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Public Relations Manager for SAS.

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It’s March: Time for Hoops … and Analytics!

Three business professors are using SAS analytic software to accurately predict the at-large teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The professors’ Dance Card model is averaging 93.5% accuracy over the last 11 years. The professors -- Jay Coleman of the Univ. of North Florida in Jacksonville; Allen Lynch of Mercer

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An analytics Golden Age

During the Dutch Golden Age (spanning the 17th century), artists like Vermeer, Jan Steen and Rembrandt produced amazing scenes of everyday life, realistic portraits, and moody landscapes infused with shadows and light. Through their skilled use of paint and brush, these “Dutch Masters” provided new ways of looking at the

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We few, we happy few ...

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; … These lines are from the famous St. Crispin’s Day speech of Shakespeare’s historical play Henry V. King Henry V of England motivated his troops before the Battle

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Analytics gone wild?

A recent post on the International Institute for Analytics (IIA) site, Analytics Conferences Gone Wild!, is*not* about how statisticians are sexy. Yes, I'm recalling that memorable quote in the August 2009 NY Times story, "For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics,” which included the following quote: “I keep saying that

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Our birthday gift to customers

A popular custom among the diminutive hobbits of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth was giving away presents on their birthdays instead of receiving them. This week, SAS toasted its birthday, celebrating 35 years as an analytic innovator, by giving its customers a gift: the latest version of SAS analytics and data management