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  \textbf{\textsc{STANFORD UNIVERSITY}}\\[5pt]
  \textbf{\textsc{DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS}}\\[5pt]
  \Large{\textbf\textsc{{DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR}}}
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  4:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 28, 2006\\
  Sequoia Hall Room 200\\
  (Cookies at 3:45 in 1st Floor Lounge)
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  \textsl{ John Sall}\\
SAS Institute - JMP Division
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  \textbf{Current Statistical Magic Tricks}
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Joint work by John Sall, Bradley Jones, Christopher Gotwalt; SAS Institute - JMP Division

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When we develop new methods in our software (JMP6 in this case), 
we stress them with extreme cases to see how they behave. Sometimes 
these cases show almost-magical unexpected talents. With JMP6 we 
feature the following "acts":
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\item Teaching Bayesian D-Optimal Supersaturated Designs with a card trick.
\item Allowing variances to go negative in REML.
\item Resolving co-centered Normal Mixtures.
\item Robust Engineering through Desirability Functions on Derivatives
\end{itemize}



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Biographical: \\
John Sall is Co-founder and Executive VP of SAS Institute, Director 
of the JMP Project.  ASA Fellow. No PhD, but Honorary Doctorate 
from North Carolina State University, where SAS originated.  \\
Bradley Jones is Manager of Statistical R\&D for JMP. \\
Chris Gotwalt is Senior Research Statistician.\\


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