SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Solar and wind power in the United States](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/08/wind_solar_power_map.png)
Where is solar and wind power generated in the US? Let's visualize this data on a map... I recently saw the following map on the metricmaps.org website. It caught my attention because it looks like North Carolina has a lot of solar power plants, whereas our neighboring states have very few.
![Is the US still a coal-powered nation?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/08/shearon_harris_nuclear_plant.jpg)
I ran across a map recently that seemed to show a lot of US states are primarily coal-powered. The map was a little difficult to read, so I decided to give it a SAS makeover ... Before we get started, here's a picture my friend David took of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power
![91% of the US didn't vote for Hillary or Trump!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/08/us_primary_election_2016.png)
How is it that 91% of the US didn't vote for either Hillary or Trump in the primary, but yet they're still the final two candidates in the presidential election? Let's break it down with a simple graph! I recently saw a really cool slideshow on the nytimes website, that answered
![Walking the line, between politics and religion](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/08/reggies_religious_antiques.jpg)
I usually try to avoid political or religious debates ... but as an impartial data analyst, it is possible to analyze data about something, without entering into the debate. In this blog post, I try to walk that fine line, and analyze data about the political leanings of religious groups in the US.
![Analytical problem solving with Carlos](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/08/pinheiro_car.jpg)
Carlos Pinheiro is talented. One afternoon Carlos stood in front of a group of marketers including myself, and shared social network analysis using our data. Yes, the analysis took talent, but the real brilliance was that Carlos presented the information in a way where we all left the meeting with
![How can I learn SAS?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2016/07/42-46618917.jpg)
What would come to mind if you were told that you have to attend a SAS training course? Perhaps, you have a vision of an instructor sitting at the front of a classroom, endlessly reading PowerPoint slides verbatim in a monotonous voice while you sit there baffled, wondering what is