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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 25, 2015 0

Spotting a misleading chart

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory - hopefully you'll enjoy mine about the number of US E1 visas! I was perusing some of the US government charts, and found one on US immigration visas that caught my attention. It was a 3D bar chart, and since I always mistrust 3D

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Analytics in Automotive

Norm MarksMarch 24, 2015 0

Six analytics lessons from the automotive roundtable

Increasingly, automotive executives want to talk about the "Art of the Possible" in analytics. So we took the opportunity to invite leaders around the industry to an Automotive Analytics Executive Roundtable to share their stories and spark new ideas. A myriad of diverse speakers covered a variety of topics on big data/Hadoop, the

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 24, 2015 0

When art and analytics collide

The best graphs are both beautiful and informative - a smooth blend of art and analytics. But more often than not, the two collide rather than blending smoothly... Here is a link to a artistic infographic I recently saw posted by Vendavo on twitter. Their message (80% of your profit is generated

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMarch 20, 2015 0

Euro vs Dollar exchange rate: An historic event?

I recently read a Washington Post article about the euro versus the dollar, and I wanted to analyze the data myself to see whether the article was simply stating the facts, or "sensationalizing" things. The washingtonpost.com article started with the headline, "This is historic: The dollar will soon be worth

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Banking | Government

Analytics

Stuart RoseMarch 20, 2015 0

The steps to using analytics…successfully

Advances in technology, evolution of the distribution channels, demographic shift, economic conditions and regulations changes. How does an insurer prioritize all these seemingly competing goals and create sustainable competitive advantage. One answer is analytics. Many insurance companies are just beginning to take steps toward becoming an “analytic insurer” – one

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMarch 19, 2015 0

What's your opinion on daylight saving time?

Is daylight saving time the ultimate in efficiency, or is it living a lie? Here are some graphs that might help facilitate a discussion on this topic ... With daylight saving time (DST), a whole geo/political area (such as a country) decides to set their clocks forward an hour during

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaMarch 18, 2015 0

Si está pensando en innovar, entonces la analítica es para usted

Es posible que escuchemos hablar de innovación muy seguido. La innovación se ha convertido en una de las preocupaciones más recurrentes en las organizaciones actuales. Hace apenas unos años la revista Forbes clasificaba la innovación en tres tipos: incremental, de plataforma y disruptiva. La primera, la más común en las

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Analytics

David PopeMarch 17, 2015 0

When the going gets tough, the tough use analytics

When do analytics really provide value? All the time, of course. However, one of the best times for analytics to prove their value is when you are asked to do more with less. Often, the reason we are asked to do more with less is because of an economic downturn

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMarch 17, 2015 0

Tracking billionaires with beauty and accuracy

Which is more important - having beautiful graphs, or accurate graphs? Let's explore this question using the locations of the world's richest billionaires... I recently saw a beautiful map on dadaviz.com that purported to show the cities with the most billionaires. Here's a screen-capture of that map: I decided to

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Analytics

David SmithMarch 13, 2015 0

So what should ‘the data’ have told England cricket coach Peter Moores?

England’s shambolic early exit from the Cricket World Cup has stirred up a hornet’s nest about the team’s supposed over-reliance on data. In the aftermath of their defeat to Bangladesh, coach Peter Moores said: ‘We thought 275 (runs) was chaseable. We’ll have to look at the data.’ It prompted outrage from

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Internet of Things

Suzanne ClaytonMarch 11, 2015 0

It’s the Internet of connected life at Mobile World Congress

The Internet of Things is coming fast and furious. We clearly know what these “things” are, and were able to see prototypes at last week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) which hosted some 93,000 attendees. Things = connected life = cars, homes (thermostats, washer and dryers, vacuum cleaners, security systems, refrigerators, etc.),

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaMarch 11, 2015 0

Conozca cómo el sector público se está transformando con analítica

El sector público se enfrenta actualmente a un periodo de gran tensión, hay intentos por reducir déficit presupuestal, se avecinan algunas recesiones y hay una necesidad de protegerse de la competitividad internacional, entre otras situaciones que hacen que el sector público se convierta en una prioridad número uno en cualquier

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandMarch 11, 2015 0

New! "Demand-Driven Forecasting" course from SAS

My colleague Charlie Chase, Advisory Industry Consultant and author of the book Demand-Driven Forecasting, has developed a new course for the SAS Business Knowledge Series (BKS): Best Practices in Demand-Driven Forecasting. The 2-day course will be offered for the first time April 20-21 in Atlanta (and then again September 24-25 in Chicago). From the

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMarch 11, 2015 0

Where are your Girl Scout cookies made?

