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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

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good | Machine Learning

David PopeDecember 18, 2020 4

Hackin' around the decision tree

Tis the season for my annual, fun Christmas themed blog post! This is the seventh year and my tenth song. I hope you enjoy this 2020 holiday song (to the tune of Rockin' around the Christmas Tree). Hackin around the Decision Tree at the SAS party hackathon Data science algorithms

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Tom FisherDecember 17, 2020 0

Discussing 3 real-world AI implementations with Accenture, Intel and SAS

It takes a lot of companies collaborating in a lot of new and different ways behind the scenes to make AI work seamlessly on the front lines. We see this all the time in our work on AI. Processing power is one of the most obvious examples – when clients

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Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Jen SabourinDecember 15, 2020 0

Evaluating media claims: Just because it's 'based on data' doesn't make it true

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. Every day people use data to better understand the world. This helps them make decisions and measure impacts. But how do we take raw

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Education

Analytics

Pete BerrymanDecember 10, 2020 1

Competing in the big leagues with or without big money

In recent years, we have seen some astronomical contracts given to professional athletes. Major League Baseball (MLB) has certainly had its share. One of its first notable “megadeals” was when Alex Rodriguez, the Seattle Mariners’ power-hitting shortstop, left the team to join the Texas Rangers in 2001. The Rangers committed

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Analytics

Leo SadovyDecember 8, 2020 0

Fools rush in … trends and predictions for 2021

COVID-19 has upset nearly every prediction and business plan for 2020 across the planet. Making predictions for 2021 may seem like a fool’s errand at this point, but many trends and consequences are already obvious and emerging from the global pandemic. The last global pandemic of this magnitude, the Spanish

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Alison BolenDecember 2, 2020 3

8 trends to watch for analytics in 2021

We've turned some of our most notable predictions for next year into a slide show. Click the orange "next" button to see these 2021 predictions from SAS. Who’s brave enough to make predictions for next year after the unpredictable year we just had? We are. After all, the disruptive

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Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Jen SabourinDecember 1, 2020 0

Is data cited in the news accurate? It depends on how it was collected.

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. As discussed in previous posts, statistics and visual representations of data can be misleading. But what happens when the data itself is misleading? And if data is

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Education

Analytics

Frank SilvaNovember 24, 2020 4

Why teams should draft more offensive linemen

In football, five out of the 11 players on offense are on the field to accomplish one goal: keep the defenders as far away from the ball as possible. Sometimes it’s more than five. Teams will bring extra linemen on short-play packages. Tight ends and full backs might check in

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Analytics | Data for Good

Penny St. Clair-HolmesNovember 23, 2020 0

3 compelling reasons nonprofits are relying on analytics during the pandemic

It’s no surprise that nonprofit organizations providing health-related services are overconsumed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but what about other types of nonprofits? According to CNM President and CEO, Tina Weinfurther, the pandemic has affected nonprofits in different ways. Some are running on fumes, while others have doubled in size and

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