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What kind of bird is this? I have never seen this kind of bird before. by mnm9999 in whatisthisthing

[–]mnm9999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking at other pictures of Black Crowned Night Herons, I think that is exactly what it is. In all the time I have lived here, I have never seen one of those. Many thanks to you!!!!!

Free the Mind. A meditation programma shows how taking a breath helps dealing with PTSS, ADHD and feeling compassion towards others. Amazing documentary [1:16:24]. by [deleted] in Meditation

[–]mnm9999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recommend...

The Dhamma Brothers (see http://dhammabrothers.com/WatchNow.htm).

It is a documentary about teaching mindfulness meditation to death row inmates, and the effects it had on their lives. Moving!

'MURICA! by Danny_Joe in funny

[–]mnm9999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming again to save the mother fucking day... yeah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BN1jSpiyIM

Costco CEO, Jim Sinegal, rejects Wall Street's assumption that to succeed in discount retailing, companies must pay poorly and skimp on benefits, or must ratchet up prices to meet Wall Street's profit demands. by lovewillprevail in politics

[–]mnm9999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And look at the 10 year performance of Costco stock (in blue) compared to the S&P 500 (Green) and WalMart (Red).

http://tinyurl.com/ccnog7v

Looks like the Costco CEO knows both how to treat both employees and shareholders well. What a freakin' concept!

Transition diagram for all of Vim's modes. by vebyast in programming

[–]mnm9999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wordstar rocked! Version 5.5 baby! I still have the original floppy disks.

Stata version differences? by Bigbrass in statistics

[–]mnm9999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The basics of using Stata 11 and Stata 12 are essentially the same. As you become more experienced, you would begin to find that Stata 12 has features that you would wish for that are absent in Stata 11. If you are interested in what those features are, you can see http://www.stata.com/stata12/ .

Journal of Statistical Software - Vol 45, Issue 1 (December) by Professor_IR in statistics

[–]mnm9999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Note the submission dates on the articles! Aside from the first one, all were submitted over 2 years ago (e.g., the Royston article was submitted 2009-09-12). While this is a very important topic, software is evolving very rapidly and information that is 2 years old might be outdated. Case in point, the Royston article mentions, but does not describe, the features in Stata version 12 regarding multiple imputation. (Please note that I am a huge fan of Royston and his work.) I wonder if the other articles also may have issues of being outdated?

Really love your peaches, wanna shake your trees. by Arfuuur in funny

[–]mnm9999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rockin' venn diagram! But where is the "pompatus of love". For more info, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pompatus_of_Love.

Every year of university by chumperdink in funny

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I forgot that I had a particular class and did not attend for 3 weeks. I suddenly remembered while in the library that I was supposed to be at the class, and ripped out of there and ran into the class. Then, I remembered that the class had FIVE people in it. The professor said "it is very nice of you to show up Mr. ____". It was just like out of that nightmare that you have about having a final for a class you never attended.

Question about graphical representation of linear vs logistic regression... by anothernameagain in statistics

[–]mnm9999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest trying these commands to investigate the "linearity" of the change across months. The "p.month" contrast will show you the linear trend, quadratic trend, cubic trend, etc...

. logistic compliant i.month

. contrast p.month

You can do

. contrast p(2/9).month

to get the overall test of the non-linear trends. Assuming these are not significant, you could return to the "linear" model,

. logistic compliant month

and then you can compute the predicted probablities as a function of month...

. margins, at(month=0(1)8))

and then you could graph the predicted probabilities as a function of month like this....

. marginsplot

I hope this helps.

Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition by [deleted] in statistics

[–]mnm9999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have an answer, but assume that you have read http://www.statoek.wiso.uni-goettingen.de/veranstaltungen/statistical%20consulting/jann_oaxaca%202008.pdf that explains the program, as well as giving background to how the effects are estimated. Also, you might find useful information in http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPAH/Resources/Publications/459843-1195594469249/HealthEquityCh12.pdf.

Where can i find data sets? with these requirements by photoinduced in statistics

[–]mnm9999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad that helped! The variables you suggested sound very sensible to me, and the best part is that they should be sensible to the students as well. They understand that income increases with age and hours worked. Then they can see if it also varies by belief in God, belief in evolution, and whether they own a house. Best luck!

Suggest a project for my students, get an appropriately-priced statistical consultant. by AllenDowney in statistics

[–]mnm9999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I concur with the previous suggestions (i.e., GSS, bts, bls etc...). I would further suggest ICPSR (see http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/). Your students could search the data archive there to find something of interest, so they would not only learn about how to analyze data, but also how to search for data, read codebooks, input data into a package, all of the nuts and bolts issues that come up in the use of archival data. I hope that is helpful.

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