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Melanie CareyJanuary 2, 2019 0

How SAS Visual Analytics' automated analysis takes customer care to the next level - Part 1

You're the operations director for a major telco's contact center. Your customer-care workers enjoy solving problems. Turning irate callers into fans makes their day. They also hate flying blind. They've been begging you for deeper insight into customer data to better serve their callers. They want to know which customers

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeDecember 20, 2018 0

A Graphical Journey

The ODS Graphics software, first released with SAS 9.2, supported creating graphs directly from statistical procedures. Prior to this, very few statistical procedures created graphs on their own, and in most cases creating graphs was a post process or creating the graphs from the saved data using SAS/GRAPH procedures. With

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinDecember 19, 2018 0

Visualize a mixed model that has repeated measures or random coefficients

I regularly see questions on a SAS discussion forum about how to visualize the predicted values for a mixed model that has at least one continuous variable, a categorical variable, and possibly an interaction term. SAS procedures such as GLM, GENMOD, and LOGISTIC can automatically produce plots of the predicted

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinDecember 17, 2018 0

Create a probability plot in SAS

Many data analysts use a quantile-quantile plot (Q-Q plot) to graphically assess whether data can be modeled by a probability distribution such as the normal, lognormal, or gamma distribution. You can use the QQPLOT statement in PROC UNIVARIATE to create a Q-Q plot for about a dozen common distributions. However,

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonDecember 13, 2018 0

Examining data about North Carolina's absentee ballots

Certain North Carolina counties have been in the news lately, for suspected election fraud involving absentee ballots in the 2018 election. Let's analyze the voter registration and absentee ballot data, to see if we can detect anything suspicious! In order to definitively determine whether fraud & illegal activity occurred, investigators

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

SGMAP SCATTER Data Limited by the GEODIST Function

Kelly MillsDecember 11, 2018 0

PROC SGMAP using CSV Files, GINSIDE and GEODIST to Plot Places of Interest

As mentioned in other PROC SGMAP blogs, several SAS/GRAPH procedures have been moved to 9.4M6 Base SAS to be used with PROC SGMAP. You can use these to create PROC SGMAP output even when using the free SAS University edition. In this blog you will use the: IMPORT procedure for

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonDecember 11, 2018 0

Plotting snow data for your area

We got our first 'big' snow of the season here at the SAS headquarters in Cary, NC ... therefore I thought this would be a great time to dig into some snow data! Follow along and pick up some tips & tricks as I plot our snow data - and

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Gerhard SvolbaDecember 11, 2018 0

Wien und die Donau – Paradies für Data Science und die Big Data Flut

Wien und die Donau: Zahlreiche Lieder, Geschichten und Filme dokumentieren die innige Beziehung zwischen der österreichischen Hauptstadt und „ihrem“ Fluss. Das war aber nicht immer so: Über Jahrhunderte stellte das Gewässer eine große Bedrohung für die Stadt dar – und es erforderte beträchtliche Ingenieurskunst, um die Donauauen in ein echtes

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinDecember 10, 2018 0

Visualize Christmas songs

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! -Buddy in Elf In the Christmas movie Elf (2003), Jovie (played by Zooey Deschanel) must "spread Christmas cheer" to help Santa. She chooses to sing "Santa Claus is coming to town," and soon all of New

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeDecember 7, 2018 0

The SGPIE Procedure - Part 2

The SAS 9.4M6 software includes a new SGPIE procedure (preproduction) as introduced in the recent article - The SGPIE Procedure. In that article, I described the basic features of the two statements supported in the procedure, the PIE and the DONUT, with some examples. It is my humble opinion that

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Warren F. KuhfeldDecember 5, 2018 0

A career in review - my final Graphically Speaking post

After almost 32 years, I am retiring from SAS.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonDecember 4, 2018 0

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

It might snow this weekend here at the SAS headquarters! This would be the first snow of the season for us, and it got me thinking about snow again (see some of my previous blog posts about snow). Apparently these thoughts have manifested themselves in my computer graphics work ...

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Data Visualization

Lavanya MandavilliDecember 3, 2018 0

How to create a playable dashboard with SAS Visual Analytics

When a Visual Analytics 8.3 report moves on a screen from one page to the next – all by itself, without a human hovering over a keyboard – you're seeing the Report Playback feature of SAS Visual Analytics Viewer 8.3 in action. Reasons for using visual movement Playable dashboards are

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinDecember 3, 2018 0

5 tips for customizing legends in PROC SGPLOT in SAS

When a graph includes several markers or line styles, it is often useful to create a legend that explains the relationship between the data and the symbols, color, and line styles in the graph. The SGPLOT procedure does a good job of automatically creating and placing a legend for most

