Jedi SAS Tricks: Some Experience Required

Mark Jordan
Mark Jordan|February 28, 2012

As a Master Chief in US Navy submarines, one of my favorite sayings was “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgment.”  I’ve always had difficulty solidly learning new programming techniques in a traditional classroom.  The new techniques and theories I’ve learned don’t really take root until I’ve used them to solve [...]

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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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Discriminant Analysis, Priors, and Fairy-Selection

Catherine Truxillo
Catherine Truxillo|January 6, 2011

A student in my multivariate class last month asked a question about prior probability specifications in discriminant function analysis: What if I don’t know what the probabilities are in my population? Is it best to just use the default in PROC DISCRIM? First, a quick refresher of priors in discriminant [...]

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

Catherine Truxillo
Catherine Truxillo|January 3, 2011

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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Keeping the Analytical Trenches Fresh

Catherine Truxillo
Catherine Truxillo|November 18, 2010

You know the old joke, Q. How can you tell an extroverted statistician from an introverted statistician? A. The extrovert looks at your shoes when they talk. Well, the statisticians that I work with every day are a pretty lively bunch, so this joke doesn’t really apply, but it brings [...]

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Certification Discussion on FaceBook

Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens|September 23, 2010

Hi all. Just a quick note to point out a recent certification discussion on the SAS Training Facebook page. If you haven’t become a fan of SAS Training, maybe now is the time? It’s yet another great community to chat with your fellow SAS users and find additional training resources. [...]

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Short on time, but need to learn?

Mike Kalt
Mike Kalt|August 17, 2010

Those of you who have anxiously been awaiting the next installments in my “What is there to do in Cary?” series may have noticed a distinct lack of output over the last month or so. This is due to the fact that I have been forced to spend my time [...]

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How a SAS Training Course is Made - Part 1

Michele Reister
Michele Reister|August 11, 2010

Editor’s Note: Meet Rick Cornell, SAS Training Course Development Manager. In a multi-part series, Rick will tell us about how a SAS training course is born. In this first installment, learn where a course comes from, what new courses are in the works and Rick’s desert island list of albums. [...]

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Learning Doesn't End When the Class Does

Michele Reister
Michele Reister|July 27, 2010

I wanted to blog about our new Extended Learning Pages, but Larry LaRusso beat me to it in the latest issue of SAS Training Report. Larry is a fantastic story-teller, so instead of trying to come up with something original, I decided to share his story with you: For most [...]

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Zero to SAS Certified Base Programmer in 3 months (Part 1)

Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens|July 1, 2010

I’m happy to report that I have achieved my SAS Certified Base Programmer credential. w00t!. I took my first SAS programming course on March 10th and passed my exam on June 18th (so I guess a more accurate title would say 3 months and 8 days!). I thought I would [...]

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