Effective Communication of Statistical Results Using Visualization and Graphical Reporting

Presented: September 28th, 2005

Speaker: David Smith, Senior Product Manager, Insightful Corporation

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Abstract: Statistical analysis is helping businesses in every industry to improve products and forecast results. However, in many instances communication between statisticians and those that rely on the statistical analysis for decision-making can hamper the effective utilization of statistical methods. An effective way to breach this communication barrier is with custom graphics and charts.

In this Web cast David Smith, Senior Product Manager at Insightful, will discuss the S-PLUS statistical analysis environment and how it is used to create compelling graphics, which effectively communicate the results of statistical analysis to non-statisticians. The presentation will include several practical examples from Insightful customers, including:

• Analysis and reporting of clinical trials for pharmaceuticals
  
• Investment management with backtesting
  
• Improving efficiency of sensory panels for food products
  
• Monitoring and extending the lifetime of high-tech manufactured products
  
• Forecasting the sales of magazines across geographic regions

This Web cast will be of interest to anyone looking to create effective graphical visualizations of statistical results.

Presenter Information

David Smith, Insightful Corporation

David Smith joined Insightful's UK-based team in 1998 as International Product Manager and moved to the Seattle headquarters in 2000 to take up the position of Product Marketing Manager. A long-time S-PLUS user with intimate knowledge of Insightful's technology, David is responsible for the design, content and production of Insightful's financial product line. Before joining Insightful, David was employed as a Research Associate at Lancaster University in Northern England, working on methods and S-PLUS based software for longitudinal data analysis. His introduction to S-PLUS came in 1991 as a consultant with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia.