Did you know that 75-90% of visits to a health practitioner are related to stress? We all experience stress and not all stress is bad. Short-term stress helps us be motivated, but when it becomes chronic it can take a toll on our health and our quality of life. In
Composable, packaged, unbundled, traditional, reverse ETL, zero copy – these are just a few of the terms used to describe customer data platforms (CDPs) today. If you find that understanding the CDP marketspace is a bit like trying to discern meaning from a word salad (defined by Merriam-Webster as “a
The cold of winter and holiday gatherings push people indoors, causing a surge in influenza hospitalizations. Years of above-normal temperatures in southern states bring a species of mosquito that carries malaria to the US. Declining childhood immunization rates threaten to allow previously eradicated diseases like measles to become endemic again.
Statistical software provides methods to simulate independent random variates from continuous and discrete distributions. For example, in the SAS DATA step, you can use the RAND function to simulate variates from continuous distributions (such as the normal or lognormal distributions) or from discrete distributions (such as the Bernoulli or Poisson).
Electrolyte drinks (think Gatorade and Powerade) have been marketed to athletes for decades, but in the last few years electrolyte water, powder, drops and tablets have become all the rage. With electrolyte replacement options galore on the store shelves, you may be wondering if you should be taking them. There’s
SAS expert Ron Cody recently published a fiction novel, The Enigma Terrorists, in which SAS code plays a key role.
In a previous article, I presented some of the most popular blog posts from 2023. The popular articles tend to discuss elementary topics that have broad appeal. However, I also wrote many technical articles about advanced topics. The following articles didn't make the Top 10 list, but they deserve a
Where can you meet an iconic Silicon Valley reporter, a best-selling business book author, an experienced AI policy executive, a chief decision scientist from Google and a YouTube hot sauce sensation? All in one place? At our upcoming SAS Innovate event in Las Vegas, of course. SAS Innovate is the
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way medical professionals deliver care and manage patient data. By harnessing the power of advanced algorithms and machine learning, AI applications contribute to more accurate diagnostics, personalized treatment plans and streamlined administrative processes. The integration of AI into health care is helping create a
See why we think the use of AI assistants will take off in 2024.
An unobserved category is one that does not appear in a sample of data. For example, in a small sample of US voters, you are likely to observe members of the major political parties, but less likely to observe members of minor or fringe parties. This can cause a headache
Many executives may be feeling supply chain anxiety. The pace of disruptions – weather events, aggressive marketing techniques, transportation bottlenecks, and more – remains high, and there are already signs of consumer uncertainty in 2024. To manage the unknown and keep supply chains strong, some organizations are employing intelligent, real-time
It goes without saying that technology and interconnectedness has brought immense benefits to our lives, but it has also introduced new challenges, particularly for our seniors. One of the most prevalent and concerning issues faced by older adults is the threat of fraud. Seniors are often targeted due to perceived
Nurturing New Habits Do you run on autopilot? Many of us do. Because of this, it might take some effort to build new habits because it is easy to fall into default mode (aka Old Habits). This is certainly the time of year that resolutions and good intentions are born.
In 2023, I wrote 90 articles for The DO Loop blog. My most popular articles were about SAS programming, data visualization, and statistics. In addition, several "general interest" articles were popular, including my article for Pi Day and an article about AI chatbots. If you missed any of these articles,
The SAS-managed services teams provide cutting-edge technology with dedicated service and support. Will Morris and his Build Services team are experienced SAS administrators and engineers who install, configure and tune SAS software and solutions in the cloud. With decades of experience hosting SAS solutions, Build Services utilizes proven best practices
For the data scientists and developers who use analytics to extract insights from massive volumes of data, it’s easy to see the appeal of operating in a metacloud environment. After all, analytics workloads are not only resource-intensive – they’re also highly variable and differ in terms of importance and urgency.
In a 2009 ACFE report on the 2008 financial crisis, about half (49%) of 500 fraud experts surveyed cited increased financial pressure as the foremost factor driving the year’s fraud surge. It is a testament to what fraud examiners have long understood: fraud never goes away but changes with the
Learn how to fit a linear regression and use your model to score new data. In part 4 of this series, we created our modeling dataset by including a column to identify the rows to be used for training and validating our model. Here, we will create our first model
Imagine scrolling through an online store and then clicking on a social media app to see who’s posted what. Suddenly, suggestions for products you liked on the online store pop up while on the app. That’s the magic, in a nutshell, of a retail media network (and machine learning) –
Educators in Ohio from Jackson City Schools and the Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center (ESC) are using SAS Education Visualization and Analytics Solution (EVAAS) for K-12 to enhance data-driven problem-solving for students. In a recent SAS customer success story, Changing the Data Conversation in Ohio Schools, the administration from Jackson Middle
In today’s competitive marketplace and quickly evolving technological landscape, keeping knowledge current and developing hard skills has become more important than ever – and students and professionals alike are searching for opportunities to stand out from the crowd. In the analytics space, many are turning to career certificates in data
It's that time of year again where I get to blend together a holiday song with analytics. This time, we're rocking out to the tune of Jingle Bells about generative AI. Wasn’t Me, Must have been AI (To the tune of Jingle Bells) Wasn’t Me Wasn’t Me Must have been
In the classrooms of South Africa, students are learning how to code with hopes of creating future opportunities for themselves. Coding4Mandela, an initiative honoring Nelson Mandela, strives to instill coding and technological skills in youth. The belief is that empowering young minds with digital literacy enhances their educational and professional
Statistical software often includes supports for a weight variable. Many SAS procedures make a distinction between integer frequencies and more general "importance weights." Frequencies are supported by using the FREQ statement in SAS procedures; general weights are supported by using the WEIGHT statement. An exception is PROC FREQ, which contains
When organizations move to the cloud with a SAS-managed offering, SAS takes care of the design and delivery of software, infrastructure and services so that our customers can focus on using analytics to solve business challenges and see a quick return on investment. That’s where Michael Watson and his team of Technical Architects come in. Michael
Organizations with a passion for quality, reliability, efficiency and safety are using real-time insights generated from AI-powered predictive maintenance programs to anticipate and avoid potential issues while mitigating negative impact. A shift from reactive maintenance, or handling issues in real-time, is not just a technological evolution; it's a strategic decision.
Developing an accurate understanding of statistics will help you build robust machine learning models that are optimized for a given business problem. SAS launched a new course that provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of statistics that you'll need to start your data science journey. This course is also a prerequisite to many courses in the SAS data science curriculum.
The holiday season has arrived, culminating in celebrations across various cultures. It will be a time of creating a memorable feast that brings family and friends together at the dinner table. No matter what you’re celebrating this holiday season, food will be a part of the equation, including a complex
Well SAS, you outdid yourselves once again! For 11 years, we've been collecting and donating leftover and excess Halloween candy. This year, the SAS Health Center Center and VETS Employee Inclusion Group challenged SAS families to raise the {candy} bar once again...and boy did you do that! We tipped the
