The Business Forecasting DealForecasting Fashion ApparelJan 27, 2012
Ten years ago I spent some time in women's undergarments*, as Director of Forecasting at Sara Lee Intimate Apparel (now Hanesbrands). Sure, it sounds...Read More
The SAS BookshelfSAS author's tip: Preserving indexes while using the COPY procedureJan 27, 2012
This week's tip comes from Michael Raithel and his timeless book The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes. There are many superlatives that can be used to de...Read More
The SAS DummyReaching a dubious peakJan 27, 2012
So many of us struggle with this mountain. In fact, 68.27% of us get within sight of reaching the summit (while 95.47% of us are at least on a percei...Read More
Real BI for Real UsersSAS BI Dashboard: It's all in a nameJan 27, 2012
When developing content in SAS BI Dashboard, such as indicators, ranges, and dashboards, knowing how to name them is pretty important. If changes are ...Read More
The Corner OfficeDavos 2012: How can we embrace opportunities in this risk-filled environment?Jan 27, 2012
A question that is on the forefront of many discussions in Davos this year is how do we create inclusive growth amidst a volatile environment fraught ...Read More
SAS Users GroupsFriday's Innovation Inspiration - Surface complexation modelingJan 27, 2012
What is surface complexation? Everyday I have to look something up on Google or in the dictionary. For example, do you know what a Cthulhu is? I had t...Read More
The DO LoopDetecting outliers in SAS: Part 2: Estimating scaleJan 27, 2012
In a previous blog post on robust estimation of location, I worked through some of the examples in the survey article, "Robust statistics for outli...Read More
The Analytic Hospitality ExecutiveAn analytic approach to multi-channel distribution managementJan 26, 2012
Most of what I have read over the last few months on hotels and online travel agents (OTAs) has read like a chapter from War and Peace. And sometimes ...Read More
Generation SASSAS is offering free workshops in Advanced Business Analytics or Data Mining to educators again this summer!Jan 26, 2012
Organizations today are dealing with diverse issues, a wider range of regulations and heightened global competition. Insights gleaned from data about...Read More
The SAS Bookshelf4 new Wiley and SAS Business Series booksJan 26, 2012
In a unique partnership that builds on the cutting edge business knowledge of SAS and the extensive publishing experience of Wiley, SAS Publishing and...Read More
JMP BlogTop 10 JMP Blog posts of 2011Jan 26, 2012
The numbers are in from my SAS colleagues, and I have a list of the top 10 JMP Blog posts of last year. The ranking is based on total number of pagevi...Read More
Graphically SpeakingNested graphsJan 26, 2012
Here are a couple of bar charts showing the city mileage of cars by Type and Origin using the SGPLOT procedure from the sashelp.cars dataset. t...Read More
SAS VoicesOlivia Parr-Rud on predictive analyticsJan 25, 2012
I've recently had the chance to work with Olivia Parr-Rud, an internationally recognized expert and thought leader in predictive analytics and innovat...Read More
The SAS Bookshelf3 things every elementary statistics student should knowJan 25, 2012
We’ve just published Chris Olsen’s Teaching Elementary Statistics with JMP, which offers the latest research on best practices and how JMP can fac...Read More- The Business Forecasting DealFor the love of forecastingJan 25, 2012
Love can make a person do bad, dangerous, stupid, and irresponsible things. Love of country can make a politician stray from his wife. Love of Pepsi ...Read More - Real BI for Real UsersNew job, same technology, huge customer valueJan 25, 2012
As many of you have already noticed, my LinkedIn profile and the blog profile blurb have changed. I took on an exciting new job in the SAS Solutions O...Read More - The SAS DummyExport to Excel 2010 just got a little bit easierJan 25, 2012
In case you missed it, the first maintenance release for SAS 9.3 was recently released. Because we're all friends here, you may call it "SAS 9.3M1" f...Read More - The DO LoopExplaining coincidenceJan 25, 2012
I was on vacation when a family member sidled up to me. "Rick, you're a statistician..." he began. I knew I was in trouble. He proceeded to...Read More 
State and Local ConnectionA sad reality: Crises drive positive change within criminal justiceJan 24, 2012
All too often an unspeakable tragedy leads to a needed policy or operational change through a newly-realized criminal justice system gap. While we con...Read More
Closing the Intelligence GapCFO.com’s CPM conference: CFOs see FOsJan 24, 2012
This January 30th the publisher CFO.com, that ranks roughly third of fifty financial media publishers in circulation behind the Wall Street Journal an...Read More
Information ArchitectThe end of tactical Data IntegrationJan 23, 2012
My last post focused on the business and technical aspects that are driving the need for a more strategic approach to managing data and information as...Read More
SAS VoicesHuman ingenuity is still the magicJan 23, 2012
The tools for analytics are getting more sophisticated as data becomes more voluminous, says Jim Sterne, President of Target Marketing, in the video b...Read More
JMP BlogComparing screening experiments using correlation cell plotsJan 23, 2012
What is a correlation cell plot? In my previous post, I proposed a new graphic diagnostic tool for evaluating designed experiments. The suggested g...Read More
SAS Users GroupsUnofficial Official Guide to SAS Global ForumJan 23, 2012
SAS Global Forum 2012 is just around the corner, and even those who have attended for the past 36 years need guidance in what to do and see. I thought...Read More- The DO LoopConstants in SASJan 23, 2012
Statistical programmers often need mathematical constants such as π (3.14159...) and e (2.71828...). Programmers of numerical algorithms often ne...Read More
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The analytics market is hot. We’ve been saying that for a while now, and so have many industry experts. If you didn’t believe it before now, check out our newly released 2011 financial results and see if that doesn’t convince you. SAS earned US$2.725 billion in revenues last year, a ... Read More
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