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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJuly 27, 2021 0

How to make your data look worse (than it really is)

"With great power comes great responsibility." I'm not sure exactly where this quote comes from, but I think everyone should keep it in mind when creating graphs and maps! There are many design decisions that can influence how the end user perceives the data in a graph. For example: The

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Miriam RamírezJuly 27, 2021 0

Gestión efectiva de datos, fundamental para un gobierno efectivo

Durante la historia reciente, los gobiernos se han enfrentado a fenómenos económicos que amenazan su estabilidad financiera, creando desempleo y acelerando la urgencia de prestar servicios de apoyo social. Recientemente, una emergencia sanitaria, la de COVID-19, sacudió dicha estabilidad y disparó la demanda de recursos de salud debido a la

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonJuly 22, 2021 0

How long will your dog live?

How long do dogs live? ... That's a good/tough question. Some live longer than others, but what are the determining factors? Let's throw some data to this problem, and see if we can fetch some answers! But before we get started, how about a random picture to get you into

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Harry SnartJuly 19, 2021 0

Understanding your data: A series on the importance of Exploratory Data Analysis

Following on from my introductory blog series, Data Science in the Wild, we’re going to start delving into how you can scale up and industrialise your Analytics with SAS Viya. In future blogs we will look at how you can augment your R & Python code to leverage SAS Viya

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJuly 19, 2021 0

Copulas and multivariate distributions with normal marginals

After my recent articles on simulating data by using copulas, many readers commented about the power of copulas. Yes, they are powerful, and the geometry of copulas is beautiful. However, it is important to be aware of the limitations of copulas. This article creates a bizarre example of bivariate data,

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Visualization

Business Analytics Portugal

Business Analytics PortugalJuly 16, 2021 0

What does Florence Nightingale have to do with democratizing analytics?

We need, in other words, to democratise analytics in the true sense of the word, by making them accessible to everyone.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJuly 14, 2021 0

SAS can turn your world upside down!

Who's to say that 'north' should always be at the top of a map? Perhaps in certain situations, you might want 'south' (or some other direction) to be at the top. Perhaps you're one of our crazy Australian customers who looks at the world a little differently. Well, whatever the

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJuly 8, 2021 0

Plagues and locusts ... or is that cicadas?

I hope you're all doing well, in this year of plagues and locusts! I'm sure I don't even need to mention which plague I'm talking about. But what about the locusts? Are you up on your entomological studies? Follow along, and see if you really know what locusts are... Locusts

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization | Risk Management

Luis BarrientosJune 29, 2021 0

IFRS17: ¿Importante o Urgente?

Una prioridad para enero del 2022 en el sector asegurador, para aquellas entidades que deban cumplir con IFRS 17, pues estará en marcha el paralelo de esta norma. Aunque si retomamos la frase: “No deje que algo importante se vuelva urgente”, esta tarea debería estar en la agenda del staff

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 16, 2021 0

Don't let bad graphs undermine your credibility...

Having earned the Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts, I am of course very conservation-minded, and against polluting. I'm also an avid boat paddler and fisherman, and therefore I'm especially concerned about pollution in our rivers, lakes, and oceans. I even volunteered for a week to help survey coral reefs

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinJune 16, 2021 0

The geometry of the Iman-Conover transformation

A previous article showed how to simulate multivariate correlated data by using the Iman-Conover transformation (Iman and Conover, 1982). The transformation preserves the marginal distributions of the original data but permutes the values (columnwise) to induce a new correlation among the variables. When I first read about the Iman-Conover transformation,

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Analytics | Cloud | Data Management | Data Visualization | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Internet of Things

Victoria SilvaJune 10, 2021 0

No Insurance Summit 2021, Agustin Terrile fala sobre principais mudanças do IFRS17

Em palestra no Insurance Summit 2021, Agustin Terrile, consultor especializado em seguros do SAS, mostrou um pouco das mudanças do IFRS17 do ponto de vista da estimativa de fluxos de caixa e demonstrou as etapas para um modelo acurado e ágil. Terille começou falando sobre o motor de cálculo e

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 9, 2021 0

SEVENTY48: Seventy miles, in 48 hours

I've got this buddy, Carter Johnson - he's a little bit crazy, but a lot of fun to follow... He holds/held several different long-distance paddling world records, and was one of the coaches for the group that paddled kayaks from Cuba to the US (see my blog post). A few

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 2, 2021 0

Improving a population pyramid animation (Sweden, 1860-2020)

You've probably seen a population pyramid, such as this one I showed in a previous blog post. But let's scrutinize population pyramids a bit deeper, with an eye on special features that can make them even more useful! I was inspired to give population trees a second look by this

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Lindsay Marshall

Lindsay MarshallMay 26, 2021 0

SAS Viya Visual Data Science Decisioning free trial: The ultimate analytics experience

With the SAS Visual Data Science Decisioning (VDSD) trial, you get the ultimate analytics experience with free access to all SAS Viya analytic capabilities for 14 days. SAS Visual Data Science Decisioning provides the ultimate experience covering the entire analytics lifecycle – from managing data, developing models, and deploying models to take decisions.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 20, 2021 0

Myth busting: Maine is closest US state to Africa?

