Everyone has experienced this once in their life: you are in a room full of capable people and everyone is clueless. You hear people saying stuff like… Read more “The Awakening”

At the beach you have two types of people: the waders and the swimmers. We are not even talking about the people that never touch the water.… Read more “Swimming vs. Wading in the Shallow End”

Imagine if you will: a seed that grows without soil, water, or sunlight. Do you have that visual? That’s great because it doesn’t exist on earth. Nothing… Read more “Becoming”

You have a DNP project which calls for an intervention. Typically, the intervention will require 8 to 10 weeks of exposure to ‘something’. It could be an… Read more “PICOT or PI-Not”

So a while back, I had a blog on the dynamics of a consultation. Since that time, I have a new perspective on it. There are multiple… Read more “Statistics Basics for Consults”

Statistics is not a language that people speak on a regular basis. It’s just not done. But most people know how to speak or write words on… Read more “Write the Words YOURSELF to Understand It”

I have a particular preference for on-line survey collection. I like the fact that some systems have the ability to collect information electronically – without you leaving… Read more “Survey Monkey & Getting Your Hands Dirty”

A few years ago, I taught r programming to a group of talented researchers. Each student varied in level of understanding and background. One person worked as… Read more “Re-Create Your Learning Environment”

Often times I silently observe the conversations , the posts, the messages with regards to how people are surviving their classes. I see references to youtube a… Read more “Youtube University”

There is a misconception with statistics that we need to clear up. As statisticians, we do a lot of ‘number crunching’. I am not ignoring the fact… Read more “Before you Crunch the Numbers”