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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonOctober 29, 2020 0

Coronavirus: per million, per 100k, or percent?

A user commented on one of my previous maps ... "How can there be 820 cases of Coronavirus per 100,000 people? - There aren't even 100,000 people in my county!" Well, when you want to compare something like the number of COVID-19 cases between two areas that have differing populations,

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonOctober 26, 2020 0

Do low mortgage rates bring you joy(plots)?

When it comes to plotting mortgage rate data, I often look to Len Kiefer for inspiration. He recently posted a retro-looking graph on twitter that caught my eye ... and of course I had to see if I could create something similar using SAS. For lack of a better term,

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Michelle WellsOctober 23, 2020 0

Uncovering the truth about sharks with analytics

[Editor's note: This post was co-authored with Fritz Lehman, COO of Zencos] In 1976, the blockbuster movie Jaws was the number one grossing film. Why? Because it had a great villain – the great white shark. The movie told a vivid (and all too familiar) story about plans gone awry

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Mary OsborneOctober 22, 2020 0

Anatomy of a swing state

Every presidential candidate has a list of states they’re expected to win, but there are always states that are too close to call because they have similar numbers of registered voters for each of the two dominant political parties: Democrat and Republican. It’s in these “swing” states that candidates invest

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Decomposition of a convex polygon into triangles

Rick WicklinOctober 21, 2020 0

Generate random points in a polygon

The triangulation theorem for polygons says that every simple polygon can be triangulated. In fact, if the polygon has V vertices, you can decompose it into V-2 non-overlapping triangles. In this article, a "polygon" always means a simple polygon. Also, a "random point" means one that is drawn at random

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonOctober 20, 2020 0

Early voting in North Carolina (2020 vs 2016)

Here in the United States, we have our general election (where we elect the president) every four years - and 2020 happens to be one of those election years. This time we seem to have a lot more people voting early. I can't tell you the reason they're voting early

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonOctober 16, 2020 0

Animating US COVID-19 data over time, on a county map

Now that we are many months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we can start to reexamine the data and look for trends. This time, I want to explore how COVID-19 has been spreading around the US. I do this by animating a county map over time. What is animation? Are you

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Students & Educators

Lee Ellen Harmer

Lee Ellen HarmerOctober 14, 2020 0

Sanitize before you share: thinking critically about COVID-19 data

Being overwhelmed by the volume of news isn’t a new phenomenon. But today, our sense of being overwhelmed has increased and triggered feelings of fear, frustration and anxiety, given the ongoing developments and research tied to COVID-19. How do we sift through the volume of information facing us and truly understand whether the news we consume is factual or based on

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Management | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Suneel GroverOctober 14, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Data visualization, location analytics and geospatial insights

Everything happens somewhere, and much of our customer data includes location information. Websites include x, y coordinates in semi-structured click streams, and the mobile apps your prospects depend on frequently support device location to provide a personalized, targeted experience. As my SAS peer Robby Powell said: "Human brains are hardwired

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinOctober 14, 2020 0

A continuous band plot for visualizing uncertainty in regression predictions

A previous article discusses the confidence band for the mean predicted value in a regression model. The article shows a "graded confidence band plot," which I saw in Claus O. Wilke's online book, Fundamentals of Data Visualization (Section 16.3). It communicates uncertainty in the predictions. A graded band plot is

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinOctober 12, 2020 0

Visualize uncertainty in regression predictions

You've probably seen many graphs that are similar to the one at the right. This plot shows a regression line overlaid on a scatter plot of some data. Given a value for the independent variable (x), the regression line gives the best prediction for the mean of the response variable

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Advanced Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Management | Data Visualization

Suneel GroverOctober 7, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Visual analytics, sankey diagrams and customer journeys

We live in the age of data. From global warming stats to customer behavior patterns, new technologies have made it easier to collect, store, access and analyze information. But our use of these technologies has also eroded our attention spans and fueled post-truth misunderstandings. To combat these trends, the question

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonOctober 6, 2020 0

NC's voter registration data, for the 2020 election

When an election is on the horizon, I always feel compelled to plot some data! And this time I'm plotting North Carolina's voter registration data! State Data For this graph, I downloaded several of the data snapshots from the NC State Board of Elections' website, and plotted a line showing

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Close up of young male doctor using digital tablet

Marcel YammineSeptember 30, 2020 0

SAS and Cerner: Powering COVID-19 Track & Respond Dashboards

A blog article by Ali Alajme , Director of Health Information Systems, Ministry of Health & Prevention Bashar Balish, Senior Director & Client Leader - Cerner Middle East & Africa Marcel Yammine, General Manager, Gulf and Emerging Markets (GEM) - SAS Digital transformation of the healthcare sector has seen

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Suneel GroverSeptember 30, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Make better decisions with analytically driven marketing

According to the SAS Experience 2030 global study, by the year 2030 67% of in-person customer engagements (think sales assistance and information queries) will be completed by smart machines rather than humans. And while it may seem a bit ironic, the most personalized customer experiences could involve no people at

