SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![5 questions with analytics expert Bart Baesens](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/04/baesens.jpg)
If anyone knows how to finesse insight out of data, it’s Bart Baesens, professor at KU Leuven (Belgium), and a lecturer at the University of Southampton (United Kingdom). Not only has he written a book about it, Analytics in a Big Data World: The Essential Guide to Data Science and
![Analyzing wait times at VA health care facilities](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/04/va_table_cap.png)
Data about the monthly wait times at VA facilities in the US are now available, but it's a bit overwhelming to try to analyze them in tabular form - plotting the data on a map made it a lot easier!... Here in the US, when our soldiers finish their commitment in
![A custom map to help track the flu](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/04/cdc_influenza_map-1-702x336.png)
Has this year's flu been better or worse than you thought it would be? There are a lot of factors that help determine whether or not you're likely to get the flu. Is there a bad strain going around? Did the flu vaccine target the right strain? Did you get
![Landing a SAS Certification](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/04/FullSizeRender.jpg)
After working as a flight attendant for more than 20 years, Lauren Guevara was ready for a new adventure. The inspiration for her journey came from an article she read in CNN’s Money magazine that highlighted the earning potential of a SAS Certification. Also having earned a Master of Science
![Applying the KISS principle to maps: An analysis of breastfeeding prevalence](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/04/patricia_kiss.jpg)
How simple is too simple, when it comes to analyzing data on a map? The KISS principle can be applied to many things, including graphs and maps. What is the KISS principle, you might ask? Well, it's not the rock band that my friend Patricia (pictured below) has been known
![We don’t need no education!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2015/04/book_apple.jpg)
So, how did you first learn SAS programming? Originally, I was self-taught. Many years ago, I learned SAS on the job when a systems programmer quit and I took over supporting a mainframe performance software package that was written in SAS. I got a copy of the Base SAS users