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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![Gifts to give the SAS fan in your life](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2019/11/learning-2.jpg)
If you’re like me, you struggle to buy gifts. Most folks in my inner circle already have everything they need and most of what they want. Most folks, that is, except the tech-lovers. That’s because there’s always something new on the horizon. There’s always a new gadget or program. Or
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Site relaunches with improved content, organization and navigation. In 2016, a cross-divisional SAS team created developer.sas.com. Their mission: Build a bridge between SAS (and our software) and open source developers. The initial effort made available basic information about SAS® Viya® and integration with open source technologies. In June 2018, the
![Implementing HMA, WMA & SMA with 27 lines of SAS code](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2019/11/hma_00-702x336.jpg)
With time series data analysis, we can apply moving average methods to predict data points without seasonality. This includes Simple Average (SA), Simple Moving Average (SMA), Weighted Moving Average (WMA), Exponential Moving Average (EMA), etc. For series with a trend but without seasonality, we can use linear, non-linear and autoregressive
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The SAS Global Certification Program started in 1999 and has issued over 150,000 credentials to SAS users. Today, the program offers 23 different credentials across seven categories.
![New control prompt placement option in SAS Visual Analytics](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2019/11/08_ExampleReportWestLocation-702x336.png)
Introduced in the SAS Visual Analytics 8.4 release is the ability to control the layout position of these prompts. Using my example report, let’s change the placement of these prompts.
![Testing the Assumption of Normality for Parametric Tests](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2019/10/Picturebook-702x336.png)
The t-test is a very useful test that compares one variable (perhaps blood pressure) between two groups. T-tests are called t-tests because the test results are all based on t-values. T-values are an example of what statisticians call test statistics. A test statistic is a standardized value that is calculated