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Last week I showed how to use simulation to estimate the power of a statistical test. I used the two-sample t test to illustrate the technique. In my example, the difference between the means of two groups was 1.2, and the simulation estimated a probability of 0.72 that the t
One of the great things about SAS libraries is that you can write your programs to read and write data without having to worry about where the data lives. SAS data set on a file system? Oracle table in a database server? Hadoop data in Hive? For many SAS applications,
Echtzeit? Den Algo-Tradern wird das jetzt ein Lächeln auf die Lippen zaubern. Natürlich rede ich in diesem Zusammenhang nicht über Milli- oder Mikrosekunden, aber über Antwortzeiten die für einen Fachanwender akzeptabel sind, um interaktiv mit einer analytischen Applikation zu arbeiten. In diesem Fall darf sich nämlich eine solche Anwendung schon
A SAS user told me that he computed a vector of values in the SAS/IML language and wanted to use those values on a statement in a SAS procedure. The particular application involved wanting to use the values on the ESTIMATE and CONTRAST statements in a SAS regression procedure, but
They say "Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery"... Therefore when I imitate Hans Rosling's famous world-data animation, it's not that I'm jealous, but that I'm paying homage to him! (OK, and maybe also a little bit jealous! LOL) Well, anyway, for those of you who haven't seen it,
Reading Jan Bigalke’s SAS Global Forum paper on “Hardening a SAS® Installation on a multi tier installation on Linux" reminded me of baking apple stack cake with my mother. Neither is a simple project. Both are time-consuming, and their success depends on how skillfully you handle each layer. Data security
The power of a statistical test measures the test's ability to detect a specific alternate hypothesis. For example, educational researchers might want to compare the mean scores of boys and girls on a standardized test. They plan to use the well-known two-sample t test. The null hypothesis is that the
Meine Oma sagte mal zu mir: „Gut dass du Jura studierst, das ist ein Beruf mit Zukunft. Denn betrogen wird immer.“ Zwar hatte ich zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch gar keine Entscheidung über meinen beruflichen Weg getroffen, der Satz selbst allerdings blieb mir im Gedächtnis. In all den Jahren hat sich
At SAS, one of our core values is to be swift and agile. So it makes sense that our software development be Agile too. The Agile methodology has been around for more than 10 years and was designed with software development in mind. Today, it is still used predominately for
Often we want to visualize the relationship between variables over time. The understanding of such data can be improved by viewing the animated graph over time. With SAS 9.4, you can create animated graphs using the new animation options on the OPTIONS statement and the PRINTER destination. A popular example an
I recently read an interesting article in The Economist, where they describe "The Big Mac index." This is an index they invented as a lighthearted guide to compare currencies in different countries. In their article they create a multi-panel display (similar to a dashboard) where they compare the index for several countries using
A good chunk of the SAS year revolves around SAS Global Forum. Pre-conference, everyone is busy polishing presentations and planning meetings. Post-conference is the best—attendees come back to Cary with heads full of customer ideas to implement and notebooks full of contacts to follow up on. One user's request found its
Humans have over 10,000 taste buds which are made up of hundreds of receptor cells that control our sense of taste. Each type of receptor responds to one of these 5 basic tastes: Sweet: activated by presence of sugars (ie: fruit, sugary drinks, desserts) Salty: activated by presence sodium chloride
"And the winner is…" Ob der Branchen-Oskar für wirksame Marktkommunikationen, der "GWA Effie", oder die "Löwen von Cannes" für inspirierende Kreativität: Im Frühsommer ist es traditionell wieder an der Zeit, Preise zu verleihen* in der Marketing- und Werbebranche! Sicher: Kreative Leistungen und erfolgreiche Zielgruppenansprachen in klassischen Medien, im Online-Bereich oder im
Last week I alluded to some very useful applications of the Copy Files task. This is one of them. If you have SAS Enterprise Guide 7.13 or later, the Copy Files task is in the Tasks->Data menu. In earlier versions, you'll have to download/install the task as a custom task.