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Are you afraid that if you take a ride in a taxi, you might get "taken for a ride"? If trying to figure out the reasonable price of a taxi is a bit voodoo/black-box to you, here is a SAS data analysis of over 12 million NYC Yellow Cab rides, that

This year's SAS Global Forum conference will take place April 18-21 at The Venetian in Las Vegas. For SAS/OR, SAS staff will present two Super Demos and three papers:

Strengthen your legs and core with April's Yoga Pose of the month: Revolved Chair (Sanskrit: Parivrtta Utkatasana)

Some people think motorcycle racing is a sport for thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies. So you might be surprised to hear that after many years of racing, I’ve found it to be a contemplative activity more related to precision and prediction than reckless abandon. In motorcycle racing, the driver has

Was zeichnet ein erfolgreiches Unternehmen aus? Entscheidender Indikator für den Erfolg ist der Umsatz und der daraus resultierende Gewinn des laufenden Geschäftsjahres. Was auf der einen Seite hart erarbeitet wird, geht allerdings auf der anderen Seite oft leichtfertig verloren. So büßen viele Unternehmen laut Analystenstudien etwa acht Prozent ihres Gewinns

Según proyecciones del reporte Big Data Analytics de Strategy Analytics, durante 2016 las empresas van a invertir más de 40 mil millones de dólares en soluciones de Big Data. Las nuevas experiencias analíticas son el camino que están encontrando las empresas para imaginar, crear e innovar a partir de su

Have you ever used SAS to produce reports for publishing? Have you ever thought of or been told about suppressing data in such reports? Why do we need to suppress (in the sense of withholding, concealing, obscuring or hiding) data in published reports? The reason is simple - in order

Tax preparation software has encouraged the gamification of tax evasion, making it tantalizingly simple to bump up the value of a tax refund. This is alarming, but it's easy to see how we got here. I love classic video games. When I was a kid, Atari made the best games, but hard

Just like my hero Mike Rowe on the Dirty Jobs TV show, I'm finally diving into an area involving water quality ... and poop! Let's take a graphical look at just how clean (or dirty) the water is, at the lake where my Raleigh Dragon Boat Club practices... Before we get

Life is busy...super busy! There are hardly enough minutes in the day to get everything done and the last thing anyone wants to do after a long day is slave over a hot stove for hours. However, believe it or not, preparing healthy, well-balanced meals IS possible to fit into

„Oh Mann, mach ihn doch rein.“ Wer kennt das nicht, man fiebert live im Stadion oder auf der heimischen Couch mit seinem Lieblingsteam, das gerade versucht, ein wichtiges Match zu gewinnen oder die langersehnte Trophäe zu ergattern. Ja, und dann sitzt man da auf seinem Sitz oder im Sessel und

On the search for some SAS notes, workarounds or sample code? What you may not know is that there are a ton of SAS resources out there providing examples, tips and tricks that are great to have in your tool belt! Many of these resources provide sufficient insight and resolutions

Welcome to the dreaded week when procrastinators embrace their fates as responsible taxpayers. While you and I may be paying our taxes, to no surprise, as much as $2 trillion in the underground economy will go unreported this year in the U.S. While that number may seem shocking, and the percentage is higher than

Sind Sie ein Geodät ? Tragen Sie Ihr Smartphone in den Wald? Wenn, dann wohl eher unbewusst und ohne einen expliziten Standpunkt zu suchen... Ihr Smartphone hat einen – und zwar so plus/minus fünf Meter genau. Und das ist gleichzeitig der Ausgangspunkt für eine visuelle Verbesserung der Welt – einfach so beim

People sometimes ask me, “What is there to do when I’m in town for SAS Global Forum when I’m NOT attending the conference? After getting over the shock of finding these people in my house, emptying out my fridge, I realize they are simply offering me positive reinforcement based on