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 29, 2020 0

Visualizing 3 waves of COVID-19 in the US

Now that we are many months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I've started going back and reexamining the data for lessons or trends (you might say hindsight is 20/20). This time, I want to explore how COVID-19 has been spreading around the US. I do this by using a graphical idea

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Health Care | Travel

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 25, 2020 0

New SGmap features in SAS 9.4m7

When you get something new, the hope is that it will be better than the old thing it's replacing. As I often do, I asked my Facebook friends to provide a random picture for my blog - in this case, a picture of one of their new/recent purchases. My friend

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Management | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Suneel GroverSeptember 23, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Automated explanation and supervised segmentation

One of the wonderful aspects about my client-facing role at SAS is the breadth of audiences that I get to work with. No matter where you fall on this list: Data engineer. Business or marketing analyst. Citizen data scientist. Data scientist. Statistician. Executive. One topic is certain: We all love

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Anjelica CummingsSeptember 22, 2020 0

See how data can be used to improve the world

Five years ago, 193 countries joined forces and formed the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. These goals, which are commonly referred to as the Global Goals, serve as a universal promise—an ambitious pledge to build a better future for people and planet by 2030. This year marks the final 10-year

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Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Felix LiaoSeptember 22, 2020 0

The value of a low-code/no-code approach to building machine learning models

Everyone knows that SAS has been helping programmers and coders build complex machine learning models and solve complex business problems for many years, but did you know that you can also now build machines learning models without a single line of code using SAS Viya? SAS has been helping programmers

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Management | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Suneel GroverSeptember 16, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Enriching analysis with device usage data

Over the last 20+ years, global society has adopted digital devices at scale, and consumer interaction behaviors continually evolve and mature. As analysts, we're uniquely positioned to notice worldwide trends, country-specific nuances and localized market behaviors that can have significant impact on our brand's business goals. This global scope is

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Advanced Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Michelle OppSeptember 14, 2020 0

Workforce Scheduling at an Animal Shelter

[Nabaruna Karmakar was coauthor of this post] A study was conducted at the University of Denver on The Economic Impacts of the Austin, Texas "No Kill" Resolution. The study found great value in creating an animal welfare-focused community. It highlighted the benefits of economic growth due to an increased need in

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence | Data Management | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Suneel GroverSeptember 9, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Behavioral event tracking, targeting & engagement analysis

There's no question that we're all increasingly, and often exclusively, interacting with brands digitally. Consumers are now online through countless mechanisms – from laptops and mobile apps to AI-enabled voice assistants and sensor-based wearables. Engagement is diversifying in fascinating new ways. And when organizations can't see their customers interacting in

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Arthur de Crook

Arthur de CrookSeptember 4, 2020 0

Exoskelet Project MARCH slimmer maken met behulp van data analyse

Mensen, die door een dwarslaesie gebonden zijn aan een rolstoel, weer laten opstaan en lopen met behulp van technologische ondersteuning. Dat is het doel waar Project MARCH zich voor inzet. Het team, bestaande uit 26 studenten van o.a. de Technische Universiteit Delft en Haagse Hoogeschool, zetten een jaar lang hun

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Melanie CareyAugust 28, 2020 0

Analyzing happiness data in 2020

Remember back to your early school days, singing with all your classmates “If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands!” and then we’d all clap our hands. Being happy back then was so simple. Today, it’s hard to get away from all the negative headlines of 2020! It’s

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Mariana Fontanezi

Mariana FontaneziAugust 26, 2020 0

Time Series Modeling: R & SAS

Como integrar modelos hierárquicos de séries temporais desenvolvidos em R ao SAS Visual Forecasting analisando as diferentes estratégias? O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar como podemos executar modelos de séries temporais, que foram desenvolvidos no R, no SAS Visual Forecasting, podendo, assim, paralelizar e acelerar o processamento do código R.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Cindy WangAugust 20, 2020 0

Discover Visual Analytics Report Paths with REST APIs

SAS Viya is an open analytics platform accessible from interfaces or various coding languages. REST API is one of the widely used interfaces. Multiple resources exist on how to access SAS Visual Analytics reports using SAS Viya REST API. For example Programmatically listing data sources in SAS Visual Analytics by

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Data Visualization

Teri PatsilarasJuly 31, 2020 0

How to prompt for a date range in a SAS Visual Analytics Report - Four Part Series

Let's learn how to prompt for a date range in a SAS Visual Analytics report using control objects such as sliders, drop-down lists, and text input.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robby PowellJuly 13, 2020 0

Data visualization and location analytics: 'Where' can tell you 'why'

Human brains are hardwired to build maps. We navigate the world around us through the creation of mental maps. Maps that assemble abstract landmarks and build spatial relationships between them. If you think about how you navigate through your house, even in the dark, it is quite amazing. Maps have

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