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• Is California Invading Texas? (Normalized State Mapping)

  There is no doubt that plenty of folks are moving to Texas, especially in my lovely city of Austin.  But popular sentiment around town is that all of our new residents are invading from California.  Usually the story goes that they are selling their small Californian homes (“McShacks”) for big bucks and then spending it on huge homes and property around town (“McMansions”).  Therefore California t...

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  Nov 14, 2016 12:55 AM

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• What Does This Have to Do with the Price of Tea in China?

  For our October/November blog we try to answer “What Does This Have to Do with the Price of Tea in China” and see how this relates to commodity pricing tracking. Along the way we will feature some cool use of JMP Custom Starter Menus to provide the right visualizations and analytics to help answer our question.

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  Nov 12, 2016 7:48 AM

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• What is the Blue Banana and Why Does it Still Matter for Europe? (Using Graphs and Maps with Images)

  Editor’s Note: This monthly blog from Scott Wise, JMP Principal Engineer, seeks to find interesting uses of statistical discovery to solve deep questions dealing with topics around business/economics, sports, history and psychology.  Our August entry unravels the myth of the Blue Banana and how it still plays a huge role in European economic performance!On a recent trip with my family visiting the...

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  Oct 28, 2016 6:31 AM

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• Up, Up and Away!: Are Hot Air Balloon Rides Getting Less Safe?

  Editor’s Note: This monthly blog from Scott Wise, JMP Principal Engineer, seeks to find interesting uses of statistical discovery to solve deep questions dealing with business, economics, sports, health, food, history and psychology.  For our August/September blog we will ask the question, are hot air balloon rides getting less safe?  Along the way we will feature some cool use of JMP visualizatio...

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  Oct 18, 2016 8:51 PM

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• Should I Stay or Should I Go: Brexit Referendum Voting Variation

  Editor’s Note: This monthly blog from Scott Wise, JMP Principal Engineer, seeks to find interesting uses of statistical discovery to solve deep questions dealing with business, economics, sports, health, food, history and psychology.  For our June/July blog we will explore if further drilldown on the Brexit referendum voting variation can help us better understand the magnitude of the surprise exi...

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  Oct 18, 2016 8:17 PM

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• Some Manufacturing Jobs Are Coming Back, But Will You Recognize Them?

  Editor’s Note: This monthly blog from Scott Wise, JMP Principal Engineer, seeks to find interesting uses of statistical discovery to solve deep questions dealing with business, economics, sports, health, food, history and psychology.  For our Feb/Mar blog we will explore the issue of whether US manufacturing jobs that largely left the country will ever return back home to its former levels and wh...

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  Oct 18, 2016 7:17 PM

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• Do We Really Care About History? (Featuring JMP Graphing)

  Editor’s Note: This monthly blog from Scott Wise, JMP Principal Engineer, seeks to find interesting uses of statistical discovery to solve deep questions dealing with business/economics, sports, history and psychology.  This month’s entry asks the question “Do We Really Care About history?”The NYC punk rock group the Ramones famously penned the lyrics “I don’t care about history, that’s not where ...

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  Oct 18, 2016 6:01 PM

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• Where's My Doughnut? (Custom Contour Plot View)

  Recently some of our JMP users in the semiconductor/high tech industry asked a great question related to contour plots.  They were plotting values on a wafer map and wanted to visually emphasize only measurements in the outer rims of the wafer using contour plots.  Ideally they wanted to see something closer to a doughnut shape to ensure their audience’s eyes went to the measurements in the edges ...

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  Oct 18, 2016 4:32 PM

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• Is Urban Living Making My Allergies Worse? (Featuring JMP Graphing and Model Simulation)

  Editor’s Note: This monthly blog from Scott Wise, JMP Principal Engineer, seeks to find interesting uses of statistical discovery to solve deep questions dealing with business/economics, sports, history, health and psychology.  This month’s entry asks the question “Is Urban Living Making My Allergies Worse?”Arriving with the fall allergy seasons are a ton of articles predicting increasing allergy ...

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  Nov 25, 2015 7:04 PM

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• Are Major League Baseball No-No Totals Go-Go for Record Levels? (Using Visual Trending & Control Charts)

  Editor’s Note: This monthly blog from Scott Wise, JMP Principal Engineer, seeks to find interesting uses of statistical discovery to solve deep questions dealing with business/economics, sports, history and psychology.  This month’s entry looks at solving the debate on whether baseball no-hitters by year are increasing in number.  Thanks to JMP Baseball Expert Lou Valente for his help with this su...

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  Sep 28, 2015 7:35 AM

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