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Robert AllisonMarch 11, 2015 7

I just found out that Girl Scout cookies haven't changed from when I was a kid. I just moved to a different area, serviced by a different cookie maker! That's what I found out from the cool map in an article on latimes.com! The article explains that there are two different

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Retail

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 5, 2015 2

Making a 'fun' zip code map more useful

When I saw Robert Kosoro's cool ZIPScribble map, I knew I had to create a SAS version - and of course I had to add a few enhancements along the way.... I was perusing some of the examples on dadaviz.com, and Kosoro's ZIPScribble map caught my attention. It wasn't a particularly useful

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMarch 4, 2015 2

Is North Carolina the new Hollywood!?!

You might be surprised at how many movies and TV shows are made in North Carolina - especially within the last few years. This blog provides a SAS graph that will make the list of films even easier to read! A recent story by the Tar Heel Traveler, and an exhibit

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 23, 2015 10

Tracking the increase in marijuana's THC content

After the legalization of recreational marijuana use in Colorado in 2012, it has been a much more frequent news topic than before - even from a data analysis perspective... I was recently looking for 'interesting' data to analyze with SAS, and I noticed some articles about the increasing potency of marijuana in

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Health Care

Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 20, 2015 6

Visualizing the eradication of smallpox

Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1979, after an extensive vaccination campaign in the 19th and 20th centuries. This blog post contains a visual analysis of the final years of this disease in the US ... In my previous blog post, I imitated and improved infectious disease graphs from a recent Wall

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 17, 2015 21

How to make infectious diseases look better

The Wall Street Journal recently published some graphs about seven infectious diseases, and I tried using SAS to improve the graphs ... it's a veritable infectious disease (graph) bake-off! Let's start with Measles ... here's a screen-capture of WSJ's measles graph: In general, their graph is eye-catching, and I learned a lot

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 12, 2015 2

Have a traditional SAS/Graph Valentine's Day!

Nobody puts an arrow through a heart any better than Sam Cooke & Cupid ... but SAS/Graph comes close! If you've been following my blog, you know that my favorite of all the SAS Procedures are the traditional SAS/Graph Procs, such as GPlot and GMap. They're rock-solid reliable, and flexible

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 6, 2015 3

Geographical hotspot visualization of election data

I'm ramping up my visualization skills in preparation for the next big election, and I invite you to do the same! Let's start by plotting some county-level election data on a map... To get you into the spirit of elections, here's a picture of my friend Sara's dad, when he was

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Government

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 3, 2015 10

Which North Carolina state park is trending?

North Carolina is one of those lucky states that has a huge variety of scenic destinations, such as mountains, piedmont, coastal plains, beaches, and 'outer banks' islands. We have state parks in all of these areas, but can you guess which state park has been trending the most during the past

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 30, 2015 5

Is Google Fiber coming to your city?

Google recently announced that they will be adding Google Fiber high speed network and TV to my area. This was great news, because it will give us more choices ... and a little competition among providers tends to make them all 'try harder' to please the customer. :-) I was curious what other

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