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Roshan Shah with SAS User Feedback Award trophy

Kara RobertsMay 19, 2021 0

SAS User Feedback Award winner helps drive innovation, shape SAS® Event Stream Processing software

SAS users help drive innovation, providing feedback on SAS products through various mediums, including customer advisory boards, communities, SASware Ballot® ideas, and SAS Global Forum. The SAS User Feedback Award is presented annually to a user whose recommendations and insights lead to significant improvements to SAS software. This year SAS

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Work & Life at SAS

Celeste CooperMay 19, 2021 0

Little Life Hacks: Resetting Sleep with Essential Oils

Sleep...we all require it. While some say they don't need lots or they don't have time for it, I challenge them to reconsider. Sleep, quality sleep that is, is critical for optimal health. It allows the body to recover and repair, helps boost immunity as well as memory filing and

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Analytics

Cover of Business Forecasting

Mike GillilandMay 19, 2021 0

Issues, current state and future direction of business forecasting (book excerpt)

Last week Len Tashman, Udo Sglavo and I announced release of our new collection: Business Forecasting: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Today, we share an excerpt from the book, one of the sixteen opinion/editorial "Afterwords" contributed by influential leaders in academics and industry, this one by

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMay 19, 2021 0

Implement a product function in SAS

A SAS programmer noticed that there is not a built-in function in the SAS DATA step that computes the product for each row across a specified set of variables. There are built-in functions for various statistics such as the SUM, MAX, MIN, MEAN, and MEDIAN functions. But no DATA step

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Analytics

Anne-Lindsay BeallMay 18, 2021 0

Helping organizations succeed in a post-pandemic world

“Over the last 15 months, we’ve seen the world change in countless ways,” SAS CEO Jim Goodnight said to virtual attendees at SAS Global Forum’s Opening Session. “We’re relying on math and science to make important decisions. We look at data to determine when it’s safe to travel or return

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Work & Life at SAS

Kim AndreausMay 18, 2021 0

Finding Comfort

I think it is fair to say it’s been a hell of a year, and although we are seeing hope in this part of the world, so many others are still in the throes of this pandemic. The reckonings, changes, losses and cumulative impact of the coronavirus have taken,

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Advanced Analytics

Susan KahlerMay 17, 2021 0

Video: Take back control of your decision trees

Decision trees are one of the top machine learning algorithms used by data scientists. Decision trees use supervised learning to classify problems. Even if you are not a data scientist, chances are you can interpret the visual output from a decision tree.

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMay 17, 2021 0

Standardized regression coefficients in PROC GLIMMIX

I previously wrote about how to understand standardized regression coefficients in PROC REG in SAS. You can obtain the standardized estimates by using the STB option on the MODEL statement in PROC REG. Several readers have written to ask whether I could write a similar article about the STDCOEF option

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SAS Administrators

Keith RenisonMay 14, 2021 0

What you need to know about the future of SAS Grid and SAS Viya. Hint: it’s amazing!

I caught up with Mark Schneider, Advisory Product Manager here at SAS, about the future of SAS Grid and SAS Viya.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 14, 2021 0

Mapping the Colonial Pipeline

Here in the US, the pipeline which supplies gasoline to North Caroline (and much of the southeast) was hacked, and had to be shut down for several days. This caused gasoline shortages, and long lines at the gas pumps (as shown in the picture below, by my friend Daniel). But

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Analytics | SAS Events

Jeff AlfordMay 14, 2021 0

Scammers, schools and sustainable energy at SAS Global Forum

It’s not too late to register for Tuesday’s (May 18) SAS Global Forum kickoff. And there are so many online sessions it’s going to be hard to choose which to attend. Business and analytics experts are leading dozens of virtual session for industries, from agtech, banking and financial services, goverment,

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 13, 2021 0

Moose Flats - the Russian nesting doll of lakes

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake (by surface area) in the world. And its largest island is Isle Royale. And its largest lake is Lake Siskiwit. And its largest island is Ryan Island. Ryan Island's largest (seasonal) pond is called Moose Flats. And it contains an 'island' (or a

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Analytics | SAS Events

Jenn ChaseMay 12, 2021 0

12 surprising topics you didn’t expect to see at SAS Global Forum

It’s almost time for another SAS Global Forum, and this year even I’m surprised by the range of topics and experiences available for attendees. With the conference theme of “New day, new answers, inspired by curiosity,” you probably guessed we’ll be talking about analytics and pandemic recovery. And, of course,

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | SAS Events

Jeffrey CooperMay 12, 2021 0

IRS tackling big digital transformation and legislative challenges

The COVID-19 pandemic forced government agencies to accelerate digital transformation efforts, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was no exception. The IRS was already in a significant transition period, spurred by the Taxpayer First Act, which was signed into law in July 2019. The Act was designed to improve the

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Work & Life at SAS

Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPMay 12, 2021 0

Sheet Pan Quesadillas

The basic sheet pan never ceases to amaze me. It’s a kitchen essential I couldn’t live without and continues to revolutionize the way I prepare meals for my family. Yes, it’s great for one pan meals (hands-off cooking and simple clean up, sign me up!) but it can also do some

