Keith McCormick

Another resource that has been out there that I have missed. Check you the Google Group for SPSS

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.stat.spss/topics?pli=1

I don't know how I missed this one. Check it out.

http://insideout.spss.com/

It is official. I will be teaching a class in how to use python to control/modify SPSS syntax.

http://www.spss.com/training/pub_desc.cfm?cID=179

http://overbeckanalytics.com/typo3/menu-top/training.html

Dates announced include Chicago, June 11 & 12 and Woking, UK July 16 & 17 

http://www.spss.com/spssdirections/

2009 Locations have been announced. I have a conflict with Prague, so I am unlikely to attend. I will be attend in Las Vegas.

I have made plans to attend KDD in Paris this year. It is time for me to attend this conference, the largest worldwide, but I won't recommend it to most clients. It is very technical. If you are a Clementine or SPSS Stats person, Directions is likely a better choice. However choices abound including ASA, which I have not attended.

http://www.sigkdd.org/kdd2009/

I will eventually be reworking the way that I do reviews. In the meantime I have managed to get a few new reviews done.

Check them out on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A2IRIMZ5D3OEQA/ref=sv__4

Several sessions have been announced in detail. Two are especially noteworthy:

Viz Designer is being released. I will write more about this in the future.

My friend Paul Cassedy of Navy Federal Credit Union is going to speak regarding the use of Python to simplify syntax. He and I collaborated on the code that he will be presenting at Directions. I think it is an excellent example of massive time-saving produced by a non-programmer by applying easy to learn techniques.

http://www.spss.com/spssdirections/na/sessions.cfm?sessionType=5

I will be the presenter for a Data Mining Workshop designed for executives in Malaysia.

 http://www.unistrategic.com/index.php/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,4/did,99/func,details/

I just found this book. I have skimmed Chap. 2, and I think it is going to prove useful since working with Syntax really comes down to text processing. When I read Chap. 2 in its entirely (or find any other example useful) I am going to make a donation or buy the book. I encourage you to take a look, and if you benefit from what you find, please support the author (David Mertz) of this resource.

Text Processing in Python (a book)

The Raynald Levesque/SPSS collaboration has been produced in a 4th edition. This covers version 16.0 with chapters and python and R. I continue to recommend it highly, but also read the SPSS-Python Integration guide with is found right in SPSS 16.0 help menu.

The new edition of Programming and Data Management can be found at:

A "hotfix" for SPSS 16 for the Mac has just been released. 

http://support.spss.com/

This will be release 16.0.2.1, April 28th, 2008.