Two years ago, Brad Pitt starred in Moneyball, an Academy Award-nominated story about Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane bringing the power of advanced analytics to the sport. Beane wasn’t the first to use statistical analytics to build a successful team and keep its payroll in check. Baseball and political
Popular SAS blogger Rick Wicklin was recently interviewed by the Brazilian statistics site, estatisti.co about his new book, his background in mathematics, his advice for programmers and his dedication to blogging. Wicklin's answers are conveniently translated into English on the site, so you can read these - and other gems by checking out the full interview.
Question: What is the maximum level of accuracy with which you can predict the toss of a fair coin? Answer: 50% It does not matter that you’ve set a mandatory minimum forecast accuracy level of 90%, or even 60%. There is no incentive, no bonus, no allocation of restricted stock
The value of analytics to solve multiple business problems really makes analytics the ultimate reusable business investment, or as they say in the energy industry, it may be called a renewable resource. As I've commented before, organizations spend billions of dollars on storing data, and unless you happen to be a
The Data Visualization Charting 101 series explores different tools to visualize data. Check out other posts to see which data visualization is right for you. Have so much data that your head is spinning? If you have a lot of data that needs to be visualized, a scatter plot, aka
Get ready statistics lovers. As part of my new role, I’ve been researching and discovering all the resources that SAS has for statistics – and I’m eager to share what I’ve found. Here are just a few things I discovered that you might find helpful. A new paper on the
What do you see when you look at the picture to the right? Like you, I see a busy dad with his daughter trying to maneuver a shopping cart full of groceries! But the real question: is there more? What do you really see? In a business setting, depending on
A few weeks ago, we asked, "What would big data say if it could talk?" Today, we might ask, "What if big data had a mail cart?!" It's a fun metaphor that shows how overwhelming big data can be without a strategy for managing it. Watch the short video below
It seems like only yesterday that the SAS Executive Briefing Center (EBC) parking lot was filled with Craft Services tents, high-end luxury cars, movie cameras and, oh, a few celebrities. But, it’s been nearly a year since SAS became Stark Industries for a day when parts of Iron Man 3
In the past, I’ve contributed to this blog with posts about the use of analytics and statistics in the education industry. I haven’t written in a while because I’ve been transitioning to a new role as the product marketing manager for statistics. I’ll give you three reasons why I’m excited
