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Frank SilvaSeptember 9, 2019 1

The Memphis Grizzlies have the best NBA arena. Here's why

If you consume NBA content through social media, then you know just how active that online community is. Basketball arguments and ‘hot takes’ on the Internet are about as commonplace as Michael Jordan playing golf instead of running a functional NBA front office. I wondered if NBA fans happened to

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization

% of population registered to vote by state

Frank SilvaAugust 27, 2019 0

Examining voter registration data with SAS Visual Analytics

I was born in a country (Brazil) where voting is mandatory. Most of my family still lives there, and now that I live in the US, they ask me about American politics all the time. One thing that often catches them by surprise is that not only is voting not

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Government

Analytics | Students & Educators

Lisa MortonAugust 23, 2019 0

College-bound students with visual impairments learn to independently analyze data

This summer the Accessibility and Applied Assistive Technology team at SAS launched a new course that teaches students with visual impairments how to independently analyze data, which is a critical skill that all students need for success in college and their careers. However, many students with visual impairments don’t have

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Education

Analytics

Leonid BatkhanAugust 18, 2019 19

Selling sand at the beach

Have you ever thought of selling sand on the beach? Neither have I. To most people the mere idea is preposterous. But isn’t it how all great discoveries, inventions and breakthroughs are made? Someone comes up with an outwardly crazy, outlandish idea, and despite all the skepticism, criticism, ostracism, ridicule

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Charlie ChaseJuly 24, 2019 0

How do I explain a flat-line forecast to senior management?

How do you explain flat-line forecasts to senior management? Or, do you just make manual overrides to adjust the forecast? When there is no detectable trend or seasonality associated with your demand history, or something has disrupted the trend and/or seasonality, simple time series methods (i.e. naïve and simple

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Manufacturing | Retail

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Falko SchulzJuly 19, 2019 5

Ring of fire: Visualizing 5,000 years of solar eclipses

When a new Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, the Moon can cast a shadow on certain regions of the Earth. This natural phenomenon creates a solar eclipse, meaning the Moon covers, or eclipses, your view of the Sun if you're in that region. No surprise that in

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Analytics

Leo SadovyJuly 16, 2019 0

A tale of two asteroids

“They were the best of asteroids, they were the worst of asteroids.” ~ Charles Dickens Armstrong There are good asteroids, and there are bad asteroids. Good asteroids stay in their own neighborhoods and wait for us to come visit them. Bad asteroids, however, don’t wait for an invitation – they

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Oita ColemanJune 7, 2019 3

Women competing in two beautiful games: Soccer and analytics

Soccer (or football) fans everywhere will turn their eyes to France over the next month to cheer on amazing women from 24 countries contending on the global stage. These women compete at the highest level in an area that for too long was viewed as a man’s game. In many

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Analytics

Mike F. SmithMay 29, 2019 1

Analytics rocks at Ameren

Note: This is the second post in a series featuring analytics leaders in the utility industry. St. Louis is home to Anheuser Busch, the legendary Cardinals baseball team, and Ameren, where analytics rocks. More on this later. Ameren is a large investor-owned utility that serves St. Louis and the surrounding

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Energy & Utilities

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