Compete in the Data Mining Shootout

Carrie Vetter
Carrie Vetter|April 16, 2012

Once again it is time for the Data Mining Shootout. This competition is now in its sixth year and is a great way for faculty and student teams to showcase their data mining skills. Participants in the Data Mining Shootout will be given a hypothetical, but common business problem to solve. [...]

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Students, posters, and a free trip to Las Vegas!

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|April 5, 2012

Who doesn’t love a free trip to Las Vegas? I would “bet” that some people love it almost as much as they love Analytics!  If you are a student and you are working on a class project, thesis, or dissertation that involves analytics, the Analytics 2012 Student Poster Contest is [...]

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Faculty members spend spring semester integrating more analytics into their courses

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|March 16, 2012

There have been several blogs recently discussing the importance of analytical skills for students.  Students these days need to be savvy about the courses they select.  Taking courses that broaden knowledge and give practical experience with the questions and tools used in industry to find solutions, will give you an [...]

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Students need to develop skills related to working with unstructured text data

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|February 17, 2012

It used to be so simple.  Pick a major, take lots of courses in the major and take several other courses to ensure your educational experience is well rounded.  It’s not that simple anymore.  Now days, the courses you take can have a huge impact on your employability after graduation.  [...]

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SAS is offering free workshops in Advanced Business Analytics or Data Mining to educators again this summer!

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|January 26, 2012

Organizations today are dealing with diverse issues, a wider range of regulations and heightened global competition.  Insights gleaned from data about customers, suppliers, operations and performance will provide companies an edge in solving complex business problems. The market demand for professionals with data management, analytical and problem solving skills is [...]

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The Institute for Advanced Analytics discusses the importance of students earning SAS certifications

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|January 19, 2012

I am frequently contacted by students who are nearing graduation, have SAS skills, and are interested in working here at SAS or for one of our customers.  In my conversations with these students, they are eager to point out any SAS certifications they have earned.  Likewise, I am often contacted [...]

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Institutional Research and SAS!

Tom Bohannon
Tom Bohannon|December 20, 2011

College campuses have emptied out as final exams are completed and commencement ceremonies have now passed.  But, in just a few short weeks campuses across the nation will be brimming with students, faculty and staff and the daily activities of a college campus will be in full swing once again.  Making everything operate efficiently [...]

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Mining With Trees?

Tom Bohannon
Tom Bohannon|December 14, 2011

I first was exposed to decision trees several years ago when working on a predictive modeling project for Baylor University. At first glance the graphics resembled an organizational chart and the terminology associated with trees was different and strange. These were terms such as root, branch, leaves, pruning, splitting, random [...]

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%GetTweet: A macro to collect and summarize tweets

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|December 1, 2011

I am always impressed by the innovative ways students use SAS.  If  you are not very familiar with SAS and happen to think students just use SAS to do their stat exercises for class, then you’ll want to check out this students paper on how he uses SAS to collect and summarize tweets. His work won first prize at the ‘Wal-Mart and [...]

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Statistics for the sniffles

Chad Austin
Chad Austin|November 21, 2011

The onset of winter brings with it a rise in coughing, sneezing and wheezing. But what impact does winter weather have on hospital stays resulting from the spread of infectious diseases?  And how can one predict which types of storms may result in more hospitalizations? Those are the questions that [...]

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