Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 22, 2015 0

What's the solar power potential in your area?

Have you ever wondered whether the area where you live is a good location for producing solar power?  Let's create a SAS map to help find out! To get you in the right frame of mind, here is an awesome picture of some Arizona sunshine, that my good friend Eva

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Data Management

SAS ColombiaJanuary 21, 2015 0

Lo que usted debería saber sobre analítica y Hadoop

Esta es la experiencia de Felix Liao, Gerente de Soluciones de Data Management de SAS para Australia y Nueva Zelanda. Nuestro personaje hizo un viaje hace poco por toda Australia visitando algunos clientes para conversar con ellos sobre las tendencias de Analítica y Hadoop. Además de quedar gratamente sorprendido con

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Myles HannonJanuary 20, 2015 0

Panning for corporate gold requires gold standard skills

We now live in the era of ‘big data’, where data and its analysis have become crucial to the modern economy.   In fact, "big data is the new 'corporate gold'," according to Mark Wilkinson, managing director of SAS UK & Ireland. A recent study by Cebr found that companies in

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Analytics | Work & Life at SAS

Steve PolilliJanuary 20, 2015 0

2014 media coverage explores who uses SAS and how

It’s that time of year again when we look back and consider how accurately and extensively the SAS story was covered in the media over the past year. It’s not always a simple or predictable story, but it is usually interesting. Consider some of these threads: How did companies or

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 19, 2015 0

Millennials will outnumber Baby Boomers in 2015

To get into the mood for this blog post, you should first listen to the music video of The Who singing My Generation... I guess everybody has 'their generation' and here in the U.S. the most famous generation has been the Baby Boomers. Many companies have tried to design products they

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Health Care

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandJanuary 16, 2015 0

FVA Interview with Jonathon Karelse

In December the Institute of Business Forecasting published the first of a new blog series on Forecast Value Added. Each month I will be interviewing an industry forecasting practitioner (or consultant/vendor) about their use of FVA analysis. The December interview featured Jonathon Karelse, co-founder of NorthFind Partners. Among his key

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Catherine (Cat) TruxilloJanuary 16, 2015 0

Learn how to maximize your data with SAS and Hadoop

Outside, the Cary, NC sky is gray and winds are blowing freezing rain, but a group of statisticians at SAS are channeling warm green hills and the soft, gold light of a California evening. Team conversations alternate between distributed processing, PROC IMSTAT and how many pairs of shorts to pack.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 15, 2015 0

Using SAS analytics to monitor blog posts

As a blogger, I often wonder whether my blog posts are 'successful' - and being a graph guy, I like to visually analyze the data, to try to answer that question. The most common measure of a blog post is probably the number of times it was viewed, so I guess

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaJanuary 15, 2015 0

Tres tips para innovar con Big Data

No es un secreto que las empresas están aplicando cada vez más soluciones de Big Data para tomar las decisiones de negocio adecuadas. Sin embargo, corren el riesgo de caer en prácticas monótonas por desconocimiento y por no atreverse a usar nuevas estrategias que, en muchos casos, podrían evitarles riesgos

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 14, 2015 0

Don't let difficult graph legends get your goat

Is this blog post about techniques to use on difficult graph legends, or is it about goats? The answer is both! But first, to get you into the proper mood, here is a picture my friend, Mark, took of some cute goats. And some links to YouTube videos about goats

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Stephen MistlerJanuary 13, 2015 0

Solving Sudoku with SAS/IML – Part 1

Sudoku solvers have been written in SAS using a variety of methods (e.g., the DATA step, PROC SQL, and PROC CLP). Surprisingly, SAS/IML appears to have been overlooked for this purpose. On a challenge from a coworker, I wrote this blog post to demonstrate the flexibility of SAS/IML in the

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Analytics

Leo SadovyJanuary 13, 2015 0

Diagnosis: Your data is not “normal”

“Let’s assume a normal distribution …”  Ugh!  That was your first mistake.  Why do we make this assumption?  It can’t be because we want to be able to mentally compute standard deviations, because we can’t and don’t it that way in practice.  No, we assume a normal distribution to simplify

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 12, 2015 0

Using SAS to help locate the 100 best restaurants in the US

I recently read an article that listed the 100 best restaurants in the US - but the article didn't have a map. I decided to use my SAS skills to change that! When it comes to restaurants, I eat out a lot (and by 'a lot' I mean I never

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Hospitality | Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Management

Stuart RoseJanuary 8, 2015 0

What keeps an insurance CEO awake at night?

I cannot speak from experience, but predominately an Insurance CEO has three primary objectives: Grow the business Reduce expenses Ensure compliance. Let’s individually consider each of these objectives in more detail.  Grow the Business How does an insurance company grow from a $2bn to a $3bn organization? Essentially, insurance has

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaJanuary 7, 2015 0

Nueve tendencias que se impondrán en este 2015

El inicio de año siempre es ideal para evaluar qué no ha funcionado tan bien como nos gustaría, hacer un inventario para saber qué tenemos y que nos falta, comprobar algunas hipótesis que teníamos pendientes, ampliar nuestra perspectiva sobre lo que está aconteciendo en el mundo y por qué no,

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 5, 2015 0

Most common New Year's resolutions

Can you guess the 5 most common New Year's resolutions? Compare your guesses to the survey results!... Being a data meister, I'm always on the lookout for seasonal data. I recently did a Web search for "new year's resolutions" and found an interesting article on the You Gov UK website.

