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Natalie Meyer 0
What's new with WUSS 2013

This year, SAS users are flocking to the Western Users of SAS Software’s (WUSS) annual conference. I had a chance to catch up with Operations Chair MaryAnne DePesquo, and she shared her excitement about this year’s conference. This is the first year that WUSS will be hosted in Las Vegas

Rick Wicklin 0
The first MOOC in statistics

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are all the rage today. Some people see free online courses as a convenient way to introduce statistical concepts to tens of thousands of students who would not otherwise have an opportunity to learn about data analysis. Whereas 2013 is the International Year of Statistics,

Data Visualization
Sanjay Matange 0
Visual Index

Some of you may have already noticed the small graphical icon on the lower right side of the blog article labeled "Graphically Speaking Index".   Yes, it is a link to a visual index for all articles published in this blog.  Well, eventually it will have all the articles. So far, I

Learn SAS
Jim Simon 0
Importing CSV files into SAS datasets

Sometimes, your first impulse may not be correct, like trading in your practical sedan for a hot 2-seater.  Other times, your first impulse is perfect, as in the examples below. Suppose the automobile data you wish to analyze resides in a CSV file.  Naturally, your first impulse is to import

Rick Wicklin 0
Compute a contour (level curve) in SAS

Like many other computer packages, SAS can produce a contour plot that shows the level sets of a function of two variables. For example, I've previously written blogs that use contour plots to visualize the bivariate normal density function and to visualize the cumulative normal distribution function. However, sometimes you

Data Visualization
Sanjay Matange 0
Graphics with SAS Web Editor

Recently, SAS released SAS Solutions OnDemand for academics.  An academic user who is signed up for this can use the SAS Web Editor application to do all their data analysis over the web using a hosted server at SAS.  This frees up the user from having to install the software on their own computers,