A personal note
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After 13 years teaching graduate econometrics, statistics, and computing at a university and 32 years at SPSS/IBM I will be retiring at the end of December. I will be on vacation during December.
I plan to stay active on this list and on the new IBM Predictive Analytics Community (https://developer.ibm.com/predictiveanalytics/) and other SPSS activities. I will also do a little consulting.
I joined SPSS in 1983 to work on the first SPSS PC product and worked on the pc architecture, the user interface, and various statistical procedures . Since then, I have worked on pretty much all aspects of the SPSS products, focusing on extensibility in particular in recent years.
I have worked with many customers including many users on this list and other forums.
It has been a great ride. If you want to keep in touch, I can be reached at [hidden email].
Best wishes to all for happy holidays and SPSS futures.
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Jon, You should take great satisfaction in your work at SPSS and IBM and thank you for your active participation on SPSSXL. Best wishes to you in your next chapter. Tony Babinec From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jon K Peck After 13 years teaching graduate econometrics, statistics, and computing at a university and 32 years at SPSS/IBM I will be retiring at the end of December. I will be on vacation during December. I plan to stay active on this list and on the new IBM Predictive Analytics Community (https://developer.ibm.com/predictiveanalytics/) and other SPSS activities. I will also do a little consulting. I joined SPSS in 1983 to work on the first SPSS PC product and worked on the pc architecture, the user interface, and various statistical procedures . Since then, I have worked on pretty much all aspects of the SPSS products, focusing on extensibility in particular in recent years. I have worked with many customers including many users on this list and other forums. It has been a great ride. If you want to keep in touch, I can be reached at [hidden email]. Best wishes to all for happy holidays and SPSS futures. Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
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Jon, I can't thank you enough. I certainly wouldn't have progressed in my career as far as I have done without the help I have received from you (and at times that too on a daily basis). Very pleased to hear you shall still be active on various forums. I hope IBM have an army of resource to take over from the void you shall be leaving of supporting and the on-going development of SPSS! Happy holidays and retirement! Jignesh On 27 November 2015 at 17:19, Jon K Peck <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Jon May I be among the first to wish you a long and happy retirement. You’ve been an enormous help to so many people, including pests like me. Glad to know you’ll still be on the list. Hope IBM give you a free licence for life and a new computer every two or three years. You deserve it. Best John John F Hall (Mr) [Retired academic survey researcher] Email: [hidden email] Website: www.surveyresearch.weebly.com SPSS start page: www.surveyresearch.weebly.com/1-survey-analysis-workshop PS I still have PC+ on an old machine and also the SCSS manual. From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jon K Peck After 13 years teaching graduate econometrics, statistics, and computing at a university and 32 years at SPSS/IBM I will be retiring at the end of December. I will be on vacation during December. I plan to stay active on this list and on the new IBM Predictive Analytics Community (https://developer.ibm.com/predictiveanalytics/) and other SPSS activities. I will also do a little consulting. I joined SPSS in 1983 to work on the first SPSS PC product and worked on the pc architecture, the user interface, and various statistical procedures . Since then, I have worked on pretty much all aspects of the SPSS products, focusing on extensibility in particular in recent years. I have worked with many customers including many users on this list and other forums. It has been a great ride. If you want to keep in touch, I can be reached at [hidden email]. Best wishes to all for happy holidays and SPSS futures. Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
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Jon, It's been a pleasure reading your posts regarding SPSS updates and solutions for all these years. I think back to a few years ago where I complained bitterly that there was no built-in procedure to fit "Rasch models" (various types of logistic regression model used in contemporary psychometrics to measure psychological constructs), and your response was such a pleasant surprise. You suggested that we search for an R extension that fit Rasch models, which we ultimately found. You then worked closely with me examining the algorithms and output to ensure the extension would produce correct and key statistics. While I'm sure this was routine for you, it was not for me. Rarely have I ever received that kind of support from a representative of a statistical software company. That's just one of many examples I could provide. I hope you remain an active participant during retirement and accessible to those at the University in which you taught. Your SPSS programming and statistical knowledge is vast and invaluable. While you are undoubtedly irreplaceable, I hope another engineer from SPSS would be willing to join and engage the list as you have. Thank you for all your contributions, Jon. Wishing you all the best for the next chapter of your life. Ryan Black ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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It is a little bit anxious to hear that the most noticeable pivot
behind SPSS developings is retiring. What will come to SPSS
Statistics?
Jon is the most active and helpful and responsive "insider" of it whom I know. And the one who has been creating numerous extensions (and macros and scripts) for everybody to use. Will ever SPSS enhance MATRIX and macro facilities if Jon will go (he says he's been lobbying those changes for some time)? I hope very much that Jon will continue being on the line and contributing. Meanwile, good hoildays to you. Have you places where to bicycle in winter? (Ah, sorry, yours winters are not like our russian ones...) ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
Re: A personal note
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Jon, thank you for your outstanding
contributions.
Best always,
J. Batista, Ph.D.
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In a message dated 11/27/2015 12:26:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Wow, what a shocker on a Friday afternoon! I concur with all of the comments already posted by others (Tony, Jignesh, John the pest, Ryan, Kirill, & J Batista). Jon, many thanks for your excellent contributions over the years, and all the best in your retirement.