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMay 12, 2021 0

Nonstandard ways to standardize variables

You can standardize a numerical variable by subtracting a location parameter from each observation and then dividing by a scale parameter. Often, the parameters depend on the data that you are standardizing. For example, the most common way to standardize a variable is to subtract the sample mean and divide

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Analytics

Cover of Business Forecasting

Mike GillilandMay 11, 2021 0

(new book) Business Forecasting: The emerging role of AI and ML

With my collaborators Len Tashman (Editor of Foresight) and Udo Sglavo (VP of Analytics R&D at SAS), we are happy to announce the release of our new collection, Business Forecasting: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Wiley, 2021). Building upon our previous collection Business Forecasting: Practical Problems and

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Students & Educators

Jos van DongenMay 11, 2021 0

Dutch Data Science, part 10 - Han and Avans Universities of Applied Sciences

The 10th edition of this series puts the spotlight on two organizations at which I had the pleasure of helping to teach students the humble beginnings of data, analytics and data visualization: Avans and HAN (Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen). My sources for this post are Gerben Muller, who initially

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Programming Tips | SAS Events

Dina DuhonMay 11, 2021 0

SAS Global Forum: Your experience, your way

It’s safe to say that SAS Global Forum is a conference designed for users, by users. As your conference chair, I am excited by this year’s top-notch user sessions. More than 150 sessions are available, many by SAS users just like you. Wherever you work or whatever you do, you’ll

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Analytics | Data for Good | SAS Events

Anne-Lindsay BeallMay 11, 2021 0

Dawnté Early: Helping data speak for those who can’t

Early in her career, a mentor gave Dawnté Early some career advice that would ultimately change her life. “If you can learn how to analyze and dig into your own data, instead of paying others to do it for you, you’ll be able to do your own research and write

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMay 10, 2021 0

Odani's truism for fractions that are near each other

Odani's truism is a mathematical result that says that if you want to compare the fractions a/b and c/d, it often is sufficient to compare the sums (a+d) and (b+c) rather than the products a*d and b*c. (All of the integers a, b, c, and d are positive.) If you

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Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 7, 2021 0

Creating a paraquat (weed killer) map

I think one of the great uses of analytics and graphics is to show things like cancer clusters on a map. There are many factors that can lead to a higher incidence of diseases in geographical areas, and chemicals are often the culprit. For example, paraquat has been potentially linked

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Work & Life at SAS

Amanda PackMay 7, 2021 0

Celebrating wellness at work and at home: Global Employee Health & Fitness Month

If there’s one thing that we’ve learned from working from home, it’s the value of wellness. Not leaving our homes for work has collectively meant less steps (aka daily activity), easy access to the family fridge, and blurred lines between work and home life…and even the days for that

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Artificial Intelligence | SAS Events

Alison BolenMay 7, 2021 0

Ayesha Khanna on AI surprises and opportunities

Dr. Ayesha Khanna has a vision for blending our physical infrastructures with cloud and AI infrastructures to improve the way we live, work and learn. As the co-founder and CEO of ADDO AI, an AI solutions firm and incubator, she advises corporations and governments on AI and smart cities. She

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Analytics | Data for Good | SAS Events

Cindy TurnerMay 6, 2021 0

3 ways analytics is used to support mental health

Break down silos, uncover problems, support mental health solutions – with data and analytics.

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Government | Health Care

Programming Tips

Ursula PoloMay 5, 2021 0

Tips for Scheduling Flows with SAS Viya Environment Manager

Set it and forget it. That’s how SAS Viya Jobs and Flows should work, right? Well, just like most other things in life, it’s not that simple. What if you have multiple Jobs set to run in a Flow and one fails? Do you exit the process or continue with

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMay 5, 2021 0

Odani's truism: A probabilistic way to compare fractions

Quick! Which fraction is bigger, 40/83 or 27/56? It's not always easy to mentally compare two fractions to determine which is larger. For this example, you can easily see that both fractions are a little less than 1/2, but to compare the numbers you need to compare the products 40*56

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Analytics

Paul RidgeMay 3, 2021 0

Shock to the system: How COVID-19 may have changed insurance forever

By Paul Ridge, Head of Insurance, SAS UK & Ireland Black swan events are not unknown to the insurance industry. Whether it’s natural disasters such as the Japanese earthquake in 2011, the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 or pandemics such as the SARS virus in 2002. By their nature, these kinds

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Analytics | Data for Good | SAS Events

Josh MorganMay 3, 2021 0

Mental health services improve criminal justice outcomes

An estimated 44% of people in jail and 37% of those in prison have a mental health condition. When I worked at the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health, the Sheriff and Probation Departments were close partners with us. My Research & Evaluation team worked with their data teams to evaluate

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMay 3, 2021 0

Examples of using the Hoeffding D statistic

A previous article discusses the definition of the Hoeffding D statistic and how to compute it in SAS. The letter D stands for "dependence." Unlike the Pearson correlation, which measures linear relationships, the Hoeffding D statistic tests whether two random variables are independent. Dependent variables have a Hoeffding D statistic

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