Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 22, 2019 0

Mortgage rates - overlaying multiple years in the same graph

While we're on the topic of mortgage rates, let's explore another technique for plotting and comparing the rate data over several years. Last time, we plotted each year's data in a separate graph, and paneled them across the page. This time, let's overlay multiple years together in the same graph.

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Banking | Government

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 17, 2019 0

Diving deeper into a mortgage rate graph

Did you recently lock in a mortgage rate of 3.5-5%, or perhaps even lower? How do today's rates compare to rates in the past? Let's dig a little deeper into this topic, with some graphs! But before we get started, here's a picture to get you into the mood for

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Banking | Government

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 15, 2019 0

Does low unemployment mean there are job openings?

In the past, I created some graphs about our record low unemployment rate (US unemployment, and state-level unemployment), but does low unemployment also mean there are jobs available? Let's have a look at the data!... Existing Graphs I knew I couldn't be the only one interested in this kind of

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Government | Manufacturing

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators | SAS Events

Frederik VandenbergheApril 12, 2019 0

Script for a SAS Viya installation on Azure in just one click

At the end of my SAS Users blog post explaining how to install SAS Viya on the Azure Cloud for a SAS Hackathon in the Nordics, I promised to provide some technical background. I ended up with only one manual step by launching a shell script from a Linux machine

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 11, 2019 0

What to do in Dallas, during SAS Global Forum!

The past few years, I've created maps showing things you might visit and do during the big SAS Global Forum (SASGF) conference. This year the conference is in Dallas, and ... you guessed it ... I've created a Dallas map! If you're familiar with my previous maps, you know that

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiApril 11, 2019 0

The impact of data governance and analytics: An interview with the U. of Idaho

What's the impact of using data governance and analytics for the business side of education? It's an interesting question, and during a video interview, Dale Pietrzak, Ed.D.,Former Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation (IEA) at the University of Idaho shared details on the results they're realizing from using SAS for

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Education

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Melanie CareyApril 8, 2019 0

Love at first sight: authentic or absurd?

Have you ever wondered if love at first sight really exists? And if it exists, what qualities are people drawn too? Watch any romantic comedy and you’ll see this phenomenon play out on the big screen. Which begs the question, “If it can happen to them why not me?” Let’s

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips | SAS Events

Robert AllisonApril 8, 2019 0

Hone your graphing skills at SAS Global Forum!

SAS Global Forum 2019 (SGF) is rapidly approaching - and which of the hundreds of presentations are you planning to attend? Well, no matter what types of analyses you perform with SAS software, you'll most likely want to present your findings in a really nice/informative graph! Therefore I highly recommend

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | SAS Events

Scott HicksApril 8, 2019 0

Why Maps matter: Lessons learned from London's 1854 Cholera outbreak

The catch phrase “everything happens somewhere” is increasingly common these days.  That “somewhere” translates into a location on the Earth; a latitude and longitude.  When one of these “somewhere’s” is combined with many other “somewhere’s”, you quickly have a robust spatial data set that becomes actionable with the right analytic

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Analytics | Data Visualization | SAS Events

Janny MorsinkApril 4, 2019 0

What’s it like to recruit the next great soccer star? Find out in this data science escape room from SAS and SciSports

Have you ever dreamed of working for a professional sports organization? Do you play fantasy sports leagues and fantasize about owning a real team? Do you follow the news about player drafts and trades, and wish you could influence who your team picks? Well, here’s your chance. The latest SAS

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 3, 2019 0

Are traffic fatalities up, or down?

I recently saw an interesting graph that showed the number of motor vehicle crash deaths has been going down. The graph showed deaths per mile. That's a good statistic, but I wondered whether there were other ways to look at the data? An Interesting Graph Here's the graph, from an

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Insurance | Travel

Data Visualization

Business Analytics PortugalMarch 27, 2019 0

Self-Service BI com Tecnologia SAS

Autor Convidado: Rui Salsas, Business Analytics Senior Consultant, Mind Source  A utilização de ferramentas tecnológicas de apoio e suporte ao negócio já é um fator de diferenciação com largos anos. Para quem recorre à tecnologia SAS, e são muitos os clientes e parceiros, a realidade do passado era uso do

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Portuguese

Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Scott HicksMarch 27, 2019 0

Creating custom region maps with SAS Visual Analytics

SAS Visual Analytics supports region maps for Country, US states, and provinces out-of-the-box.  These work well for small scale maps covering the world, a continent, or a single country.  However, other regions are often needed.  Beginning in version 8.3, VA supports custom polygons to display regions such as sales territories,

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinMarch 27, 2019 0

How to simulate multivariate outliers

In simulation studies, sometimes you need to simulate outliers. For example, in a simulation study of regression techniques, you might want to generate outliers in the explanatory variables to see how the technique handles high-leverage points. This article shows how to generate outliers in multivariate normal data that are a