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SERIES and BUBBLE Plots

Kelly MillsNovember 29, 2018 0

PROC SGMAP Series Plot – Importing Shapefiles and using PROC GPROJECT

In August 2018, Hurricane Florence came on shore in North Carolina. Much of the damage was from flooding because the storm moved slowly over North and South Carolina. Parts of North Carolina had over 30 inches of rain from the storm, and this caused many of North Carolina’s rivers to

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeNovember 26, 2018 0

The SGPIE Procedure

The 6th maintenance release of SAS 9.4 is now available for users. Along with it comes a new SG procedure - the SGPIE procedure (pre-production). The primary audience for the SG procedures has been the analytical user, for creating effective displays of analytical data. However, the rich feature set of these

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 26, 2018 0

Creating a 'Matrix-like' movie scroll animation, from a text file

Do you remember The Matrix movies, that started coming out in 1999? Hopefully this movie franchise didn't give you a fear of virtual reality and AI. The thing I remember most from the movie was the really cool slow-motion video effects (from multiple angles) in the fight scenes. And the

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinNovember 26, 2018 0

A funnel plot for immunization rates

Last week my colleague, Robert Allison, visualized data regarding immunization rates for kindergarten classes in North Carolina. One of his graphs was a scatter plot that displayed the proportion of unimmunized students versus the size of the class for 1,885 kindergarten classes in NC. This scatter plot is the basis

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 21, 2018 0

Finding a cut-your-own Christmas tree in North Carolina

This week I noticed that they've started building the lot where they sell Christmas trees near SAS (at the intersection of Maynard & Reedy Creek Rd). They put up a nice rustic wooden fence, and lights, and maybe even a fire pit to keep their workers warm. They sell some

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 20, 2018 0

Immunization rates in North Carolina schools

I recently read an article that said a school in Asheville, North Carolina had the worst chickenpox outbreak in the state in 2 decades. The article was interesting, and it also let me know I had a hole in my knowledge ... "What?!? - There's a chickenpox vaccine?!?" When I

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

SGMAP with CHOROMAP using %CENTROID

Kelly MillsNovember 20, 2018 0

PROC SGMAP, Base SAS Procedures and MAPSSAS Data Sets

Starting with SAS 9.4M6, procedures that used to be provided with a SAS/GRAPH installation are now available with Base SAS. Using these procedures along with PROC SGMAP can help you create some very nice maps. This blog builds on previous posts and highlights the: MAPSSAS Data Sets GREMOVE procedure %CENTROID

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Sanjay MatangeNovember 16, 2018 0

Waterfall Graph with more data for subject - Part 2

A few days back I published an article on including more subject data in a Waterfall graph. This was motivated by the desire from many users to view more data in the same graph, thus avoiding the need to refer to different graphs for the relevant information. In this case,

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 15, 2018 0

Where do provisional ballots come from?

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding this year's midterm election, when it comes to counting the ballots ... and I kept hearing the term provisional ballots in the news. But I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't really know much about provisional ballots. I decided to do a

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 14, 2018 0

Building a better election map

The US 'midterm' elections have finally started to wind down, and we finally have some (mostly) finalized results to study. But what's the best way to visualize who won the US congressional seats in each of the 435 districts? Let's dive into this topic!... Preparation For starters, I couldn't find

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinNovember 14, 2018 0

Create and compare ROC curves for any predictive model

An ROC curve graphically summarizes the tradeoff between true positives and true negatives for a rule or model that predicts a binary response variable. An ROC curve is a parametric curve that is constructed by varying the cutpoint value at which estimated probabilities are considered to predict the binary event.

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeNovember 12, 2018 0

Waterfall Graph with more data for subject

Previously, I have written articles on how we could display more subject response data along with the traditional WaterFall graph showing the best "Change from Baseline". This is in response to the desire to see data like treatment duration for each subject in the same graph. Otherwise, investigators have to

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinNovember 12, 2018 0

Define custom color ramps by using the RANGEATTRMAP statement in GTL

The SGPLOT procedure enables you to use the value of a response variable to color markers or areas in a graph. For example, you can use the COLORRESPONSE= option to define a variable whose values will be used to color markers in a scatter plot or cells in a heat

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 8, 2018 0

Enhancing a congressional district map - one layer at a time

With the recent midterm elections here in the US, I frequently saw congressional district maps popping up in the news. And being a GraphGuy, I wanted to fully understand these maps, to see if I might could improve them. If you're interested in congressional district maps, follow along as I

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 6, 2018 0

Creating a custom 'I Voted' sticker

With today being an election day here in the US, I see a lot of people wearing the 'I Voted' sticker. This got me wondering if I could create my own sticker ... using SAS software and simple graphics primitives. :-) So I started by using Proc Gslide to create

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Data Visualization | Internet of Things | Programming Tips

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerNovember 6, 2018 0

Reporting on accelerometer data with SAS Visual Analytics

I've collected accelerometer data with a third-party app. I've used some SAS tricks to import all of my data readings in a single step. Now I'm ready to create a report of these data in SAS Visual Analytics.

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