A sure-fire SAS Global Forum idea: yours for free

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|November 11, 2011

You can still get a paper proposal in for SAS Global Forum 2012. All you need is an idea. And probably some data. And also, some techniques for analyzing that data. Oh, and some conclusions would be helpful as well. I know: you are a busy person! You might not [...]

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The unlikely pedigree of sample data in SAS

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|September 6, 2011

We ship many sample data sets with SAS products. By using well-understood sample data sets, we can teach concepts or show off product features without distracting the audience/students with data collection or prep. At least, that’s the way it’s supposed to work. But occasionally the sample data can cause a [...]

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How to add HTMLBlue to your list of styles in SAS Enterprise Guide

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|August 2, 2011

One of the great innovations with SAS 9.3 is the focus on ODS statistical graphics. “Wait a minute,” you’re thinking, “weren’t ODS graphics added in SAS 9.2?” Yes, that’s true.  But with SAS 9.3 there is even more capability: more analytical SAS procedures support the graphs, and there are more [...]

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ODS Graphics: new features and bundling in SAS 9.3

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|July 14, 2011

Rick Wicklin created his own list of Five Interface and Graphics Features that Everyone Can Use. It’s a very good summary of what you’ll immediately notice when you use analytics procedures in SAS display manager: cool graphs turned on by default. For SAS Enterprise Guide users, you won’t see such [...]

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Using ODS Graphics Designer with SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|March 2, 2011

The ODS Graphics Designer allows you to design and build your own statistical graphs in SAS, without having to learn how to program in the new graph template language (GTL). The ODS Graphics Designer is a rich user interface that allows you to design these graphs based upon your own [...]

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This is your Science Fair, on SAS

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|January 26, 2011

Last week I talked about how I volunteered to serve as a judge for a middle-school science fair. As I expected, I enjoyed the experience quite a bit, and I hope the students got something positive from me as well. I evaluated several really impressive projects at the 7th grade [...]

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Mmm, dogfood

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|July 14, 2008

Here at SAS, we eat our own dogfood*. Actually, that’s an understatement — it’s better to say that we feast on it. I’ve been using SAS 9.2 (released earlier this year) and SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2 (not yet released) for many months (years, actually) to accomplish several tasks, including to [...]

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