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Robert Goren
07-29-2009, 12:50 AM
SPSS was acquired by IBM today. Bring back memories. I took a course in how to use it in the summer of 1973. I was 8 year senior at UNL majoring in bridge and ponies. The teacher who was also a bridge player wanted to know why I taking a class filled with social science PHD candidates. I told her and she help me. I ran my first multi-regression on predicating the order of finish in a horse race on IBM 370 using that program. I think I used about 25 race and had to entered the data on punch cards. A lot of work. It showed the odds was the best Predicator (shocking I know). They could improve abit by factoring the days since last race and the Average earnings per start and the number of starts(higher number the better) in the last year. It actually showed a small profit for years.

kitts
07-29-2009, 02:14 PM
Just curious. Are you related to famous bridge guy, Charles?