In the shower this morning, I was thinking about how seldom true longitudinal designs meet the assumption of sphericity. This is the point where one of my daughters always makes a comment about what other people think about in the shower. I don’t want to hear it. Sphericity is an assumption that all correlations among…
If you are the right age to have watched re-runs of the show on Nickelodeon, Clarissa Explains It All, then you are the age group today’s blog was written for. And don’t tell me the previous statement is grammatically incorrect. After having looked at these results, I’m already pissed off (note to self: don’t swear…
Hispanic, female, Ph.D. statistician who loves math. Hoo-wee, we hit the lottery! Let’s have her come talk to our inner city school children about STEM education. It’ll be SO uplifting. Ri-i-ight. (Oh, by the way, one million brownie points to the teacher who knew me but invited me anyway.) Given that the students are 12…
I was very thrilled to be invited to speak to six classes of seventh- and eighth-grade students at an urban school. Actually, they wanted me to speak to seven classes but there is no way on earth I am getting up at 6:30 a.m. or whatever ungodly hour would be required for me to make…
You know those people who have perfect theories about raising children and then they give birth to an actual child who (surprise, surprise) progresses from throwing up baby food on the cat to staying out after curfew? Well, the open data initiative seems to be like that. The people who are full of hype about…
Yesterday, Matt Keranen (a.k.a. @HybridDBA) made the comment about SAS giving free software to universities as response to R << “Would be nice if they did the same for developers” The more I thought about that, the more convinced I became that he is right. There are a few reasons. First, let’s look at the…
Well it appears that you have followed the advice of the narrator from Rocky & Bullwinkle and “tuned in next time” to read Part 2 of my rant on what I am passionate about, which happens to be data, math and cutting through the bullshit. Hmm … may I respectfully suggest that you consider getting…
I was at a conference recently when someone asked me what I was passionate about and I answered, “Data”. He seemed very disappointed and wandered off in search of someone more interesting who would give a better answer like curing AIDS or ending world hunger or solving global warming. I could have added , “and…
than the answers. This was certainly the case at the Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch Competition at UCLA last Thursday. In this competition, ten finalists are selected to give a 90-second pitch on their start-up. The presentations are rated on investment potential and presentation with members of the TCA holding up cards like a gymnastics…
I was debating whether or not I should go to the Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch competition last night since I had to catch a cross-country flight out of LAX less than two hours after it ended. In the end, I decided I would be crazy not to go. It’s less than ten miles away,…