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Category Archives: Statistics
Actionable Metrics
Metrics are valuable when they are actionable. Think about what will be done if certain results are shown by the data. If you can’t think of actions you would take, it may be that metric is not worth tracking. Metrics … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Statistics
Tagged curiouscat, Data, Deming, evidence based management, management, Statistics, tips
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Soren Bisgaard
Soren Bisgaard died earlier this month of cancer. Soren was a student of my father’s who shared the commitment to making a difference in people’s lives by using applied statistics properly. I know this seem odd to many (I tried … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, Six sigma, Statistics
Tagged commentary, John Hunter, Madison, Six sigma, SPC, Statistics, William Hunter
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Highlights from Recent George Box Speech
The JMP blog has posted some highlights from George Box’s presentation at Discovery 2009 [the broken link was removed] Infusing his entire presentation with humor and fascinating tales of his memories, Box focused on sequential design of experiments. He attributed … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Design of Experiments, Six sigma, Statistics
Tagged Bill Hunter, Data, Design of Experiments, Fun, George Box, John Hunter, Madison, Six sigma, Statistics
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Statistical Learning as the Ultimate Agile Development Tool by Peter Norvig
Interesting lecture on Statistical Learning as the Ultimate Agile Development Tool by Peter Norvig. The webcast is likely to be of interest to a fairly small segment of readers of this blog. But for geeks it may be interesting. He … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Software Development, Statistics
Tagged complexity, Google, IT, lecture, Software Development, Statistics, webcast
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Communicating with the Visual Display of Data
Anscombe’s quartet: all four sets are identical when examined statistically, but vary considerably when graphed. Image via Wikipedia. ___________________ Anscombe’s quartet comprises four datasets that have identical simple statistical properties, yet are revealed to be very different when inspected graphically. … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Quality tools, Statistics
Tagged communication, Data, Statistics, visual communication, visual management
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YouTube Uses Multivariate Experiment To Improve Sign-ups 15%
Google does a great job of using statistical and engineering principles to improve. It is amazing how slow we are to adopt new ideas but because we are it provides big advantages to companies like Google that use concepts like … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Data, Design of Experiments, Google, IT, Management, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote, Science, Software Development, Statistics
Tagged curiouscat, Customer focus, Data, Design of Experiments, experiments, Google, Innovation, internet, management, Science, Software Development, Statistics
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When Performance-related Pay Backfires
When Economic Incentives Backfire by Samuel Bowles, Sante Fe Institute Dozens of recent experiments show that rewarding self-interest with Economic incentives can backfire when they undermine what Adam Smith called “the moral sentiments.” Punished by Rewards, by Alfie Kohn, is … Continue reading
Revealed Preference
Revealed Preference: the preference consumers display by their action, in contrast to what they may say they prefer. While surveys may be useful people often say they will do one thing and actually when given the choice to do so, … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Psychology, Statistics
Tagged Customer focus, Data, Psychology, Statistics
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How to Create a Control Chart for Seasonal or Trending Data
Lynda Finn, President of Statistical Insight, has written an article on how to create a control chart for seasonal or trending data (where there is an underlying structural variation in the data). Essentially you need to account for the structural … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, Process improvement, Quality tools, Science, Statistics
Tagged Data, Deming, Process improvement, Quality tools, SPC, Statistics, variation
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Statistical Engineering Links Statistical Thinking, Methods and Tools
In Closing the Gap Roger W. Hoerl and Ronald D. Snee lay out a sensible case for focusing on statistical engineering. We’re not suggesting that society no longer needs research in new statistical techniques for improvement; it does. The balance … Continue reading →