10  Parting words

10.1 At journey’s end.

“In western lands beneath the Sun…”

Wow… What a journey…

You’ve vanquished foes and enemies such as the Logistic regression, Poisson regression, Negative Binomial regression, or Zero-Inflated models. You’ve explored model selection and validation, and estimated marginal means…

You’ve encountered Dahus, Lake Tarpon tarpies, two-toed alligators, Pacific Northwest thunderbirds, six-legged wampus cat, …

We’ve been through a lot together, but this is where our journey ends, and where your adventure begins.

Do not take your next step hesitantly. I am confident that the path forward, your path, will be filled with excitement and great deeds. Will you occasionally waiver? Undoubtedly. But I know you will find the strength and courage to persist. This is but just the beginning, and the data mountain is yours to conquer.

Farewell friend. May the Northern winds guide you. And remember:

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”

— John A. Shedd

You are going to be amazing, and may this “Generalized Linear Models in R: where no linear model has gone before” be your safe harbor to come back to.