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R You Serious?
The science world is slowing accepting other forms of statistical program outside of SAS and SPSS. There is R programming. Many people need to use it. Some know it. R programming is a free software package that allows you to produce statistical results for your publications. It is free. You can download it right…this…minute. That’s…
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The ForeBidden
The phone rings and I pick it up. Someone in a low whisper is asking to make an appointment to speak with me. Their boss just left the room. They need to learn something fast and time is running out. I can hear the shame in their voice. This is a sensitive topic for a…
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Inspiration
This blog is not all about statistics. I want to inspire you to change the way in which you approach life. As you should have realized by now, I am an entrepreneur. I own Moore Statistics Consulting LLC. I also own a foundation for women, Moore Statistics Consulting Foundation Incorporated. I formed those organizations to…
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Advice on How to Navigate your On-line Statistics Course
I am going to disclose to you an unspoken truth about on-line learning. It should not be a shock to you. If your course is asynchronous it tends to be template driven. What does this mean? It means that your course material is not designed by a course instructor.. The course design is devised to…
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What’s New and Exciting!
We are in the middle of the summer. It’s hot and uncomfortable but we are here. If you are reading this blog, you must be working with statistics on some level. Maybe you are taking a summer course in statistics. Or you have a dissertation proposal to cover and you stumbled upon my site. There…
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New Book: Out of the Box: Statistics Workbook using SAS
Twenty years ago, I decided to change careers and pursue the field of statistics. I was a data manager at the time, and I growing restless because I wanted to gain more technical experience. I had a lovely department that encouraged its people to learn SAS–and so I did. I purposely took on opportunities to…
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Exercise for Your Brain
I want to make a distinction between reviewing lecture slides and actually learning. Anyone can review lecture slides and gather information. It’s really a memory game to review slides and remember facts. There is no guess work involved with attending lecture. The speaker of the house gets up and recites facts and reflections for his…
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Statistics Books
So if you pay attention to my posts on facebook or any other social media- I write books on statistics. And my books are fairly short in page numbers because I believe in the saying ‘get to the point’. No one – and I mean no one has time. You have families and responsibilities outside…
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Two Sample T versus Paired
I may have mentioned this topic in the past- two sample dependent T test versus paired T test. This is not a shaming session. But people think they can take a paired -t test structure and perform a two sample mean comparison. It’s not translatable for several reasons. One of the assumptions of a two-sample…
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Decisions and Academics
Every now and then I write about something that has absolutely nothing to do with statistics. This is one of those times. Advice is the topic. As a student, I went through undergrad listening to different people’s advice. People will tell you all kinds of stuff and the motivation behind it can lead you on…