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 25, 2019 0

Plotting population projections, with a confidence interval

During the year 2020, many countries and areas will be conducting their decennial census, and making projections to estimate what their population will be in the future. Therefore I decided to dust off one of my old SAS/Graph samples based on the 2010 census, and rewrite it using more modern

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Government

Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization | Internet of Things

Pedro Felipe CerónMarch 20, 2019 0

Cuatro maneras en que la revolución de los datos está transformando el gobierno

Además de mejorar la eficiencia de las organizaciones, con el aprovechamiento del Big Data, las instituciones pueden gestionar información que los ayude a responder a las necesidades de los ciudadanos. Su uso en el sector del gobierno, por ejemplo, contribuye a mejorar la comprensión de los fenómenos sociales y apoyar

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Communications

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 20, 2019 0

Is there more flooding than usual this year?

Flooding has been in the news the past few days, and that makes me want to analyze some data! I hang out at Jordan Lake (here in central North Carolina) a lot, so I decided to download the data for that lake, and do a graphical analysis. If you're interested

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Insurance

Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMarch 20, 2019 0

Truncate response surfaces

An analyst was using SAS to analyze some data from an experiment. He noticed that the response variable is always positive (such as volume, size, or weight), but his statistical model predicts some negative responses. He posted the data and asked if it is possible to modify the graph so

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Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 18, 2019 0

How deadly was the flu in 2019?

Here in the US, there's a lot of talk about the flu each year. First, people discuss whether or not to get the flu shot. Then there are discussions about whether or not you or your friends have the flu (or something else). Then the discussions about what strain of

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Health Care

Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Martin MinceyMarch 15, 2019 0

How to view or create ODS output without causing SAS® to stop responding or run slowly

SAS makes it easy for you to create a large amount of procedure output with very few statements. However, when you create a large amount of procedure output with the Output Delivery System (ODS), your SAS session might stop responding or run slowly. In some cases, SAS generates a “Not

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 14, 2019 0

US ethanol fuel production - a beautiful graph!

US farmers grow a lot of food ... but did you know some of them also grow fuel for our vehicles? Follow along and you'll learn how much fuel they grow, and also learn some tips about plotting this type of data! These days most gasoline in the US has

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Energy & Utilities

Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 7, 2019 0

Comparing child poverty around the world

According to the most recent data, the child poverty rate in China is 33.1% - the rate in Denmark is 2.9%. Where do other countries fall in between these two extremes? Let's build a graph and find out! (or, if you're not interested in the code - jump to the

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Government

Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMarch 6, 2019 0

Use PROC BOXPLOT to display hundreds of box plots

A previous article shows how to use a scatter plot to visualize the average SAT scores for all high schools in North Carolina. The schools are grouped by school districts and ranked according to the median value of the schools in the district. For the school districts that have many

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMarch 5, 2019 0

The "who can't spell what" map

Which words do people have the most trouble spelling? We now have some insight into this question, based on a Google Trends analysis. Let's do a little fun analytics, and plot the results on a map! But before we get started, let's go old-school for a minute. Before the days

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Education

Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinMarch 4, 2019 0

Visualize SAT scores in North Carolina

Standardized tests like the SAT and ACT can cause stress for both high school students and their parents, but according to a Wall Street Journal article, the SAT and ACT "provide an invaluable measure of how students are likely to perform in college and beyond." Naturally, students wonder how their

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Data Visualization

Christina HsiaoFebruary 28, 2019 0

Automatically extracting key information from textual data

There is tremendous value buried text sources such as call center and chat dialogues, survey comments, product reviews, technical notes, legal contracts... How can we extract the signal we want amidst all the noise?

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Scott HicksFebruary 27, 2019 0

Using Custom Coordinates for map creation in SAS Visual Analytics

In this post, we continue our discussion of geography variables, the foundation of Visual Analytics Geo maps. This time we will look at Custom Coordinates.  As with any statistical graph, understanding your data is key.  But when using Custom Coordinates for geographic maps, this understanding becomes even more important. Use

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 27, 2019 0

Mapping out NC's new vehicle emissions testing rules

If you live in North Carolina, chances are you have to get your vehicle inspected each year, before you can renew your license plate. The inspection consists of a safety portion, and in some counties an emissions portion. In the past, 48 of NC's 100 counties required the emissions portion

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Government

Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinFebruary 27, 2019 0

3 ways to create nested box plots in SAS

Box plots are a great way to compare the distributions of several subpopulations of your data. For example, box plots are often used in clinical studies to visualize the response of patients in various cohorts. This article describes three techniques to visualize responses when the cohorts have a nested or

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinFebruary 25, 2019 0

Graphs of bootstrap statistics in PROC TTEST

When I run a bootstrap analysis, I create graphs to visualize the distribution of the bootstrap statistics. For example, in my article about how to bootstrap the difference of means in a two-sample t test, I included a histogram of the bootstrap distribution and added reference lines to indicate a

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