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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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Kay MeyerMarch 9, 2015 0

Better government data sharing reduces costs, improves services

For Parent’s Weekend this year, I needed to choose a restaurant for dinner in my son’s college town. Our extended family was attending the college football game and spending the weekend with our son. Before making my decision, I searched the internet for all the restaurants located within a reasonable

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandMarch 6, 2015 0

SAS analytics and forecasting news

♦We learned this week that SAS is ranked #4 on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2015. This makes six straight years ranking in the top four (including twice at #1). ♦The March/April 2015 issue of Analytics Magazine includes a SAS company profile by my colleague Kathy Lange. As

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Analytics

Katherine ChinnMarch 6, 2015 0

How do you measure up against an Olympic athlete?

You may be intrigued to know how the average person compares to a gold medal winning Olympic athlete when it comes to things like height, body mass, resting heart rate, arm span, body fat etc. Or, perhaps more frightening, how you measure up? I know this will resonate with my

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics

Nadja YoungMarch 6, 2015 0

Using analytics to build pathways from K-12 to careers

Public educators have increasingly been told to produce the “workforce of the future.” States are striving for alignment between what students learn and the jobs that ultimately will be available to them. This alignment is critical for students so they have the right skills and knowledge to excel at college

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandMarch 5, 2015 0

Don't fine tune your forecast!

Does your forecast look like a radio? No? Then don't treat it like one. A radio's tuning knob serves a valid purpose. It lets you make fine adjustments, improving reception of the incoming signal, resulting in a clearer and more enjoyable listening experience. But just because you can make fine adjustments to

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 5, 2015 0

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 0

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

SAS ColombiaMarch 4, 2015 0

Explore las razones por las cuales los gigantes usan Hadoop

Seguramente ya ha escuchado hablar sobre Hadoop y todas sus potentes capacidades, de no ser así, este sistema no es más que un marco para software de código abierto que permite almacenar y procesar grandes volúmenes de datos de forma distribuida en un gran número de productos de hardware. En

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaFebruary 25, 2015 0

Analítica, la nueva protagonista de las pantallas de cine y televisión

‘Big Data’ y ‘Analytics’ son las palabras de moda en este momento, pero más allá de eso, conforman el conjunto de habilidades del futuro. Desde la lucha contra la delincuencia y el crimen hasta la creación de estrategias ganadoras para un equipo de béisbol, la analítica ha sido parte de la

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Analytics

Karen TerrellFebruary 24, 2015 0

Big data and analytics demand a bigger skills commitment from the Federal Government

Despite an increase in the availability of data in the federal government over the past few years, data and analytics could be doing even more for federal agencies. A strategic approach to managing and analyzing the data is needed. And, like many technology challenges – that’s a people problem. A

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Analytics

Leo SadovyFebruary 24, 2015 0

Charles (Dickens and Darwin) and continuous improvement

"You show me a successful complex system, and I will show you a system that has evolved through trial and error." ~ Tim Harford TED Talk link: http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford Karl Marx died thinking that the first communist revolution would occur in Great Britain, driven by the long hours and unsafe

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandFebruary 23, 2015 0

Offensive vs. defensive forecasting

Sports provide us with many familiar clichés about playing defense, such as: Defense wins championships. The best defense is a good offense. Or my favorite: The best defense is the one that ranks first statistically in overall defensive performance, after controlling for the quality of the offenses it has faced. Perhaps not

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 23, 2015 0

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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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 20, 2015 0

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 Management

Craig RubendallFebruary 19, 2015 0

Why SAS joined the Open Data Platform (ODP) initiative

As the point person for SAS joining the new Open Data Platform (ODP) initiative, I want to make it clear why SAS is involved with ODP, and why we think it’s important to our customers, and the Hadoop and big data ecosystem as a whole. SAS is not in it to

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandFebruary 19, 2015 0

FVA interview with Shaun Snapp

The Institute of Business Forecasting's FVA blog series continued in January, with my interview of Shaun Snapp, founder and editor of SCM Focus. Some of Shaun's answers surprised me, for example, that he doesn't compare performance to a naïve model (which I see as the most fundamental FVA comparison). But he went

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