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Wake county census block map, shaded by population

Robert AllisonMarch 14, 2013 1

Census block maps in SAS

I've heard many customers ask "Can SAS do/use/handle census block maps?" My answer was "of course!" ... but I never really had any examples to show/prove that. Well, now I do! :) First, you need to locate & download the shape files for the census blocks you're interested in plotting. For

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Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 22, 2013 3

SAS analysis of the #1 most popular baby names

I'm sure that most of you have seen the really cool interactive Baby Name Voyager, right? If not, go have a look and try it out (be sure to plug in your name, and the names in your family, and so on). Here's a screen-capture: That's a pretty cool application! ...

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Data Visualization

Powerball lottery ticket, and fingers crossed for luck.

Robert AllisonFebruary 14, 2013 3

What are the odds of ... winning the lottery?

What are the odds of winning the lottery? This seems like a simple question (and yes, there is a simple answer), but there are a few technical details to work out first... Which lottery? Let's say the Powerball Lottery. When? The number of balls used in the Powerball lottery has

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Government

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonFebruary 6, 2013 2

A SAS graph for the Chinese New Year

I like to think that I have a graph for all occasions - Chinese New Year is no exception! ... The exact date of the Chinese New Year varies from year to year, because it's based on the lunar (moon) cycles. I thought it would be useful to create a

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Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 31, 2013 3

Tracking tornadoes with SAS

We had some fierce wind storms all across the United States yesterday, which even spawned some tornadoes! It looks like we weathered the storm OK here in Cary (but I still need to run out to the lake and make sure my pontoon/houseboat is still there, agh!). Anyway ... as with other

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Angela HallJanuary 21, 2013 0

Maintaining prompt selections in multiple Web Report Sections (v4.3)

SAS Technical Support has a wonderful how-to guide for using one set of prompt values across multiple sections of a Web Report Studio report. This works great in 4.2, however there is one additional item that I discovered in a 4.3/9.3 install. With the addition of PROC STP and SAS

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 17, 2013 3

A neat new trick to trim your macro variables in 9.3

SAS macro variables are a great way to store a calculated value, so you can use it later in your code. They are not just limited to the data step -- you can also use macro variables in title statements, axis statements, etc. By default, the macro variable will be padded with

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 9, 2013 26

How to handle percent (%) values in SAS

Being that 2013 is the International Year of Statistics, I wanted to make sure everyone knows how to handle my favorite statistic - percent (%) - in SAS! I often see data in spreadsheets/csv/etc that purport to represent "percents"... but you have to be a bit careful when working with

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Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 4, 2013 2

Using statistics to help you... get dressed

In the spirit of the new year – the International Year of Statistics – I thought I’d share some different ways to use statistics. Can statistics help you in your everyday life? Certainly! And here's an example to prove it... Let's say you have a dresser drawer full of white socks.

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Robert AllisonDecember 17, 2012 5

Santa's information dashboard

'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the world ... dot-matrix printers were humming as Santa's naughty/nice list was unfurled... Can you imagine what it must have been like years ago when Santa had to maintain his naughty/nice list by hand, with a feather quill pen?!? Or even these

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