Keith McCormick http://keithmccormick.com Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:47:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Annual Rexer Analytics Survey I take part in this each year, and find the results very interesting. Please do participate as well.Rexer Survey http://keithmccormick.com/?p=122 Excel “Caveats” Recently there was a discussion of the dangers of using Excel for Stats on the SPSSX-L listserve. This U Mass Amherst link was mentioned.Using Excel for Statistical Data Analysis - Caveats   http://keithmccormick.com/?p=121 ASA’s Joint Statistical Meetings Yet another annual conference that is on my list, but that I haven't made it too yet. The timing of this one, July 31st to August 5th, and its location, Vancouver, make this very tempting.JSM 2010 http://keithmccormick.com/?p=120 Sort Order in K-Means Cluster I have used and taught K-means cluster for many years. I have never worried too much about sort order, but a recent experience made me revisit it. I was running a simple data set through all the IBM SPSS Statistics (SPSS) Cluster Techniques, and also ran them all through IBM ... http://keithmccormick.com/?p=117 What’s in a Name? I considered making my literary reference more colorful, and thought better of it. There has been some confusion over the last year resulting from some name changes for the products made by SPSS, Inc, a IBM Company. This web page should help considerably: Product Naming Guide. Virtually all the products ... http://keithmccormick.com/?p=115 What’s New in Modeler 14 I am looking forward to start working in version 14. I think some of the new features are going to save me time when working in the tool. The presentation starts with a overview of data mining. If you are pressed for time, the Introducing Modeler 14.0 begins about 10 ... http://keithmccormick.com/?p=114 AVIS Europe Success Story AVIS Europe http://keithmccormick.com/?p=113 KDD 2010  The Knowledge Discovery in Databases conference is in Washington, DC this year. This is a rather technical conference, so occasional users of SPSS Modeler may find it a bit intense. I have nearly gone for the last three years. It is unclear if this is the year. The Dates are ... http://keithmccormick.com/?p=112 Directions 2010 Rome Directions Website http://keithmccormick.com/?p=111 Interview with Deepak Advani Advani Interview http://keithmccormick.com/?p=110