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Robert AllisonMay 23, 2017 4

These days, more and more people move to where the work is. And for many people in Europe, that 'where' is Germany. I recently saw a map of Germany, that showed which country had the most foreigners living in each area. It was an interesting map, but I thought I might

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Government | Travel

Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonMay 19, 2017 0

Using a peekaboo map to align your solar panels

In recent years, solar panels have become much more economical, and therefore more popular. But because of the curvature of the Earth, the angle at which you need to install the panels varies, depending on where you live. In this example, I demonstrate how to visualize this kind of data

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 17, 2017 3

Several ways to look at US unemployment data

The US unemployment rate was down to 4.4% in April, which is the lowest we've seen since before the big recession (about 10 years ago). But a single number seldom tells the whole story, so let's look at unemployment data in several different ways, to get a more complete picture...

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Government

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Robert AllisonMay 15, 2017 3

What happened to the dinosaurs? (not the coding dinosaurs - the real ones!)

I guess a coding dinosaur is someone who uses an old/legacy computer language, or at least a language that isn't en vogue these days. Coding dinosaurs are still around (and probably will be for a while), whereas the real dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago are extinct. What caused

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Life Sciences

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Robert AllisonMay 12, 2017 13

Map of idioms, from around the world

An idiom is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, "don't cry over spilled milk," or "the cat is out of the bag." Idioms are fun to use, and fun to hear - don't you agree? And

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Education | Travel

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Robert AllisonMay 9, 2017 5

How to add rivers and lakes to your SAS maps

Water is in the news more & more lately - people seem to either have too much, or too little, at any given time. Therefore being able to plot rivers and lakes on a map could be a very useful skill to add to your graphical bag of tricks. A few

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Government

Data for Good | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonMay 4, 2017 1

Creating maps with a zoomed inset, in SAS

While attending SAS Global Forum, a user asked me about creating a map with a zoomed inset map. This is a topic many users might be interested in, so I decided to create an example and share it. But first, I had to decide which map to use. I thought

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Government | Travel

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 3, 2017 2

When do fatal crashes happen?

I recently saw an interesting data visualization on the flowingdata website, which analyzed & compared the causes of fatal crashes in the US, by month and time-of-day. At first I thought it was a really cool visualization, but after I studied it a while, I realized that I had misinterpreted

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Government | Insurance | Travel

Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 26, 2017 2

Feeding the hungry, after a flood

In the aftermath of a natural disaster, most people want to help by donating supplies, money, etc. And then it becomes a matter of logistics - getting all those donations to the people who need them. We recently had several days of rain and flooding in North Carolina, and I

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 25, 2017 1

Using loops in your SAS graph code

If you're a SAS programmer, you have likely used loops in your SAS code to make life easier from time to time. In this blog post, I demonstrate a few ways you can use loops to do clever things in your graph code. Perhaps even the old dogs can learn

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