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Advanced analytics from SAS data scientists![Using panel data to measure the economic impact of the Super Bowl](https://blogs.sas.com/content/subconsciousmusings/files/2014/01/12059067843_2d284c0610_z1.jpg)
This year the Super Bowl will take place in East Rutherford, New Jersey at MetLife Stadium just outside New York City. For the first time in this event’s 48-year history, the game will take place outdoors in a cold-weather environment, potentially subjecting players and fans to sub-freezing temperatures. The fans
!["The hungry statistician" – or why we never can get enough data](https://blogs.sas.com/content/subconsciousmusings/files/2017/01/AdvancedAnalytics-2.png)
As the “Year of Statistics” comes to a close, I write this blog in support of the many statisticians who carefully fulfil their analysis tasks day by day, and to defend what may appear to be demanding behavior when it comes to data requirements. How do statisticians get this reputation? Are we
![How WAVELETS can help separate the signal from the noise wavelet](https://blogs.sas.com/content/subconsciousmusings/files/2013/11/wavelet-graphic.png)
Wavelet analysis is an exciting and relatively new field of study that enables one to extract underlying patterns either from spatially varying or temporally varying data. Pixel values representing the relative brightness and color that constitute an image are an example of spatially varying data, and daily variations of financial
![ANALYTICS 2013 – A BEST PRACTICE CONFERENCE FOR ANALYTICS PROFESSIONALS](https://blogs.sas.com/content/subconsciousmusings/files/2017/01/SASevents-2.png)
We are in the final countdown to the Analytics 2013 Conference to be held next week, October 21-22 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando. There is a power-packed agenda for the conference, featuring four very strong keynote presentations from Dr. Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS; Ed Gaffin, Walt Disney World; Will Hakes,
![Why my aunt Susanne and her friends give us a hard time in statistical analysis](https://blogs.sas.com/content/subconsciousmusings/files/2013/10/Alter_Susi_1.jpg)
My aunt Susanne is an elderly lady, who lives at the countryside and looks forward to celebrating her 80th birthday soon. Since the 1960's she has had a telephone connection with her fixed line provider. At that time, and for many years later, in the country where my aunt lives,
![The truth about the big data evolution (or at least as I see it)](https://blogs.sas.com/content/subconsciousmusings/files/2017/01/AdvancedAnalytics-2.png)
Some recent press articles question the value of big data while a book takes the opposite approach; I’ll choose the middle way. The New York Times article ‘Is Big Data an Economic Big Dud?’ questions the value of digital data and the resulting increase in the amount of data. This