tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6666377875215576132024-03-21T19:05:58.567-07:00Statistics and InformationIn this blog are some facts you hardly see on regular newspaper columns, magazines or even educational materials.Chibueze Emmanuel Ogbonnayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15734401688664927185noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666637787521557613.post-88905277385960015872012-07-26T20:38:00.000-07:002012-07-26T21:39:00.677-07:00Best Free Statistical Softwares for Data Analysis and Download LinksToday, I bring you a list of 3 of the best analytical software for statisticians. What is most surprising is that you don't have to pay "a shilling" to get any of them. i.e They are totally free!!!! Most less-comprehensive analytical tools don't even come this easily, but anyone (including myself), would be happy to get this totally free of any charge. There are other free statistical software, but these are the 3 that I selected as excellent standouts. They are <span class="tp-label"><a href="http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiinfo/7/index.htm" target="_blank">Epi Info</a>, </span><a href="http://www.scilab.org/products/scilab/download/5.4.0-beta-1" target="_blank">Scilab</a>, and <a href="http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/" target="_blank">R</a> . <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Epi Info </span> Questionnaire Analysis in Public Health, <span style="color: blue;"> </span><a class="noDecoration" href="ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/software/epi_info/7/Epi_Info_7.zip" style="color: blue;"><span class="tp-label">Epi Info™ </span></a><br />
Biostatistics, Medical Statistics e.t.c Has an extraordinary<br />
Mapping tool. Perfect for test on Contingency Tables &<br />
Logistic Regression. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Scilab </span> Mathematical and Statistical analysis like Integration, <a href="http://www.scilab.org/download/5.4.0-beta-1/scilab-5.4.0-beta-1.exe" onclick="Javascript:openPopupWindow();return true;"><span style="color: blue;">Scilab </span>
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Differentiation, Matrices, Vectors, ANOVA, Regression etc.<br />
Has interface similar to that of MATLAB & can be considered<br />
a mini-MATLAB.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">R </span> One of the best statistical tools for Data Analysis and Linear Algebra. <a href="http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/R-2.15.1-win.exe" style="color: blue;">R </a><br />
Perfect for Matrix and Vector analysis and constructing. Good plotting<br />
tool & Random Number Generator for most statistical distributions<br />
also embedded. <br />
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There are also many others that are really cool and flexible. I will be posting them very soon.<br />
Make your comment about this post invite your friends to visit this blog.<br />
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CEO</div>Chibueze Emmanuel Ogbonnayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15734401688664927185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666637787521557613.post-33342731712488123782012-05-01T22:32:00.001-07:002012-05-01T22:33:23.180-07:00Thought for the day.Russians have made a lot of contribution in probability, stochastic & functional analysis as it relates to statistics.<br />
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Indian have contributed much in Inferential Statistics.<br />
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American have contributed immensely in almost all areas.<br />
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Do we give it to the Americans?<br />
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Your thoughts.<br />
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Lovely day!!!<br />
<br />Chibueze Emmanuel Ogbonnayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15734401688664927185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666637787521557613.post-23381579484674128372012-05-01T11:38:00.003-07:002012-05-01T11:38:55.482-07:00Men may soon outlive womenWomen have had a longer life expectancy than men, ever since records
began, but this may be set to change in the not-too-distant future.<br /><br />An
adviser to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has predicted that
by the time today's 12-year-old boys reach the age of 30, they should be
able to enjoy a life expectancy of just over 87 years.<br /><br />This
means they will be matching the life expectancy of their female
counterparts or the first time.<br /><br />And they may even outlive females
born at the same time soon after, according to Professor Leslie Mayhew,
a statistician at City University, London.<br /><br />Professor Mayhew
believes that men's increasingly healthy lifestyles, falling <a href="http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/smoking/index.shtml" target="_blank">smoking</a>
rates and decreasing number of deaths from heart attacks will bring
their life expectancy in line with that of women.<br /><br />In an interview
with the Sunday Times, he said: 'There has been a huge decline in the
numbers working in heavy industry, far fewer males smoke than before and
there is much better treatment for <a href="http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/focus/heart/index.shtml" target="_blank">heart disease</a>, which tends to affect more males than
females.'<br /><br />Figures from the British Heart Foundation show that
one in five male deaths and one in eight female deaths in 2009 were from
coronary heart disease.<br />
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Source: www.netdoctor.co.uk<br />
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B) Rao Calyampudi Radharikrishnan<br />
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C) David Blackwell<br />
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D) Others<br />
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Note: The options above are the author's point of view there are many distinguished Statisticians around the World too many to mention.Chibueze Emmanuel Ogbonnayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15734401688664927185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666637787521557613.post-44518937557640729262012-05-01T11:15:00.000-07:002012-05-01T11:15:07.609-07:00Research Paper: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ACTUAL VALUE AND ESTIMATED MISSING VALUE IN SOME ORTHOGONAL BLOCK DESIGNS<link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CCHIBUEZE%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CCHIBUEZE%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CCHIBUEZE%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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mean method, least squares method and regression imputation method), and also
to see if there is any significant difference in the three imputation methods
chosen. Estimation of missing values using these imputation methods do not void
the result obtained from statistical analysis since the conclusion reached
using any imputation method agrees with the conclusion reached using the
complete data. From the result obtained in the significance test, we conclude
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><b><o:p>Further works on Estimation of Missing Data in Latin Square & Graceo-Latin Squares coming up. </o:p></b></span></div>Chibueze Emmanuel Ogbonnayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15734401688664927185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666637787521557613.post-58856431443152954002011-11-23T20:16:00.000-08:002011-11-23T22:06:03.154-08:00World Internet Usage Facts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4g7mcYBwLwzYG6p32W7s_Qai7Gfqp4U9OSPsn7RW660DDcjlDikUeVjlg9AbWMgqQfOFuA0l-CKarOr0gvcvi-uDjpSmSl_aXfNgWOfEf-eoY1xi-iv_XZkTzYYxEwNCcF8-ZS9qk_xw/s1600/internet-statistics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4g7mcYBwLwzYG6p32W7s_Qai7Gfqp4U9OSPsn7RW660DDcjlDikUeVjlg9AbWMgqQfOFuA0l-CKarOr0gvcvi-uDjpSmSl_aXfNgWOfEf-eoY1xi-iv_XZkTzYYxEwNCcF8-ZS9qk_xw/s320/internet-statistics.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The <b>Internet</b> is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a <i>network of networks</i> that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support email.<br />
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Over the years, usage of the internet both on personal computers, Ipad, Iphones, Android, etc has evolved. This has accelerated new forms of interactions through instant messaging, social networking, blogging, and other forms of internet forums. As of 2011, more than 2.1 billion people of the world's population of about 7 billion had access to the internet.<br />
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In the ranking of internet users by continent, Asia took the lead accounting for 44% of the internet users while Europe and North America took the second and third positions respectively with 22.7% and 13%. In the countries rank, China took the lead with more than 389 million users, followed by the United States with 245 million users. Nigeria was the only African country to make the top 10 with about 44 million users.<br />
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<i><b>The pictorials below give a better understanding of World Internet Usage.</b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TOP TEN COUNTRIES</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CONTINENTS RANKING ( FIGURES)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RATIO PER CONTINENT (%)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MAP OF COUNTRIES INTERNET USAGE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CONTINENTAL PIE CHART (%)</td></tr>
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Source: <a href="http://www.internetworldstats.com/" target="_blank">Internet World Stats</a>, <a href="http://www.indexmundi.com/" target="_blank">Index Mundi</a>, <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/" target="_blank">CIA World Factbook</a>, <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a><br />
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</tbody></table><m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent> A coalition of international statistical organizations has urged a United Nations Special<br />
Rapporteur to protect statisticians who have been the victims of escalating attacks by the<br />
Government of Argentina. The appeal to the Special Rapporteur, whose charge is the<br />
promotion and protection of the right of freedom of opinion and expression, was made<br />
in August by the American Statistical Association (ASA) in a letter signed by Executive<br />
Director Ron Wasserstein and William Seltzer, chair of the association's Committee on<br />
Scientific Freedom and Human Rights. Since then, other statistical groups have<br />
supported the ASA appeal by writing letters of their own to the Special Rapporteur.<br />
In late September, a letter of support was sent by Jean-Michel Poggie, the president of<br />
the Societe Francaise de Statistique. A second letter was written by Jae C. Lee, president<br />
of the International Statistical Institute. Earlier this month, Jong Hoo Choi, president of<br />
the Korean Statistical Society, also wrote, urging action to protect the targeted<br />
individuals in Argentina. Additional professional societies in other countries are<br />
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The ASA letter expresses faith in the Special Rapporteur's ability to "use your good<br />
offices to safeguard those targeted from further harm." It continues: "We fear that,<br />
unless the Government is dissuaded from acting on the threats that they have so far<br />
made, considerable harm may befall a group of statisticians simply carrying out their<br />
work in accordance with the highest professional and ethical standards and that a great<br />
disservice will be done to civil society in Argentina."<br />
All the letters express concern about the harassment of and punitive measures taken by<br />
Argentine authorities against statisticians and allied groups who have expressed their<br />
professional views and published alternative measurements of the consumer price index<br />
(CPI). Recent reports in the press have indicated that, in the long-running controversy<br />
over the accuracy of Argentina's inflation numbers, the Argentine government has<br />
recently issued subpoenas to various journalists and others in Argentina, including the<br />
local office of the International Monetary Fund, so they can be called as witnesses<br />
against their sources and consultants, in an effort to gather evidence against those<br />
private statisticians and research organizations compiling alternative CPI estimates<br />
using methods the government does not approve.<br />
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In its letter, the ASA states that "Since February 2011 the Government of Argentina has<br />
been systematically harassing and endeavoring to punish" a number of individual<br />
statisticians and research organizations that collect compile, and/or disseminate price<br />
statistics using the unapproved methods. The attacks, which first took the form of fines,<br />
"more recently have escalated to multiple fines and, reportedly, to threats of<br />
imprisonment under the criminal law."<br />
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According to the ASA letter, "In addition to the directly targeted statisticians and<br />
research organizations, the victims of these human rights violations include a wide range<br />
of users of statistics in Argentina and elsewhere (for example, researchers, the press, the<br />
business sector, and members of the general public), whose access to 'unapproved' inflation indicators and consumer price indices they prefer are being jeopardized.<br />
Moreover, with distortions in price data, uses of many other statistical series are<br />
seriously jeopardized."<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">The full text of the ASA letter can be viewed or downloaded <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent>at <a href="http://www.amstat.org/outreach/pdfs/ASALettertoUNSpecialRapporteur8-12-11-1.pdf" target="_blank">ASA Letter</a> </m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac></div><m:smallfrac m:val="off"><m:dispdef><m:lmargin m:val="0"><m:rmargin m:val="0"><m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac></div><m:smallfrac m:val="off"><m:dispdef><m:lmargin m:val="0"><m:rmargin m:val="0"><m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <br />
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