On May 11, 2017, the ASA presented a webinar, Creating Statistical Graphics for Clinical Trial Outcomes Using SAS, presented by Warren Kuhfeld of SAS Institute and nobody complained, even though SAS is a very expensive commercial product. So why does promotion of a product that you can download and use for free causing such grief?
It's the nature of our work that we are heavily dependent on software companies to provide the tools that we need to do our jobs. And I'm willing to pay good money to learn about these tools. Back when I was a heavy SAS user, I even got my boss to spring for expensive trips to the SAS Users Group meetings (though she balked at the Hawaii meeting one year for reasons I still can't understand).
If we limit webinars only to fuzzy headed academic types like me, we lose a lot. As long as any commercial ties are clearly disclosed, no one is deceived.
So, for the record, and I suspect that I am speaking for many others in ASA, I am grateful to the ASA for setting up these opportunities to meet and learn from software experts at SAS, Revolution Analytics, RStudio, Cytel, Biostat Inc., and other companies as well. I'll complain maybe when ASA offers a webinar from Microsoft about how to do advanced statistical analyses in Microsoft Excel.
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Stephen Simon, blog.pmean.com
Independent Statistical Consultant
P. Mean Consulting
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-08-2017 09:00
From: Samuel Gardner
Subject: Webinar: Shiny 101: From Nothing to Deployed
I wondering why I should pay to watch a webinar given about a commercial product, being presented by a sales/marketing professional from the commercial product company. I think Shiny is pretty cool, but I don't see the reason for the ASA to charge a fee for this.
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Samuel Gardner
Sr Research Scientist
Elanco
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-07-2017 08:50
From: Chuck Kincaid
Subject: Webinar: Shiny 101: From Nothing to Deployed
Dear Colleagues,
The Section on Statistical Consulting webinar series is going well. We just finished the one titled "How to be a Successful Independent Statistical Consultant" and it went very well. It's good to see a lot of people taking advantage of the opportunities to learn.
We have the next webinar for your edification and to enhance your skills. The title of the webinar is "Shiny 101: From Nothing to Deployed" and it will be presented on June 20th at 1 pm Eastern. (Note that the next webinar after this one will be in September.)
Shiny is a popular R package for creating interactive web applications from within R. This webinar will introduce the Shiny package and provide an overview of Shiny's use cases. We'll discuss reactivity, user interfaces, and different options for deploying shiny applications. We'll also build and deploy a simple shiny application from scratch.
The webinar will be presented by Sean Lopp. Sean has a degree in mathematics and statistics and worked as an analyst at the National Renewable Energy Lab before making the switch to customer success at RStudio. Sean has worked on statistical modeling projects ranging from autonomous vehicles to infant sleep dynamics. At RStudio, Sean works with customers to increase the value they receive from Shiny, R Markdown, and the IDE.
To register for the webinar, please visit the ASA's Web Based Lectures page. Note that Section membership gets you a discounted registration.
We also encourage you to share with colleagues who are not ASA members and may be interested in the topic. Webinars like these that various sections put on are just part of the benefit of being an ASA member. Note that the registration fee is for both individuals or for group attendance.
We think that this webinar will be of great benefit to you. Please feel free to contact me or George Luta, George.Luta@georgetown.edu, for any questions or feedback.
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Chuck Kincaid
Section Chair 2017
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Chuck Kincaid
Engagement Director
Experis BI & Analytics Practice Business Analytics
chuck.kincaid@experis.com
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