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• Why statistics is in the DNA at W.L. Gore

  Maria Lanzerath, W.L. Gore's global statistics leader, advocates statistics, the scientific approach.

  anne_milley

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  Feb 26, 2019 5:20 AM

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• Get your name on the Discovery Summit agenda

  Submit an abstract to present a paper or e-poster at the upcoming Discovery Summit conference in the US, Oct. 15-18 in Tucson, AZ.

  J_Marquardt

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  Feb 25, 2019 8:10 AM

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• A friendlier dot plot?

  Dot plots are a very useful chart type, but many people have trouble understanding them when they see one for the first time, which probably explains why they’re not widely used. Nick Desbarats and I explore changes to the traditional dot plot design that might make them easier for first-time viewers to understand and, hopefully, make the use of this valuable chart type more widespread.

  XanGregg

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  Feb 21, 2019 5:30 AM

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• The quantified dog

  Digging into dog data.

  anne_milley

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  Feb 17, 2019 4:26 PM

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• Learning from my mistakes -- Part 2: What does the t-test really tell us?

  t-tests are easy to run, but results can be confusing! You've probably used t-tests before to compare data from samples. Maybe you've had formal education on t-tests, or maybe someone just gave you some general instructions and a template. You happily plug in the numbers and get a result.  What could be easier than that? As with any tool, t-tests can be misused, resulting in high cost through impr...

  JerryFish

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  Feb 5, 2019 8:10 AM

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• Learning from my mistakes in experiments and data analysis -- Part 1: The scenario

    So you are new to statistics and data analytics. The boss asks you to determine if a new process will help your product. You know a little about statistics, and know that a t-test should be used. But it isn't always as simple as just collecting the data and running the analysis! In this blog series, you can learn from some of the mistakes I've seen made over my nearly 40 years in engineering.

  JerryFish

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  Jan 31, 2019 10:00 AM

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• JMP Clinical 7: A new year brings new analyses for clinical trials

  Doctors, data scientists, data managers and medical writers will love what they see this year in JMP Clinical 7. Built with JMP 14.1, we have implemented some critical features to help enhance visualization and analysis for clinical trials data. Also, with this new version, the JMP Life Sciences team has stepped up its support for organizations engaged in the battle against cancer.    

  geoffrey_mann

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  Jan 29, 2019 1:00 PM

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• Discovery Summit Europe: Which talks will you attend?

  “The agenda is packed full of useful presentations and discussions, which help me to learn new ways of using JMP in my day-to-day work.” – 2018 delegate

  J_Marquardt

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  Jan 28, 2019 6:34 AM

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• The crime rate conundrum

  Even well-intentioned data can lead to misleading and wild results. Follow along as I explore the FBI Uniform Crime Reports and discover why a little town in Colorado may not be the wretched hive of scum and villainy the data seems to imply.

  calking

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  Jan 16, 2019 10:21 AM

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• Comparing apples to apples in a taste test

      Have you ever wondered what variety of apple is the tastiest? This holiday, our family put the apples to the test to determine if we could find our favorite. 

  Peter_Hersh

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  Dec 20, 2018 9:39 AM

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• Undercover Economist Tim Harford to keynote at Discovery Summit Europe

  Attend the event in Copenhagen to learn why Tim Harford says experimentation and disruption are good for innovation.

  J_Marquardt

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  Dec 18, 2018 6:28 AM

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• Evaluating college football’s top coaches: Just how good (and consistent) are they?

  Ever wonder how to compare coaching records to see who is "best"? How about if coaches are consistent winners across their careers? Or whether the influence of an individual school's winning tradition helps to elevate a coach's performance? I decided to take a look.

  JerryFish

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  Dec 13, 2018 7:20 AM

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• Why design experiments? Reason 2: Process understanding

  For the richest understanding of multi-factor systems and processes, you need to build models.

  Phil_Kay

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  Dec 6, 2018 3:16 AM

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• Exodus of investment bankers visualized

  Kaiser Fung, creator of the Junk Charts blog, breaks down the complexity of a chart depicting the exodus of senior investment bankers from top-tier banks in 2018.      

  junkcharts

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  Dec 4, 2018 12:24 PM

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• Spiegel Mining: Data exploration with David Kriesel

  David Kriesel finds interesting facts about Germany by analysing news articles from Spiegel Online.       

  nina_chan

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  Dec 3, 2018 2:38 AM

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• What is Machine Learning (and can JMP do it)?

  Machine learning is the current buzz-phrase meant to encompass the computer algorithms used to make decisions, predictions, or classifications based on data.      

  eclaassen

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  Nov 30, 2018 11:24 AM

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• Why did we build JMP Public?

  JMP Public has been in the works for some time now; find out why we decided to build it.      

  smencia

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  Nov 30, 2018 5:58 AM

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• Applying machine learning: Will I beat my husband at pool on my birthday?

  Can I use machine learning to predict whether I will win at pool?

  eclaassen

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  Nov 28, 2018 8:06 AM

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• Graph makeover: Measles heat map

  The Wall Street Journal recently published a nice, interactive graphic piece called "Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines," which contains a series of graphs showing the incidence of selected infectious diseases by state and year. Here's the one for measles. My first impression was, "Wow, it looks like the country had the measles, and the vaccine cleared it up....

  XanGregg

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  Nov 27, 2018 11:29 AM

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• Try something new, attend Discovery Summit Europe

  If you’re curious about data, excited to share ideas and ready for conversations on statistics, register early to reserve your place.

  J_Marquardt

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  Nov 21, 2018 6:11 AM

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