No book like this would be complete without a list of books that would be useful for the student who wishes to learn more than what is in this book.
Present a strong business case for why use of this software will permit you and your department to work more efficiently.
Be careful what you download, don't greedily consume bandwidth, server space or any of your company's other scarce resources and be VERY NICE to your IT staff.
This might be a problem that they're not inclined to solve for you and you may find your interaction with IT folks to a bit frustrating and they may seem as though they're not at all helpful.
Show a killer visual and then patiently explain to your boss why it can't be done in Excel and why you can't share it with other departments and why it can't be done every quarter.
Know that there's a chance that you'll run into problems working with other software, particularly the Microsoft Access database or the Java virtual machine.
If you're a large organization which has a predictive modelling or analytics area, they'll likely want this software.
Beg, borrow or steal, make friends, vanquish enemies, do whatever you need to do and get the software installed.
When we use mathematical background that some students may be rusty on, we provide a link to the Wikipedia page on that topic.
We do not assume prior experience with statistics or programming, though students who have no experience with either statistics or programming before starting this class should expect to have to work hard.
If, or should I rather say when, you find typos, mistakes or ideas for improvement, please create a pull request on bitbucket here.
For the most part, installation is quick and painless, but there may be limitations placed on you by your IT department.
Data recovery software for recovering files from a problem hard drive or that have been previously deleted.
Recovery utility recovers deleted, formatted, lost photos, pictures, songs, movies, and other multimedia files from Mac systems.
By definition, these problems are going away and we'd rather focus on edge cases with current versions, which affect lots of people.
