Analytics

Jennifer BellJanuary 19, 2017 0

Rural school district wields predictive analytics to open doors for first generation college students

This predictive analytics post continues a blog series that highlights education leaders sharing successes and challenges of using data to drive school improvement. Sampson County Schools is a small rural school district in southeastern North Carolina. While overall graduation rates in the county were improving, one school wanted to do

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Education | Government

Data for Good

Steve BennettJanuary 18, 2017 0

Can you measure and optimize happiness?

Improving citizen happiness is an important goal for many, if not all, governments.  But what is happiness really?  Can it be objectively measured?  Can we discover the key factors that best correlate with happiness?  And ultimately, can governments implement policies and programs that maximize happiness? Is maximum happiness nothing more than

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Government

Analytics

David PopeJanuary 17, 2017 0

4 adaptability attributes for analytical success

After reading a recent LinkedIn post by Jeff Haden, "Want to Achieve Lifelong Success? An Army Ranger Says You Need This 1 Trait the Most", (spoiler alert: It's adaptability) something occurred to me. One of the reasons I enjoy solving business problems with analytics is that analytics is all about

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 16, 2017 0

Prius isn't the highest-mpg hybrid in 2017!

For many years, the Toyota Prius was the hybrid with the best mpg - but in 2017 that's changing! Let's examine the data ... For analyses like this, I have found the fueleconomy.gov website to be a wonderful source of information. In recent years, they've even made all their data

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Robert MoreiraJanuary 12, 2017 0

Five great analytics resolutions for 2017

The holiday season is over – and you survived. You’ve made a lot of personal resolutions for 2017 - go to the gym, eat less sugar, save more money, visit Grandma more often. These are all great personal resolutions for 2017, but what about your analytics resolutions? If you are

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Analytics | SAS Events

Gloria CaberoJanuary 10, 2017 0

SGF 2017: La ruta más eficiente para llevar sus datos a la acción

El poder del conocimiento no tendrá límites en 2017 SAS Global Forum (SGF), la conferencia de usuarios de SAS, ha agrupado por más de tres décadas a la comunidad de expertos con mayor experiencia en el campo de la analítica. Esta conferencia es el escenario ideal para que los usuarios

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Spanish

Analytics | Data Management

Iván LópezJanuary 6, 2017 0

Entendiendo cada componente del proceso de Data Management

Si se desea comprender cómo se desarrollan los procesos de Data Management y con ello poder hacer uso de todos los beneficios que éstos ofrecen, como primera instancia debemos clarificar qué es el Data Management y cómo está integrado. De acuerdo a la DAMA, Data Management Association, este concepto engloba

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Spanish

Banking | Communications | Energy & Utilities | Government | Insurance | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics

Steven O'DonoghueJanuary 5, 2017 0

The seven traits of a modern analytical platform

Much of my recent work has been along the theme of modernization. Analytics is not new for many of our customers, but standing still in this market is akin to falling behind. In order to continue to innovative and remain competitive, organizations need to be prepared to embrace new technologies

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Analytics

Suzanne ClaytonDecember 23, 2016 0

Closing out a year of transformation in the communication and media industries

It's that time of year again. Holidays, parties, gifts, cooking, closing annual business, hitting targets and preparing for 2017. Looking back on the year for the communication and media industries, it has been a year of transition for the industry and for many of the customers I work with in my role

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 20, 2016 0

Graphs: Comparing R, Excel, Tableau, SPSS, Matlab, JS, Python, and SAS

Are you a visualization & graphing expert? Can you identify which tool (R, Excel, Tableau, SPSS, Matlab, JS, Python, or SAS) was used to create each of these graphs? No cheating! I recently read Tim Matteson's blog where he presented 18 graphs, and had his readers try to guess which

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Carl FarrellDecember 20, 2016 0

The path to purchase: holiday edition

I find I am so busy these days, I do all of my holiday shopping online. I set aside an hour, a glass of wine and my credit card, and I get the gifts ordered. The must-have gift for this year was a Dyson hair dryer. When the first site

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Retail

Analytics

Katrina MillerDecember 20, 2016 0

What makes educator preparation effective?

As states build systems to evaluate the effectiveness of educator preparation programs, they must first know what “effectiveness” looks like. Are the characteristics of the candidates in the program, such as high school GPA, ACT or SAT score, or other admissions criteria, the most important indicators? What about the curriculum

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Education | Government

Data Management

Dylan JonesDecember 16, 2016 0

Creating analytics? Don't forget a supplier SLA policy.

During a data quality assessment, one of my clients discovered that a large chunk of data that ultimately fed into their business analytics engine was sourced externally. After examining the contracts surrounding this data, I found that 100% of it failed to possess service-level agreements (SLAs) for the quality of

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

December 14, 2016 0

Conozca las ventajas del análisis de la demanda en tiempo real

Contar con un inventario eficiente, que se ajuste a las necesidades de los clientes y prevea las preferencias de compra que tienen los consumidores incluso en tiempo real, pareciera un desafío complejo de resolver, sin embargo, se trata de una oportunidad al alcance de las organizaciones. Un área clave en

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Communications | Energy & Utilities | Hospitality | Insurance | Life Sciences | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics

Gianluca MenconiDecember 14, 2016 0

How to provide a faster business solution with SAS Results

Have you ever thought how many problems in your business can be solved through analytics? I bet you stumble on that thought at least once a month but I'm also confident that maybe you see the thing in different terms. Let me put it like that: have you ever noticed strange patterns

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 13, 2016 0

Where is this Dakota Access Pipeline they're protesting?

