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Data Culture and Literacy

Stories of how organizations can develop an enterprise-wide data culture and drive data literacy to improve decision making.

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Caslee SimsJune 13, 2022 1

Taking a swing at data literacy: an inside look at The SAS Batting Lab

The SAS Batting Lab is a six-week program designed to help improve kids’ understanding of data while also helping them improve their baseball and softball swings. Using analytics in an interactive, AI-powered batting cage, kids can compare their swings to batting stars. During the program, the participants also became more

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good

Ali DixonJune 2, 2022 0

Preserving indigenous African cultures using natural language processing

In the face of rapid digitalization and modernization, data scientists in Cameroon joined the SAS Hackathon seeking a way to preserve indigenous African languages.

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Education

Analytics | Data for Good | SAS Events | Work & Life at SAS

Mimi StapletonMay 31, 2022 0

Finding an effective way to drive change – by adding data

Six scholars from North Carolina A&T State University in technology– or STEM-focused majors helped foster the next generation of data-literate students while also donating to those in need. SAS recently facilitated a donation drive with students from the Wake County Young Men's Leadership Academy (WYMLA) in Raleigh, North Carolina and scholars from

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Analytics | Data Management

Brock MatthewsMay 24, 2022 0

Exploring 4 components of sound data governance in higher education

Higher education institutions are some of the most data-rich entities in the world. Postsecondary leaders need high-quality, consistent and accurate insights to make the best decisions for their institution, students and constituents. Data governance is a topic that may seem technical in nature and perhaps important to only the IT

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Education

Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Lee Ellen HarmerOctober 1, 2021 0

Engaging students with data literacy

When students hear the word data, they may envision measurements that scientists collect, or perhaps it has something to do with the social media platforms they love. Many students struggle to understand where data comes from and how it can help us make decisions and better understand our world! They may not make a connection with computer science either. Just as

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Education

Data for Good | Students & Educators

Lee Ellen HarmerAugust 17, 2021 0

Sharing data literacy in the classroom and around the world

When our knowledge was contained in books, learning to read was vital to understanding the world. Today, new information is increasingly generated and communicated in numbers, charts and graphs. That’s why data literacy is emerging as an essential skill for everyone who wants to understand our data-rich world and make

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Education

Analytics | Data Management | Machine Learning

Cindy TurnerAugust 16, 2021 0

6 machine learning pitfalls to avoid

Data science expert Andy Pulkstenis describes how to skip common machine learning mistakes.

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Insurance

Analytics | SAS Events | Students & Educators

Alison BolenJune 4, 2021 0

Talking about data literacy in a big data world

Our traditional assumptions about data are evolving, and so is our understanding of data literacy. Data is more than numbers, charts and graphs. And data literacy is not just for data scientists. “If you’re talking with people who aren’t already data fluent, you have to make them aware that data is

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Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Jen SabourinJanuary 20, 2021 1

Beware of data shared via social media - get the facts

Editor's note: This blog post is part of a series of posts, originally published here by our partner News Literacy Project, exploring the role of data in understanding our world. Like infographics, social media and other forms of user-generated content pose unique challenges regarding data. Many news outlets and journalists have checks and balances

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Education

Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Jen SabourinJanuary 5, 2021 4

Don't be misled: How to interpret data in infographics

Editor's note: This blog post is part of a series of posts, originally published here by our partner News Literacy Project, exploring the role of data in understanding our world. Infographics are one of the most visual ways to tell stories with data. They are designed to catch the reader’s eye, and they use

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Education

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