Generation SASTeach your students to use SAS to solve problems: SAS workshops for high school teachersMay 20, 2013
SAS is offering summer workshops for high school teachers interested in integrating SAS into their high school programs. Join a growing network of te...Read More
Customer AnalyticsWhy you should be careful with LinkedIn connection requestsMay 20, 2013
Let me begin by saying that I am a huge fan of Linkedin. To folks who do not know LinkedIn, I always describe it as a "serious social network." Wh...Read More
The SAS Training PostBig data and Big Ben are part of Analytics 2013May 20, 2013
We are a month out from Analytics 2013 in London! I am already getting excited about the trip and am starting my list of what to pack (and where to go...Read More
JMP BlogBox & Lucas: Designed experiments for nonlinear modelsMay 20, 2013
All this month, I'm writing about George E.P. Box, as part of the celebration of the International Year of Statistics. Last week, I wrote about Box-Be...Read More
SAS VoicesAnalytics, the ultimate renewable resourceMay 20, 2013
The value of analytics to solve multiple business problems really makes analytics the ultimate reusable business investment, or as they say in the ene...Read More
The SAS DummyExport and download any file from SAS Enterprise GuideMay 20, 2013
Last week I alluded to some very useful applications of the Copy Files task. This is one of them. Using the SAS programming language, you can mani...Read More
SAS Users GroupsPot of gold at the end of each SAS user conferenceMay 20, 2013
Every time you see a rainbow, do you look to see where it begins and where it ends? Legend has it that there is a pot of gold at the end of each rainb...Read More
The DO LoopWays to multiply in the SAS/IML languageMay 20, 2013
For programmers who are learning the SAS/IML language, it is sometimes confusing that there are two kinds of multiplication operators, whereas in th...Read More- The SAS DummySpecial steps for installing the custom tasks that you downloadMay 19, 2013
Recent versions of SAS Enterprise Guide (version 5.1 and later) use Microsoft .NET 4.0, which enforces additional security requirements before runnin...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
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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