You've probably seen dramatic pictures in the news lately about the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline - Native Americans versus bulldozers, protesters and tipis in a blizzard, and things like that. But do you really know much about this pipeline? For example, where will it go, and where have the

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 9, 2016 0

Is the Moon really 1/4 the size of the Earth?

Are you ready for the supermoon on December 14? This will actually be the 3rd supermoon in 2016! With these big-looking full moons we're having this year, I got to wondering exactly how big is the moon compared to Earth? This seems like a good question to answer with some

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Analytics | Data for Good

Will JonesDecember 6, 2016 0

Entity resolution reduces unknown unknowns in child well-being efforts

When protecting children, “entity resolution” can reduce the things agencies don’t know they don’t know. It’s a technological capability I wish I’d had when I led a child protective services agency. I have been involved in hundreds of determinations that would alter a child’s life trajectory. I was comfortable with

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Government

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Christen KirchnerDecember 6, 2016 0

Aus Schaden klug werden: Wie man auf Konferenzen von Betrugsfällen lernt

Konferenzen rund um die Betrugserkennung mit Analytics sind eine wichtige Informationsquelle im unaufhörlichen Kampf gegen Kriminalität – für unsere Kunden, für unsere Wettbewerber, für uns selbst. Auch heute noch ist es ein Tabu einzugestehen, dass man Opfer eines Betruges wurde, und kaum ein Unternehmen spricht offen darüber. Denn absolut niemand

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German

Analytics

Thomas KeilDecember 5, 2016 0

Big Data Analytics Forum 2016: Entspannen Sie sich. So langsam wie heute wird es nie wieder!

Impulse und Orientierung in Zeiten der Digitalisierung: über 300 Teilnehmer vor Ort, mehr als 250 Zuschauer im Livestream. Wer noch einen Beweis dafür brauchte, dass digitale Transformation und die Rolle, die Analytics dabei spielen kann, Unternehmen und Menschen in hohem Maße beschäftigen, der fand ihn am 22. November 2016 eindrucksvoll

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German

Analytics

Rodney CarsonDecember 2, 2016 0

Data integration can alleviate citizen frustrations with government

Data integration helps a successful business make things simple and quick for customers, and keeps them coming back. While a company will have data silos, data held within one area is made available to others in order to help the customer.  In most local, county and state governments that is

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Government

Analytics

SAS PolandDecember 1, 2016 0

My Top Analytics Books (2) How-to Guides to Business Analytics

My last post described my top general business analytics books, those that would appeal to business leaders and analysts alike. This post is a bit more specific, and covers books that will help you to learn for yourself. It is therefore mainly aimed at analysts — but I still hope

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 1, 2016 0

My top 10 graph blog posts of 2016!

When I was a kid, I always looked forward to Casey Kasem's American Top 40 song countdown at the end of the year. Did I listen to check whether my favorite songs had made the list, or to critique how well the people making the list had done in picking the 'right'

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Advanced Analytics | Data for Good | SAS Events

Polly Mitchell-GuthrieNovember 29, 2016 0

4 tips to ensure your data4good efforts have an impact

In honor of today’s #GivingTuesday, which "harnesses the potential of social media and the generosity of people around the world to bring about real change in their communities,” I’ve been thinking about what constitutes “real change” and the role analytics can play on the many social issues our planet faces.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 21, 2016 0

How to turn your graphs up to 11

If you consider yourself as a visualization expert, you strive to create graphs that set you apart from the data analysts and statisticians. Graphs that merely plot the data in a clear/concise manner aren't enough for you. You want your graphs to also be intuitive, easy to read, and provide

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Analytics

Juan MonteroNovember 21, 2016 0

How do you feel about analytics?

People say that the world has changed, but I think it'd be more accurate to say that people that have changed the world. Social media, big data, big analytics, internet of things … whether you're an executive, a data scientist, or a student, when you hear these buzzwords, you have

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Jen DunhamNovember 18, 2016 0

Procurement fraud: The economic crime no one seems to talk about

Anyone know what's the number two form of economic crime, in terms of losses? Believe it or not, it's procurement fraud. I grew up in a small town south of “Big D” and in my neck of the woods having two first names is, well, normal.  So, when Will Farrell’s character,

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Government

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Deborah PiankoNovember 17, 2016 0

The value of third-party data in tax fraud detection

There are several ways to buy data, and even more companies who are willing to sell it. By annual subscription or by the drink, third-party data vendors promise they can solve your identity theft and non-compliance problems. It’s as simple as signing a contract, and letting the data tap begin

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Government

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Ricky D. Sluder, CFENovember 16, 2016 0

Vetting Eligibility: From Health Care Recipients to Migrant Refugees

A hot button issue this election season was the need to determine the eligibility of people for various government programs like the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare and Medicaid, or entry into the United States as a migrant refugee. “Look, we’re facing the worst refugee crisis since the end of

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Government

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Jen DunhamNovember 14, 2016 0

Opioid schemes fueled by staged car accidents, insurance fraud

Criminal enterprises are tapping into the lucrative opioid business through creative schemes that are less likely to be identified as opioid abuse, misuse or diversion. One of the latest schemes? Auto insurance fraud. First, some background… While extensive progress has been made in establishing, improving, and mandating prescription drug monitoring

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Government