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaDecember 31, 2014 0

Emprendedor: ¿Realmente necesita una estrategia de salida?

  Los jóvenes emprendedores que quieren dominar el discurso de éxito en dos minutos necesitan: Describir una necesidad insatisfecha del mercado Explicar y demostrar cómo está calificado para satisfacer esa necesidad Tener o conseguir los fondos para invertir y poner a andar su negocio Describir planes definitivos que permitan la

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Analytics

Jeremy RacineDecember 23, 2014 0

How analytics could defray the immense financial impact of mental illness

The physical and social costs of untreated mental illness are significant and have been discussed in detail in previous posts. Now let’s talk about the immense financial costs, then I’ll wrap up the series with a conclusion. The financial costs cover a broad cross-section of society, including government services and

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Government

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandDecember 23, 2014 0

Forecasting research project ideas

There are some things every company should know about the nature of its business. Yet many organizations don't know these fundamentals -- either because they are short on resources, or their resources don't have the analytical skills to do the work. The summer research projects offered by the Lancaster Centre for Forecasting,

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandDecember 22, 2014 0

Do you have a forecasting research project?

The Lancaster Centre for Forecasting is seeking Master Student Projects in Forecasting, Data Mining, or Analytics for summer of 2015. Projects normally run from mid-May to mid-August, with reports issued a few weeks after. These projects are a cost efficient way for a company to carry out analytical work by

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Carl FarrellDecember 22, 2014 0

The best gift for retailers this season: analytics

It’s that time of year again, and I have retail on my mind. Not only because we’re reaching the peak of the holiday buying season, but because we at SAS are getting ready for one the biggest events on our calendar, the National Retail Federation tradeshow in January. As I’m

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Retail

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 22, 2014 0

Santa's information dashboard - Version 2.0

How does Santa keep track of everything on his big night? I can't confirm or deny that he uses SAS software -- but if he does, it would look a lot like this! ... A couple of years ago, I blogged about a prototype dashboard that I wrote for Santa. This

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Retail

Analytics

Jennifer BellDecember 19, 2014 0

Student projections help teachers tailor instruction, improve student outcomes

Last week, I had lunch with a friend who I hadn’t seen in quite some time.  As I approached the table, I noticed my friend busily writing away in her journal.   With a fantastic smile, my friend shared that she was writing down her personal and professional goals for the

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Government

Analytics

Jeremy RacineDecember 16, 2014 0

The promise of integrated care for mental illness prevention and treatment

The impact of mental illness on individuals, families, the health system and even the economy is broad and significant. In this, the latest post in my mental health series, I’d like to talk about what can be done to help. Prevention and early detection are just parts of an integrated

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Government

Analytics | Data Visualization

Carmen GallagherDecember 16, 2014 0

Are you ready to graduate from spreadsheets to analytics?

Flexibility and nimbleness are terms synonymous with small and mid-sized businesses. They have the ability to react quickly to changing market conditions as they are made aware of them. Traditionally these businesses have lived in the world of spreadsheets - and why not? They are easy to use, very affordable

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Alan LipsonDecember 12, 2014 0

Making 'management by walking around' more productive

The idea of "management by walking around" has been around for a while.  First brought to prominence in Tom Peters and Robert Waterman’s best-seller In Search of Excellence, the concept is that managers get out of their offices and meet employees in their work areas to get a sense of how

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Retail

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandDecember 12, 2014 0

Alfred Hitchcock and a classic forecasting scam

The Forecasting Savant Suppose you received an email from a self-proclaimed forecasting savant, advising you of a big upset in the upcoming mayoral election...and it turns out to be correct. You then get an email picking the underdog in the next championship boxing match...which is right again. Over the course

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Analytics

Caroline McCullenDecember 11, 2014 0

SAS coders descend on 30 schools for the Hour of Code

Last year during Computer Science Education Week, some in the corporate community participated in The Hour of Code. To those who visited classrooms, thank you! Telling students about the exciting careers in computer science not only inspires leaders of tomorrow, but it also leads to more graduates equipped to innovate

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Analytics

Fiona McNeillDecember 10, 2014 0

Don’t Second Guess – Depend on Prescriptive Analytics

I don’t know why I’m on this medical theme lately – maybe it’s because my parents are aging. They talk about bits falling off, take lots of naps and describe how body parts don’t work like they used to. They’ve gone to pre-packaged pills – dividing up their medications by

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Analytics

Jeremy RacineDecember 8, 2014 0

Early identification and treatment of mental illness is critical

Last week I discussed factors that threaten access to mental health care. However, better access to care doesn’t always mean better quality of care. Overworked mental health professionals and overcrowded ERs are forced to expend efforts and limited resources where they have the most impact.  This forces compromises in care.

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Government