Why do I bring any of this up? Well, I just finished my own 13 page "analysis" ten minutes ago and Suzanna is asleep in the other room. My mind would never let me relax enough to go to sleep without at least getting some closure with this project. I think I'll be able to relax better now that I've kind of talked over the things that have been occupying my attention for the last who-knows-how-many hours. Too bad I didn't have a blog this summer when I finished reading Harry Potter #7 at 3:00 AM. I took a LONG time falling asleep that night (morning?) after finishing. The ending was riveting and oh-so appropriate. I felt sad, thinking that my adventures with Ron and Hermione and Harry had come to an end.
Anyway, I wish there was a way to post attachments. If I could figure it out (if possible), then I would post a copy of my nasty analysis so anybody interested could look to see all the fun code I had to do. Maybe as a teaser, I'll include a little here...
\begin{comment}
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plot(2:9,rs$cp,xlab="No. of Parameters",ylab="Cp Statistic",main="Cp Statistic Plot")
abline(0,1)
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\end{comment}
The Cp statistic graph in Figure 3 shows that the optimal number of parameters in the model is 7. Thus, we \emph{will} use a model without those three variables above mentioned.
\begin{figure}[tbh]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3in]{cpstat}
\caption{Graph of the Cp statistic.}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
It doesn't look as cool as plain text. I have to type all the stuff in a wordpad document and then run it through a program called "R" (a statistical software program) using a function called, "Sweave." Then I use LaTeX (a typesetting program) to turn my .tex document into a fancy PDF file. In the end it looks great and professional. Having to figure it all out at the beggining of the semester was a headache. I feel like I've learned a ton this semester, and not all of it being pure statistics! Hah!
