Tracking tornadoes with SAS

Robert Allison
Robert Allison|January 31, 2013

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 [...]

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SAS graphs for presidential elections

Robert Allison
Robert Allison|November 5, 2012

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 [...]

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Browser wars: And the winner is ...

Robert Allison
Robert Allison|August 28, 2012

Have you ever tried to put something on the Web, and then it looks different for other people (or maybe doesn’t work at all)? … And you eventually found that it was because they were using a different browser? That’s one of the reasons I like traditional SAS/Graph output — it’s simple [...]

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Is there bias in Facebook graphs?

Robert Allison
Robert Allison|August 20, 2012

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 [...]

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Good News for Map Geeks--SAS/GRAPH Mapping Course is Finally Here!

Mike Kalt
Mike Kalt|March 21, 2011

Growing up in Michigan, I, like all state residents, learned early on that the lower peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a mitten. This piece of information has served me well all my life; whenever I meet a stranger who wants to know where in Michigan I grew up, I [...]

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