Kind regards, Bruce (no aitch) ;-)
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Sad to see you go Jon, an SPSS legend...
Jon K Peck wrote >> After 13 years teaching graduate econometrics, statistics, and computing >> at a university and 32 years at SPSS/IBM I will be retiring at the end of >> December. I will be on vacation during December. >> >> I plan to stay active on this list and on the new IBM Predictive Analytics >> Community ( https://developer.ibm.com/predictiveanalytics/ ) and other >> SPSS activities. I will also do a little consulting. >> >> I joined SPSS in 1983 to work on the first SPSS PC product and worked on >> the pc architecture, the user interface, and various statistical >> procedures . Since then, I have worked on pretty much all aspects of >> the SPSS products, focusing on extensibility in particular in recent >> years. >> >> I have worked with many customers including many users on this list and >> other forums. >> >> It has been a great ride. If you want to keep in touch, I can be >> reached at >> jkpeck@ >> . >> >> Best wishes to all for happy holidays and SPSS futures. >> >> >> Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim Senior Software Engineer, IBM >> peck@.ibm >> phone: 720-342-5621 >> ===================== >> To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to >> LISTSERV@.UGA >> (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the >> command. To leave the list, send the command >> SIGNOFF SPSSX-L >> For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command >> INFO REFCARD > > > > > ----- > -- > Bruce Weaver > [hidden email] > http://sites.google.com/a/lakeheadu.ca/bweaver/ > > "When all else fails, RTFM." > > NOTE: My Hotmail account is not monitored regularly. > To send me an e-mail, please use the address shown above. > > -- > View this message in context: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/A-personal-note-tp5731062p5731069.html > Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the > command. To leave the list, send the command > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command > INFO REFCARD -- -- Dr Chris Stride, C. Stat, Statistician, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield Telephone: 0114 2223262 Fax: 0114 2727206 "Figure It Out" Statistical Consultancy and Training Service for Social Scientists Visit www.figureitout.org.uk for details of my consultancy services, and forthcoming training courses, which are also available on an in-house basis: - Data management using SPSS syntax - Advanced SPSS syntax and SPSS macros - Testing for Mediation and Moderation using SPSS - Multi-level Modelling using SPSS - Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling using Mplus - Testing for Mediation and Moderation using Mplus - Multi-level Modelling using Mplus - Latent Growth Curve Modelling using Mplus ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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Thanks for all the fish rods, Jon! Enjoy retirement! From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jon K Peck After 13 years teaching graduate econometrics, statistics, and computing at a university and 32 years at SPSS/IBM I will be retiring at the end of December. I will be on vacation during December. I plan to stay active on this list and on the new IBM Predictive Analytics Community (https://developer.ibm.com/predictiveanalytics/) and other SPSS activities. I will also do a little consulting. I joined SPSS in 1983 to work on the first SPSS PC product and worked on the pc architecture, the user interface, and various statistical procedures . Since then, I have worked on pretty much all aspects of the SPSS products, focusing on extensibility in particular in recent years. I have worked with many customers including many users on this list and other forums. It has been a great ride. If you want to keep in touch, I can be reached at [hidden email]. Best wishes to all for happy holidays and SPSS futures. Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
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Congratulations.
However, having known you through your postings, and having met face to face on many occasions, I assume that you will be joining those of us who are "allegedly retired". Since I retired in 2001 you have been a great help on the pro bono human rights projects I have been working on. THANK YOU. Be sure to contact me if you are ever thinking of coming to the west coast of Florida
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All the best for your retirement, Jon.
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Art Kendall <[hidden email]> schrieb am 21:08 Samstag, 28.November 2015: Congratulations. However, having known you through your postings, and having met face to face on many occasions, I assume that you will be joining those of us who are "allegedly retired". Since I retired in 2001 you have been a great help on the pro bono human rights projects I have been working on. THANK YOU. Be sure to contact me if you are ever thinking of coming to the west coast of Florida ----- Art Kendall Social Research Consultants -- View this message in context: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/A-personal-note-tp5731062p5731073.html Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD
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Jon, You have been such a trememndous resource for us all, and generous with your time, insights, and contributions. Many, many thanks. I wish you the very best for your v2.0! Bob Walker Surveys & Forecasts, LLC From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]]
On Behalf Of Jon K Peck After 13 years teaching graduate econometrics, statistics, and computing at a university and 32 years at SPSS/IBM I will be retiring at the end of December. I will be on vacation
during December. I plan to stay active on this list and on the new IBM Predictive Analytics Community (https://developer.ibm.com/predictiveanalytics/)
and other SPSS activities. I will also do a little consulting. I joined SPSS in 1983 to work on the first SPSS PC product and worked on the pc architecture, the user interface, and various statistical procedures . Since then, I have worked
on pretty much all aspects of the SPSS products, focusing on extensibility in particular in recent years. I have worked with many customers including many users on this list and other forums. It has been a great ride. If you want to keep in touch, I can be reached at
[hidden email]. Best wishes to all for happy holidays and SPSS futures.
Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
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