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Rick Wicklin 0
How to Winsorize data in SAS

Recently a SAS customer asked how to Winsorize data in SAS. Winsorization is best known as a way to construct robust univariate statistics. The Winsorized mean is a robust estimate of location. The Winsorized mean is similar to the trimmed mean, and both are described in the documentation for PROC

Internet of Things
David Pope 0
Analytics examples using smart grid technology

The smart grid is a technology infrastructure that adds intelligent capabilities to the electricity distribution system. When you apply analytics to the smart grid data, you can automate and  improve operations, maintenance, planning and customer satisfaction - among other processes. As utilities continue to upgrade meters, transformers, and add new sensors and equipment,

Analytics
Stuart Rose 0
Help wanted

The insurance industry is heading for a crisis. Depending on which report you read the insurance industry is facing a shortfall in job vacancy from anything from 40,000 to nearly half million in the next few years. Baby boomers in specialized jobs like underwriters and claims adjusters are retiring and insurers

Daniel Aunvig 0
Transparency is the new currency in marketing

The boundaries between the company and its marketplace are increasingly blurred. We are now part of a reality in which customers play a much more integrated and active part in the processes of research and development, marketing and customer service. Little about a company and its offerings will ever again

Cornelius Kimmer 0
Wie funktioniert eigentlich … Event Stream Processing

..... Event Stream Processing im Alltag? Ist Ihre Kreditkartenzahlung sicher? Ja? Es wird suggeriert, dass die Kreditkartenzahlung mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit nicht angreifbar und sicher ist. Inwieweit entspricht das subjektive Sicherheitsempfinden den realen Tatsachen? Wir als Laien wissen es nicht genau und können es noch weniger erklären. ---------- ESP von SAS

Analytics
Russ Cobb 0
Surfing big waves

I just spent much of the past week watching and trying to ride waves on the North Carolina coast. Small waves, mind you, nothing spectacular and certainly nothing that you would consider edgy or life-altering. Nothing that big wave surfers like Laird Hamilton, Garrett McNamara and others of their substance

Rick Wicklin 0
Simulating a drunkard's walk in SAS

You've probably heard of a random walk, but have you heard about the drunkard's walk? I've previously written about how to simulate a one-dimensional random walk in SAS. In the random walk, you imagine a person who takes a series of steps where the step size and direction is a

Cindy Puryear 0
Macros Tip: %INCLUDE vs. Macro Language

This SAS author tip is from Robert Virgile, author of “SAS Macro Language Magic: Discovering Advanced Techniques”.  It actually came about when a reader posted a comment on one of Virgile’s blogs. Thank you to that reader for their comment! Technically, %INCLUDE is not part of macro language.  Yes, it

Mike Hitmar 0
Being SMUG is a good thing

Congratulations! You are part of a prestigious and exclusive club! A club of innovators and forward thinkers. A club of manufacturing professionals dedicated to data and the power of analytically driven decisions to make your organization the best that it can be - you are a SAS user. The best

Analytics | Data Management
Mark Torr 0
What’s the future of analytics within the enterprise architecture?

What does the future of analytics look like in your organizations enterprise architecture? Does it include thinking about a two speed approach to analytics which includes both: An agile rapidly changing analytics platform for innovation (a lab) seperated from operations and broad enterprise audience usage A slowly moving systematic enterprise analytics platform (a factory)

Data Visualization
Sanjay Matange 0
Row Lattice Headers

The SGPANEL procedure makes it easy to create graph panels that are classified by one or more classifiers.  The "Panel" layout is the default and it places the classifier values in cell headers at the top of each cell. When using LAYOUT=Latice or RowLattice, the row headers are placed at

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