Groundhog bags the cold and uses SAS to predict shadow

Elizabeth Ceranowski
Elizabeth Ceranowski|February 2, 2009

This morning, the good folks in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania heard from Punxsutawney Phil that he did see his shadow. What they don’t know is that he used SAS to predict whether his shadow was there or not. For years, Phil has wandered out into the freezing cold to determine if winter [...]

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SAS in the class -- on demand

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|August 15, 2007

SAS has a rich heritage in academia, and we know that lots of colleges (and even some high schools) use SAS to teach students statistics and research methods. Now SAS (the company) has made it easier for professors to offer courses that use SAS. This fall, SAS offers the SAS [...]

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Reporters use SAS? Yes!

Beverly Brown
Beverly Brown|June 25, 2007

Trips to far-away conferences fill me with dread: 1) I don’t like to fly; 2) Striking up conversations with people I don’t know is difficult and wears me out. The Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference (IRE) which I recently attended in Phoenix, proves it’s worth venturing outside my comfort zone. [...]

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SAS Global Forum papers and presentations

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|April 26, 2007

I’ve noticed a few searchers showing up here looking for SAS Global Forum presentations, so I thought I’d provide some links that might help: Search Conference Proceedings: official conference site that houses proceedings as far back as SUGI 22. Proceedings for the 2007 conference are still being compiled. SAS Paper [...]

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Feeling the energy

Shelley Sessoms
Shelley Sessoms|April 19, 2007

After days, weeks, months spent sitting behind a computer I sometimes have a hard time envisioning our customers. This can be bad because I write newsletters designed for them every month. I respond to their email inquiries…but sometimes can’t picture a face to go along with a name. Today, I [...]

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Why I'm not in marketing

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|April 6, 2007

  I was searching for a metaphor to introduce SAS user conference attendees to SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office. Press PLAY on the video to see what I came up with. I premiered this movie at a recent SAS conference in Atlanta (hey, there was even a tie-in with the [...]

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"Listen up kids. This thing is called a 'punch card'."

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|March 26, 2007

I was recently invited to address a group of high school students who are enrolled in a SAS programming course. That’s right — I said high school students. These students are part of the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) at a local high school. The AOIT is part of the [...]

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Conference planning

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|March 13, 2007

Last week I spoke with Robert Fecht, the SAS Global Forum 2007 Conference Chair, about his plans for this year’s conference in Orlando. He was in Canada when we spoke over the phone but heading to North Carolina for a few days of meetings with conference team leaders. Fecht is [...]

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Birthday preoccupation

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|March 7, 2007

Walking through the Raleigh-Durham airport recently, I overheard a young woman say to her friends, “Right now I’m only 19. But on October 19th, I’ll be 20 … and then next year on October 19th, I’ll be 21.” I was trying to remember the last time I looked forward to [...]

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