SAS VoicesScatter plots for scatter brainsMay 17, 2013
The Data Visualization Charting 101 series explores different tools to visualize data. Check out other posts to see which data visualization is right ...Read More
Customer AnalyticsThree M's to improve marketing: measure, match and mobileMay 17, 2013
Hello! As a new contributor to this blog, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Dwight Mouton and yes that's a French last name. I'm orginally f...Read More
State and Local ConnectionValue-added myth busting, Part 4: Value-added models cannot measure growth of students who have missing data or are highly mobileMay 17, 2013
Students with missing test scores are often highly mobile students and are more likely to be low-achieving students. It is important to include these ...Read More
SAS Users GroupsWhy is SAS 9.4 a big deal?May 17, 2013
SAS Global Forum 2013 is a couple weeks in the past, but the feedback and anticipation shared by customers as they heard about SAS 9.4 are still fresh...Read More
The Analytic Hospitality Executive“Big Data” Revenue Management May 17, 2013
Back in October, Kelly rather succinctly stated that “Revenue management has always been a “big data” problem.” This is very true. This week, as we ...Read More
Graphically SpeakingReport from PharmaSUG 2013May 16, 2013
The PharmaSUG 2013 conference in Chicago this week was awesome. From the perspective of graphics, there was great interest in using SG Procedures, De...Read More
The SAS DummyAn FTP-style task in SAS Enterprise Guide: user-driven fixesMay 16, 2013
A few months ago I released the Copy Files task for use with SAS Enterprise Guide. The task allows you to transfer any files between your PC and a SA...Read More
SAS VoicesDiscovering statistics resourcesMay 16, 2013
Get ready statistics lovers. As part of my new role, I’ve been researching and discovering all the resources that SAS has for statistics – and I’m eag...Read More
The Corner OfficeEurope cannot afford another Doha RoundMay 16, 2013
As the European depression deepens and unemployment soars, policymakers are desperate to restore growth in a region crippled by debt. Opportunity knoc...Read More
The SAS Training PostVisualizing NFL fans on a map, based on Facebook ‘like’ dataMay 16, 2013
Are you an NFL fan, or curious about analyzing social media data? -- Well, in either case, this blog's for you! I recently read a fascinating Faceb...Read More
The Analytic InsurerSpring AwakeningMay 16, 2013
Spring means many things for different people. For some it’s the start of the baseball season; for others it’s daffodils, tulips and azaleas season. ...Read More
The SAS BookshelfTop 3 reasons to learn PROC TEMPLATEMay 15, 2013
We’re just coming back from SAS Global Forum, and what a show! SAS Books was there to provide users with the highest-quality resources for learning SA...Read More
The SAS Training PostCountdown to the Analytics Conference in London – London EtiquetteMay 15, 2013
In my last post, I promised to lift the lid on British etiquette in time for your visit to the Analytics conference. Well, I’m going to be a bit more ...Read More
SAS VoicesDo you see what I see: a real-world data visualizationMay 15, 2013
What do you see when you look at the picture to the right? Like you, I see a busy dad with his daughter trying to maneuver a shopping cart full of ...Read More
JMP BlogJMP data modeling challenge launched by ENBISMay 15, 2013
ENBIS, the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics, has launched the next JMP Challenge sponsored by JMP. You have until June 15 to s...Read More
SAS Users GroupsPre-assign SAS libraries? If so, which method? May 15, 2013
As we have seen my previous post "Seeing SAS data through metadata", there is a fundamental difference between accessing a SAS library using a physica...Read More
A Shot in the Arm“Voice of the Patient” Front & Center at the 10th Annual SAS Health Care and Life Sciences Executive ConferenceMay 15, 2013
The SAS Health Care and Life Sciences Executive Conference kicks off in Cary, North Carolina on May 15th with executive attendees from across the heal...Read More
The DO LoopHow to vectorize computations in a matrix languageMay 15, 2013
Last week someone posted an interesting question to the SAS/IML Support Community. The problem involved four nested DO loops and took hours to run. ...Read More
Customer AnalyticsThe marketer scientist balances art and scienceMay 15, 2013
We're pleased to have Scott Brinker, a thought leader and entrepreneur at the intersection of marketing and technology, as the newest contributor to o...Read More
Left of the Date LineEmergent CMO - marketer or scientist?May 15, 2013
Later this month, I'll have the privilege of meeting with groups of CMOs and other marketing leaders across South Asia as part of an event tour with S...Read More
SAS VoicesBig data is back ... and he has a mail cartMay 14, 2013
A few weeks ago, we asked, "What would big data say if it could talk?" Today, we might ask, "What if big data had a mail cart?!" It's a fun meta...Read More
The SAS BookshelfWearing two hats at SAS Global ForumMay 14, 2013
The annual conference in SAS Francisco is now a pleasant memory. And what a pleasant one it was! I saw so many of my user friends and met some new on...Read More
The SAS Training PostFlorence Nightingale and the Analytics ConferenceMay 14, 2013
This year we’re holding the first of our Analytics Series conferences in London, right by Waterloo Station. Not too far from the hotel is the Floren...Read More
JMP BlogMaking change happen in teaching statisticsMay 14, 2013
Educators from around the world will gather this week at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Research Triangle, NC, to attend this year’...Read More
Value AlleySurvey Says…. Kitchen!May 14, 2013
The question, by the way, was: “Where do you most commonly sort your mail”. And the reason is that the kitchen is where the trash can is. Let’s ...Read More
How the US Olympic Committee leveraged real-time data at London 2012 Games
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“Faster, Higher, Stronger” is the Olympic motto. In a Keynote Lunch presentation at SAS Global Forum, Tim Patrick, Director of Enterprise Applications for the United States Olympic Committee, explained how technology, data analysis and visualization are helping fulfill that mission. After a successful showing at the Vancouver games, Patrick and ... Read More
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