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Lee Ellen HarmerJanuary 11, 2021 5

Top 8 ways SAS used data for good in 2020

From mental health to biodiversity, SAS is committed to using data for social innovation, committing our resources, analytics expertise and software to tackle global issues. It's a vital undertaking, and we can't do it alone -- strategic partnerships are key to these efforts. Here's a quick overview of our top

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Michelle WellsOctober 23, 2020 0

Uncovering the truth about sharks with analytics

[Editor's note: This post was co-authored with Fritz Lehman, COO of Zencos] In 1976, the blockbuster movie Jaws was the number one grossing film. Why? Because it had a great villain – the great white shark. The movie told a vivid (and all too familiar) story about plans gone awry

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Mary OsborneOctober 22, 2020 0

Anatomy of a swing state

Every presidential candidate has a list of states they’re expected to win, but there are always states that are too close to call because they have similar numbers of registered voters for each of the two dominant political parties: Democrat and Republican. It’s in these “swing” states that candidates invest

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Students & Educators

Lee Ellen HarmerOctober 14, 2020 0

Sanitize before you share: thinking critically about COVID-19 data

Being overwhelmed by the volume of news isn’t a new phenomenon. But today, our sense of being overwhelmed has increased and triggered feelings of fear, frustration and anxiety, given the ongoing developments and research tied to COVID-19. How do we sift through the volume of information facing us and truly understand whether the news we consume is factual or based on

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Education

Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Anjelica CummingsSeptember 22, 2020 1

See how data can be used to improve the world

Five years ago, 193 countries joined forces and formed the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. These goals, which are commonly referred to as the Global Goals, serve as a universal promise—an ambitious pledge to build a better future for people and planet by 2030. This year marks the final 10-year

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Melanie CareyAugust 28, 2020 0

Analyzing happiness data in 2020

Remember back to your early school days, singing with all your classmates “If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands!” and then we’d all clap our hands. Being happy back then was so simple. Today, it’s hard to get away from all the negative headlines of 2020! It’s

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robby PowellJuly 13, 2020 0

Data visualization and location analytics: 'Where' can tell you 'why'

Human brains are hardwired to build maps. We navigate the world around us through the creation of mental maps. Maps that assemble abstract landmarks and build spatial relationships between them. If you think about how you navigate through your house, even in the dark, it is quite amazing. Maps have

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Melanie CareyJuly 9, 2020 3

Are your hospital resources at risk of hitting capacity?

How have healthcare providers and governmental agencies predicted the fast-changing, potentially exponential increase in the need for medical services and equipment through the various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic? Mathematical techniques that attempt to model and understand the likely spread of the disease have been instrumental. The SEIR model is

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Government | Health Care

Carlos PinheiroJuly 8, 2020 1

Mobility tracing: Helping local authorities in the fight against COVID-19

The current state of policy enforcement during an infectious disease pandemic is mostly reactive. Public health officials track changes in active cases, identify hot-spots and enforce containment policies primarily based on geographic proximity. By combining telecommunications data -- which we turn into mobility information -- with public health data of

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