able to understand various statistical methods from a bird's eye view.I like the fact that it has such a design concept.

For JMP, Fit Y by X " ( Bivariate relationship: X Due to Y Explain the behavior of ) I like that platform, where the optimal method is automatically selected depending on whether the response variable is qualitative or quantitative.

2. What was your first job?

When I was a graduate student, at a large computer center SAS I was working part-time to support statistical analysis by.

3. What made you interested in statistics?

There was a test of linear algebra in the first half of the first year of university. Cramer Official 3 There was a problem of solving on the street.When I solved it by hand, all the answers were different. ( Lol ) ..At that time, I thought that we should not let humans do such calculations.

There was a statistics lesson later in the year.One day, a teacher wrote a calculation problem of ANOVA on the blackboard and tried to leave the classroom.Personal computers weren't popular at the time, but I had a program calculator and I answered when the teacher finished writing the problem.The teacher was quite surprised.That's why I found it interesting to have a computer calculate statistics.

4. What was your most proud moment as a professional?

Currently, I mainly do research consulting conducted by doctors.In that process, you may be asked to review your paper.Although the reviewer's comments are quite advanced, I will explain them so that they can understand the essence of the comments and give concrete methods.After that, when I met, "Thank you for the paper.Thank you very much.I feel very happy and proud.

5. What part of your job do you like?

In consulting, medical experts explain my whole body wholeheartedly, and I also try my best to respond to it.That's what I like most about this job.

6. Recently JMP How are you using?

Statistical education at university.JMP Is intuitive( intuitive ) It is very nice that you can perform various operations.Recent JMP Is multifunctional, but since the early days, Fit Y by X "(Bivariate relationship) platform is handy.In medicine, I want to explore the relationship between cause and effect.JMP Then, the operation is easy, and you can analyze it by selecting the cause variable and specifying the result.Therefore, I should teach mainly how to interpret.

7.JMP What was the first project you used?

In 1996, I was in charge of a lecture called "multivariate analysis" at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus.In teaching statistics, which was an unpopular subject until then, sales were just beginning at that time, JMP IN(JMP Student version of ) Was attached as an appendix JMP Start Statistics ”Was designated as a textbook, and a class style of “students collecting data by themselves and analyzing by themselves” was adopted.I am glad that the students sympathized there, and I am glad that the lecture was evaluated by the students. 1 I was able to take the place.In the following year, four classes of data analysis were held in parallel, and in the next year 8 It has become a class and has grown into a class that is taken by almost all students on the Shonan Fujisawa Campus.

8.JMP The developers of John Sall Do you have anything to tell?

I JMP I like JMP I feel like I'm waiting for my favorite author to write a new work for the new features of.Every time a new feature is added, I get a fresh surprise, "Oh, this time with that hand".For example, JMP 15 So I was very happy that covariance structure analysis was finally available.I, JMP Is always up to date I want you to beWe want you to realize what you can do with the technology at that time.

9. How do you think the fields of data science and analytics will change in the future?

I don't know what will be mainstream in the future.However, I want both data science and analytics to be “useful”.In Japan, we tend to emphasize methodologies, but I would like data science and analytics to be useful to researchers in the field.I think that's what analytics should be.