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As this world gets more connected, and as data storage and analysis advances, we have to change our notions of privacy and data stewardship. read more

PharmaSUG is a yearly gathering of SAS programmers who program for the pharmaceutical industry. This year, Dr. Katherine Troyer of REGISTRAT-MAPI will be giving a talk entitled “Giving Data a Voice: Partnering with Medical Writing for Best Reporting Practices,” in which she will implore the audience to get statisticians, medical writers, SAS programmers, clinicians, data managers, and any other stakeholder together early and often in the clinical trial process. read more

A revolution is taking place in education. Last fall, Stanford University premiered three online classes in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Introduction to Databases. read more

Let’s say you are in the middle of a salary negotiation, and you want to know whether you should be aggressive in your offering or conservative. read more

One statistical tool is the ubiquitous p-value. If it’s less than 0.05, your hypothesis must be true, right? Think again. read more

Let’s face it, there is a lot of content on the web, and one thing I hate worse is reading halfway through an article and realizing that the title and first paragraph indicate little about the rest of the article. read more

I’m competing in several data mining competitions over at Kaggle. So far, I haven’t really done well, but I am learning a lot. read more

While not related exclusively to statistics, this resource does relate to open education. This page at OpenCulture.com gives a large list of resources of books, courses, and media you can use to fill your new (or old) gadget. read more

In addition to the Introduction to Machine Learning class (which I have reviewed), I took a class on introduction to databases, taught by Prof. read more

This may not relate directly to statistics, but it relate to my experiences in an online introductory machine learning class. read more