In a discussion on a Reddit map group, someone claimed "Maine is the US state closest to Africa." Is that true? Can I use my SAS mapping tools to confirm, or bust, this myth? Follow along, as I dive in! ... The Map in my Head (Wrong!) My gut instincts

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Visualization

Leticia Medeiros

Leticia MedeirosMay 18, 2021 0

Analytics melhora a produtividade e traz resultados em vendas para o Grupo Martins

Nilton Mayrink, CIO e Head de Vendas BSB/BSC, comenta sobre a importâncias do SAS Viya para os negócios da empresa Durante o painel SAS® Helps Martins Wholesale Through the Digital Transformation, Nilton Mayrink, CIO e Head de Vendas B2B/B2C no Martins Atacadista, falou sobre a importância do uso intensivo da

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Victoria SilvaMay 18, 2021 0

SAS Global Forum 2021: SAS anuncia expansão do suporte para nuvens AWS e Google Cloud

A decisão de expansão do suporte nativo em nuvem visa democratizar, cada vez mais, o uso do analytics Em sua 21ª edição, o SAS Global Forum 2021 teve início hoje e irá até o dia 20 de maio, de modo virtual e gratuito. Na sessão de abertura, Dr. Jim Goodnight,

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 14, 2021 0

Mapping the Colonial Pipeline

Here in the US, the pipeline which supplies gasoline to North Caroline (and much of the southeast) was hacked, and had to be shut down for several days. This caused gasoline shortages, and long lines at the gas pumps (as shown in the picture below, by my friend Daniel). But

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 13, 2021 0

Moose Flats - the Russian nesting doll of lakes

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake (by surface area) in the world. And its largest island is Isle Royale. And its largest lake is Lake Siskiwit. And its largest island is Ryan Island. Ryan Island's largest (seasonal) pond is called Moose Flats. And it contains an 'island' (or a

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Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 7, 2021 0

Creating a paraquat (weed killer) map

I think one of the great uses of analytics and graphics is to show things like cancer clusters on a map. There are many factors that can lead to a higher incidence of diseases in geographical areas, and chemicals are often the culprit. For example, paraquat has been potentially linked

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 30, 2021 0

Feeling the effects of the 2020 Census

Every 10 years the United States conducts a Census where we count all the people. This week the 2020 Census population totals for each state were released. And how might these numbers affect you? ... One thing the Census numbers are used for is to determine how many of the

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Data Visualization

Cindy WangApril 29, 2021 0

How to draw a Mandelbrot set in SAS Visual Analytics

Cindy Wang's curiosity about the Mandelbrot set led her to draw one using SAS Visual Analytics.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 26, 2021 0

What's the largest animal in each U.S. state?

Everybody likes to learn a bit of interesting trivia... It could make you look smart, or might help you win a bet in a bar. Or maybe give you something to amaze your kids with. Do you know what's the biggest non-domesticated land animal in your state? How about all

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

Carlos Pinheiro

Carlos PinheiroApril 20, 2021 0

Optimal tour of Brisbane based on a multi-modal transportation system

A few months ago, I published an article about network optimization and how to find an optimal tour when visiting multiple places of interest by using different types of transportation, like buses, trains, tram, metro, and even walking. For a real-world case, I decided to run these optimal tours in

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 20, 2021 0

Do IKEA directions cause you stress?

Have you ever brought home a piece of furniture-in-a-box, and felt undue stress while trying to make sense of the directions to assemble it? ... Apparently you're not alone! A recent analysis studied ~50,000 tweets about IKEA furniture, and determined whether the people posting the tweets were frustrated. They then

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinApril 14, 2021 0

Overlay other graphs on a bar chart with PROC SGPLOT

It can be frustrating to receive an error message from statistical software. In the early days of the SAS statistical graphics (SG) procedures, an error message that I dreaded was ERROR: Attempting to overlay incompatible plot or chart types. This error message appears when you attempt to use PROC SGPLOT

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinApril 12, 2021 0

3 reasons to prefer a horizontal bar chart

Most introductory statistics courses introduce the bar chart as a way to visualize the frequency (counts) for a categorical variable. A vertical bar chart places the categories along the horizontal (X) axis and shows the counts (or percentages) on the vertical (Y) axis. The vertical bar chart is a precursor

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 7, 2021 0

SAS graphs for R programmers - pie charts

This is another in my series of blog posts where I take a deep dive into converting R graphs into SAS graphs. Today we'll be working on pie charts. I know, I know ... you visualization 'purists' might be wagging your finger at me, and saying "pie charts are no good."

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMarch 29, 2021 0

Identify influential observations in regression models

A previous article discusses how to interpret regression diagnostic plots that are produced by SAS regression procedures such as PROC REG. In that article, two of the plots indicate influential observations and outliers. Intuitively, an observation is influential if its presence changes the parameter estimates for the regression by "more

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