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by Matt SpittalThis blog has been set-up as a forum for BCA students and has a focus on statistics. Naturally this isn’t the only website devoted to statistics and I wanted to share with you some other blogs that offer a tremendous amount of good stuff. Some of them are directly related to statistical analysis and programming; others offer either a broader view of the world or make a welcome

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Do you have something interesting to say about biostatistics?The BCA student blog was created to encourage discussion amongst BCA students on issues related to the study of biostatistics, or biostatistics in the workplace.If you'd like to write a post or suggest a topic, write your ideas below and we'll see what we can do! Alternatively, send an email to bca@ctc.usyd.edu.auHappy reading!

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by Matt SpittalThe first statistical package I learnt was SAS. I started using it in 1997 when I was studying for my honours degree. It ran on some sort of ancient mainframe computer and I had to sit in front of a green screen with a dirty keyboard and type my commands. There was no mouse, no syntax highlighting, no web-browser and no fancy user-interface. I certainly couldn’t put my favourite

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