I like to think that I have a graph for all occasions – Chinese New Year is no exception! … This year, the Chinese New Year is on Feb 10, 2013. The date varies from year to year, because it’s based on the lunar (moon) cycles. I thought it would [...]
We had some fierce wind storms all across the United States yesterday, which even spawned some tornadoes! It looks like we weathered the storm OK here in Cary (but I still need to run out to the lake and make sure my pontoon/houseboat is still there, agh!). Anyway … as with other [...]
In the U.S. we have a presidential election every 4 years – and as luck would have it, 2012 is an election year! I see a lot of election maps & graphs in the news, and I’m always subconsciously critiquing them in my mind and thinking to myself, “How would I graph this [...]
You’ve all heard about the recent meningitis outbreak, right? Being a data-guy and a map-guy, I went looking for maps related to the outbreak. I found the following map on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website. It shows the states that received the recalled drug used in epidurals (for back [...]
By now, most of you probably already know how to add drill downs and hover text to your SAS graphs. But did you know you can add pop-up images and graphs? Here are a couple of examples … In this first example, when you hover your mouse over each state, you [...]
Avast Mateys! Did you know that International Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up?!? (September 19) Here’s the official website, if you’d like more info. And what better way to get into the spirit of things than to use SAS/GRAPH to plot some real pirate data – Arrrr!!! Here’s [...]
Facebook has millions of users, and therefore when people share an interesting graph on Facebook it can “go viral” and millions of people might see it. Some of the graphs are obviously a bit biased – especially ones that are trying to sway your opinion one way or another on a topic [...]
Everyone in the world has their attention turned towards the Olympics this week, so what better topic to tie in to a SAS/GRAPH blog than that?!?! I had seen a graph on the guardian website that I thought was interesting, so I decided to try to create my own (slightly different) [...]
Hi! I’m Michele Reister and I’ll be providing you with an insider’s view into the world of SAS training. Follow along with my colleagues and me as we offer up practical information to help you become a better SAS user.