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   by glaugh 14y ago

   Nice, well pointed out. Unfortunately, we don't have regressions yet. But just to make sure these findings were still valid, we tossed this data into a program that did to make sure the effect remained (it did). It's no substitute for regre
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   by glaugh 14y ago

   Agreed, glad to be a part of the community of folks trying to democratize data analysis. It feels like an important problem to work on, and we're passionate about it (as I'm sure you are, too). Thanks for chiming in.
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   by glaugh 14y ago

   Ah, thanks a bunch. Appreciate both the bug and the feedback tip. Have a good one, thanks for checking out Statwing.
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   by glaugh 14y ago

   Fortunately, people are pretty used to paying for this kind of a product. So we'll do freemium based on number/size of datasets uploaded and some as-yet-unreleased advanced features. Probably throw in some academic discounts for good measur
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   by glaugh 14y ago

   Totally valid. We do multiple comparison protection on ANOVA post hoc tests, but not across all analyses. Ultimately we'll need to address this. Hopefully doing so (automatically) will differentiate Statwing from other stats package, where
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   by glaugh 14y ago

   Thanks for the comment. Agreed, Likerts are definitely an area of controversy. A couple references from Wikipedia about Likert-as-continuous: Pro: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20146096 Con: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/18751725/128
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   by glaugh 14y ago

   Nice! It's a great dataset, really fun, and we're big fans of ProPublica. We'll definitely edit the copy. I'll ping you unicast to make sure we did it right. Yay! edit: Also, thanks for the feedback on the tour. Our goal is to make the inte
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   by glaugh 14y ago

   We think of our target audience in concentric circles. We'll likely have users from each circle at any given time, but we'll prioritize our product and marketing towards the inner circles then move outwards: Circle 1. A few specific analyst
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   by glaugh 14y ago

   Thanks, really appreciate #1. Agreed that quite often the hardest part is getting the data together (particularly on the web). But from our perspective, it's still true that conducting the actual analysis and visualizing the data should be
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    Show HN: Statwing is statistical analysis, simplified (statwing.com)

    135 points by glaugh 14y ago|50 comments
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    by glaugh 15y ago

    I feel like I would have read this article really differently if the headline didn't have the moralizing tone that Marco is talking about: http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic The article itself doesn't really take that kind
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    by glaugh 15y ago

    Not to mention that this general technique has been around for decades (developed at Stanford), and using an fMRI is the only novel part of this new study: http://www.lucidity.com/SleepAndCognition.html Though using an fMRI like this is
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    by glaugh 15y ago

    A very prevalent allergy. It's a bit buried, but Tableau Public is available for free download. http://www.tableausoftware.com/public I forget what its limitations are but I remember thinking they weren't too bad. Also I think your larger