Day One at SAS Analytics 2011

Day one of SAS’ Analytics 2011 conference is in the books and wow, what a great opening day. As I mentioned in my post from yesterday, Anaytics 2011 is SAS’ analytics conference and covers all areas of analytics, including forecasting, data mining, visualization, text mining, and optimization. When I took the stage this morning (with [...]

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Greetings from Analytics 2011

Hello everyone. My name is Jerry Oglesby and I’m the Sr. Director of SAS’ Global Academic and Certification Program and the co-chair of SAS’ 14th annual analytics conference, Analytics 2011. For those of you joining us in Orlando starting today (Monday), we’ve put together an impressive program for you and [...]

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Moving standard deviation

Dear Miss SAS Answers, I am having a tough time developing SAS code to determine volatility ( i.e.: the moving standard deviation using GARCH approach). I need a conditional volatility measure of exchange rate from past 40 years. I have data from the past 50 years, and I would like to determine volatility using [...]

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We Wanted to Call It "All the Statistics You Missed in B-School"

Happy New Year!! This is a good time to think about what was going on here in SAS Education one year ago, and to introduce you to a big project that I’m really excited to “take public.” In January 2010 (as well as throughout 2009), we kept getting cries for [...]

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What do Simon Cowell, Elvis Presley and SAS have in common?

Larry LaRusso is the Editor of SAS Training Report. His editorial letter from the May issue was so good, I thought I would share it with you. Enjoy! If you had to choose the Simon Cowell of the mid-1900s, you’d be hard-pressed to pick someone more qualified than James Rae [...]

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3 Questions with F2010 Business Forecasting Conference Co-Chairs

The F2010 Business Forecasting Conference will take place June 7-8 in Cary, NC at SAS Headquarters. Here’s the transcript from a brief interview with the conference co-chairs. Jerry Oglesby is the Director of Higher Education Consulting and Global Certification within the Education Division at SAS. He has been a conference [...]

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It’s the added value that counts

Welcome to SAS Training Post, the official blog of SAS Training & Certification! My name is Michele Reister and I am the social media manager for SAS Education. This blog will be a channel to provide you with value-add educational content to help you be a better SAS user. You’ll [...]

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