SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Weird PROC FREQ trick](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/06/Proc_11.jpg)
Default PROC FREQ output looks like this: Suppose you don't want the two cumulative statistic columns above. No problem. Those can be suppressed with the NOCUM option on the TABLE statement, like this: proc freq data=sashelp.shoes; table product / nocum; run;
![What's the most popular baby name in your state?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/06/sloan.jpg)
A couple of years ago, I blogged about the most popular baby names in the US over the past 100 years. This time, I focus on the most recent year, and take it to the state level! But before we get started, here's a picture of my friend Jennifer's daughter,
![Creating a map using death data](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/skeleton.jpg)
I guess most of us have a morbid curiosity about how we're going to die ... which is probably why Francis Boscoe's Causes of Death map went viral (no pun intended, of course!). This blog post shows how to create such a map... But first, to lighten up the mood a bit
![Looking for a SAS job? Join the 21-day SAS challenge](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/yoga_2.jpg)
I recently taught a SAS training course where the students were very engaged. They had so many questions, I could have spent the next month writing helpful blog posts that came from that one class. However, I picked this one question that the class begged for me to share. The
![Cars versus drivers: Who's safer?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/jerrys_t_bucket1.jpg)
A recent news report shows an unexpected spike in traffic fatalities here in the US in 2015. This got me wondering what the data shows ... for the past 100 years or so... Driving was a lot more dangerous in the early days. If you were in a wreck, you
![How analytics saved the break room coffee machine](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/05/coffee_socialtile.png)
SAS software is used around the world in some of the most sophisticated ways, like ATM fraud detection and cancer research. But recently, I used it for a practical, and much needed, task -- replacing our break room coffee machine. Now, this is no ordinary coffee machine. It also makes