The supplement industry is booming. In just the US alone, it’s estimated that there are over 100,000 different products sold, with the overall market nearing $70 billion in sales!!! Globally, this figure rises to about $180 billion (in 2024) and is projected to reach over $250 billion by 2029. The
In a world where headlines often warn of automation replacing jobs and AI outpacing human creativity, it’s easy for young professionals to feel uncertain about their place in the future. But this summer, a group of SAS interns proved that technology can be a tool for good. Through a data
The speed at which your organization can deploy new AI models determines your ability to stay ahead of the competition. It’s a measure of your ability to experiment and innovate, try new things and learn quickly. It’s also one of the reasons organizations are investing in SAS® Viya® – which
Ever feel like tech headlines are coming at you faster than your morning coffee kicks in? One minute it’s LLMs, the next it’s agentic AI, and suddenly your spreadsheet wants to talk back. In a world where innovation never hits pause, SAS isn’t just watching the change; we’re part of the
SAS supports more than 25 common probability distributions for the PDF, CDF, QUANTILE, and RAND functions. If you need a less-common distribution, you can implement new distributions by using Base SAS (specifically, PROC FCMP) or the SAS/IML language. On the SAS Support Communities, a SAS programmer asked how to implement
Every organization collects data, but collecting it isn’t enough. For companies that want to make personalized offers, detect fraud and optimize supply chains, decision-making is the ultimate measure of analytics success. But despite massive investments in data infrastructure and AI, many companies still struggle to bridge the gap between insight and action. That’s
When Center Point-Urbana Community School District set out to rethink how they supported students, the leadership team knew they needed practical insights to better understand student academic growth and opportunities to improve instruction and interventions. Located in Iowa, the district serves a predominantly rural, middle-class community with four schools serving
Every day, AI is making choices that shape lives, industries and the future. But can we trust those choices? Organizations are making huge investments in AI, and it’s changing how decisions are made. But without clear results and proven value, investing in these technologies may be a failure. In fact,
A previous article discusses Cohen's d statistic and how to compute it in SAS. For a two-sample independent design, Cohen's d estimates the standardized mean difference (SMD). Because Cohen's d is a biased statistic, the previous article also computes Hedges' g, which is an unbiased estimate of the SMD. Lastly,
SAS Viya now includes built-in bias mitigation in its machine learning procedures to help users develop ethical and trustworthy AI models by automatically detecting and reducing bias during training.
Experimentation is the engine of innovation. Whether optimizing manufacturing processes, testing new materials, or simulating policy outcomes, the ability to run controlled experiments is essential. Design of experiments (DOE) is a well-established statistical methodology that helps organizations systematically explore the relationships between variables and outcomes. However, traditional DOE has its
SAS is transforming the motor insurance claims process by integrating of tools - blending data management, ML, and UX into 1 complete system.
Fiber plays a crucial role not only in our digestive health but also in overall well-being. It improves heart health, helps manage glucose levels, supports the body's natural detox process, and offers many other benefits. But how do you actually get the recommended amount of 25-30 grams of fiber each
In a world obsessed with AI and algorithms, it’s easy to assume that the biggest challenge in analytics is technical. It’s not. It’s human. How can enterprises nurture a culture that truly uses data-driven decision making? What role do leaders at every level play? And how does targeted education help
What is Cohen's d statistic and how is it used? How can you compute it in SAS? This article gives some history behind Cohen's d statistic. It shows how to compute the statistic in SAS for the difference in means between two independent samples. It shows how to estimate a
Let SAS handle the data prep, R take care of the modeling, and skip the environment-hopping so your team can focus on building cool stuff faster.
From transforming online insurance services to combating the opioid epidemic, SAS customers are using data and AI to drive innovation, enhance efficiency and make a positive impact on society. These stories – and more – offer a glimpse into how our customers are shaping the future with SAS. Dive into
SAS provides procedures to fit common probability distributions to sample data. You can use PROC UNIVARIATE in Base SAS or PROC SEVERITY in SAS/ETS software to estimate the distribution parameters for approximately 20 common distributions, including normal, lognormal, beta, gamma, and Weibull. Since there are infinitely many distributions, you may
Let’s face it, supply chains today can feel like one headline away from chaos. Whether it’s new tariffs, labor strikes, warehouse fires or unpredictable weather patterns, retail and consumer goods companies are constantly juggling curveballs. Each disruption comes with a price: tighter margins, out-of-stock products, unhappy customers and many operational
Many common probability distributions contain terms that increase or decrease quickly, such as the exponential function and factorials. The numerical evaluation of these quantities can result in numerical overflow (or underflow). This is why we often work on the logarithmic scale: on the log-scale, the numerical computations for equations such
Learn how to modernize legacy SAS workflows by integrating Python and automating processes using GitHub Actions and SAS Viya Workbench, enabling seamless collaboration and CI/CD across development environments.
Synthetic data – algorithmically generated data that mimics real-world data – has emerged as a cornerstone in modern AI workflows. But its promise comes with persistent myths about its capabilities, limitations and reliability. Synthetic data is being explored across industries, from training machine learning models to helping businesses safeguard customer
The future is already here and somehow, it keeps accelerating. Small to midsize businesses (SMBs), in particular, are feeling all the effects of this in real time. From shifting customer demands to tightening budgets and fiercer competition, SMBs are navigating more change than ever. Technology can be a powerful growth
Every AI success story starts with a single decision: to move beyond experimentation and commit to real-world impact. But moving from idea to enterprise-scale deployment isn’t just about algorithms – it’s about laying the right groundwork. In the first part of this series, we explored three ways to lay the
Suppose you measure data weekly. According to the ISO standard, weeks are measured in the range 1-53, where most years have 52 weeks, but occasionally there is a "leap week." (The WEEK function in SAS implements the ISO standard to find the week-of-the-year for any date.) The heat map to
A practical guide to SAS Procedures in Viya 4, introducing their purpose, showcasing real-world examples, and highlighting a new downloadable cheat sheet that simplifies navigation across SAS’s advanced analytics portfolio.
Shrinking budgets, rising citizen expectations and increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes have stretched resources thin. Meanwhile, outdated systems and manual processes make it harder for frontline workers to keep pace. According to a global study commissioned by SAS, a striking 85% of policymakers and public sector leaders cite the fight against
Get inspired by a SAS Hackathon team that used AI and IoT to tackle heat stroke.
Choosing whole foods is the simplest way to eat high-quality ingredients like dietary fats. But let’s be real, packaged and convenience foods are part of most modern lifestyles. When you grab an ultra-processed snack or pre-made meal, front-of-package claims can be misleading. Knowing what to look for on the nutrition facts
AI agents take on more responsibility in our most sensitive systems – from finance to public safety to health care – one thing is clear: trust can’t just be designed in. It has to be sustained. Continuously. In the first two parts of this series, we explored the ethical foundations
