Re: Excel vs Quattro Pro

2002-01-09 Thread A.J. Rossini
place (since both will work on macs, windows, (and while vista's support isn't as good here) unix). So now, the question becomes, why bother with minitab, since you could provide training on software that they can have available (Excel, and R or ViSta). best, -tony -- A.J. Rossi

Re: Excel vs Quattro Pro

2002-01-09 Thread A.J. Rossini
R come to mind. ViSta is click-and-point, with a number of nice features; R needs a bit (MUCH!) more hand-holding, but pays off with the ability to do much, much more when understood. best, -tony -- A.J. RossiniRsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics U. of Washington

Re: Excel vs Quattro Pro

2002-01-07 Thread A.J. Rossini
inear models (not general linear models!), correlated regression, event-time regression analysis; robust numerical computations at the same level, and a large set of tools. However, more critical is, "what's missing in statistical languages?", and I think that the answer are tools to

Re: biostatistics careers

2001-11-19 Thread A.J. Rossini
are other definitions, which have little to do with statistics. best, -tony -- A.J. RossiniRsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics U. of Washington Biostatistics [EMAIL PROTECTED] FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: biostatistics careers

2001-11-19 Thread A.J. Rossini
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Re: biostatistics careers

2001-11-19 Thread A.J. Rossini
communicate with as well as handle data analyses appropriately for clients and colleagues. best, -tony -- A.J. RossiniRsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics U. of Washington Biostatistics [EMAIL PROTECTED] FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net [EMAIL P

Re: Stat pkg for old Mac

2000-10-27 Thread A.J. Rossini
There is always XLispStat, and the graphical front-ends, ViSta and ARC. Why pay more when there is perfectly adequate and exceptional software available? best, -tony -- A.J. RossiniRsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics BlindGlobe Networks (home/default) [EMAIL

Re: job issues. stat and computer? (fwd)

2000-09-27 Thread A.J. Rossini
e more valuable than abstract BH> computer science. And for those that don't learn SAS, the biotech industry really likes them for playing around with large data sets (the CS/Stat cross is quite useful for genomics/proteonics, and similar genetic-level data handling/analysi

Re: free stat package

2000-06-30 Thread A.J. Rossini
statistical analysis, he'll work for years"?) best, -tony -- A.J. Rossini Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Biostatistics/Univ. of Washington (Th) Box 357232 206-543-1044 (3286=fax) Center for AIDS Research/HMC/UW (M/F) Box 359931 206-731-36

Re: Help! Survival curve plot (Kaplan-Meier) with absolute numbers - which software?

2000-03-23 Thread A.J. Rossini
ead of considering it (maybe unfairly) a pretty useless piece of software... best, -tony -- A.J. Rossini Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Biostatistics/Univ. of Washington (Th) Box 357232 206-543-1044 (3286=fax) Center for AIDS Research/HMC/UW (M/F) Box 35993