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"For people whose jobs involve statistical analysis, how much need is there for something like this?" I don't know who the creators are targeting, but perhaps
by swalsh 14y ago
"For people whose jobs involve statistical analysis, how much need is there for something like this?"
I don't know who the creators are targeting, but perhaps it's not experienced people? One of the great parts of the internet is the way it seems to lower the barrier of entry for just about everything. If this app can help people learn how to do simple statistical analysis, there just might be a load of value there. I didn't really click around, but something they might think about doing is allowing users to hyperlink directly to an "analysis session" so a blogger can not only link to a graph, but the data itself. I can imagine a scenario where a blogger writes a post about maybe housing prices, and draws some unreasonable conclusion. Then a reader goes, and adds in inflation data which changes the story. He then replies in the comments with a link to his new "analysis session" spurring a new conversation.
Its probably taking the tool to a different direction, but i really like what's here.
- Someone 14y ago"If this app can help people learn how to do simple statistical analysis" IMO, that is big IF. Statistical analysis is like writing security software: if you are not an expert, do not do it; if you are an expert, you already know you should not do it (but you also know that, sometimes, somebody has to do it, anyways) The challenge is in finding a feature set that is useful, yet foolproof, and beats what Excel provides.