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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonFebruary 28, 2017 0

Analytics - helping your 'dots' tell their story

Does your data just look like a bunch of dots? Would you like to bring those dots to life so they can tell their story? This example shows how to make some voter-registration dots a bit more lifelike, so you can see what they're saying. You can apply the same

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Cindy WangFebruary 24, 2017 0

18 Visualizations created by SAS Visual Analytics

As a practitioner of visual analytics, I read the featured blog of ‘Visualizations: Comparing Tableau, SPSS, R, Excel, Matlab, JS, Python, SAS’ last year with great interest. In the post, the blogger Tim Matteson asked the readers to guess which software was used to create his 18 graphs. My buddy,

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonFebruary 23, 2017 0

How to add roads to your SAS maps

Have you been using the SAS/Graph Gmap procedure to plot your data on maps for years, but never knew you could add roads to your maps?!? Follow along in this blog post, and I'll teach you how... But before we get started, here's a picture of a nice aerial view

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Data Visualization

Ed SummersFebruary 22, 2017 0

SAS Graphics Accelerator makes charts and graphs consumable for blind users

Some would say that it's impossible for blind users to see charts and graphs. Those same people might have once said it was impossible for the visually impaired to see the particles that comprise an atom, or galaxies that are billions of light years away. Innovation would prove them wrong

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Chevell ParkerFebruary 20, 2017 0

Tips for Using the ODS Excel Destination

The SAS® Output Delivery System provides the ability to generate output in various destination formats (for example, HTML, PDF, and Excel). One of the more recent destinations, ODS Excel, became production in the third maintenance release for SAS 9.4 (TS1M3). This destination enables you to generate native Microsoft Excel formatted

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Helge S. RosebøFebruary 20, 2017 0

Lachs mit Eiscreme – und wie sieht Ihr Self-Service aus?

Self-Service Business Intelligence (BI) wartet mit einer ganzen Reihe von Vorteilen auf, einer der wichtigsten ist sicherlich Agilität. Doch gerade diese Agilität kommt manchmal der Governance eines Unternehmens in die Quere. Nicht selten passiert es, dass Anwender angesichts des blinkenden schönen Self-Service-Visualisierungstools die vereinbarten Regeln außer Acht lassen. Hier die

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Banking | Insurance | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinFebruary 20, 2017 0

The distribution of colors for plain M&M candies

Many introductory courses in probability and statistics encourage students to collect and analyze real data. A popular experiment in categorical data analysis is to give students a bag of M&M® candies and ask them to estimate the proportion of colors in the population from the sample data. In some classes,

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonFebruary 16, 2017 0

Data wrangling - down the rabbit hole, and back again!

Are your friends passing around clever memes (supposedly) featuring something your favorite actor said, or sharing news articles that you think might be "fake news"? If there's even a hint of data analyst in you, then you probably check the actual data, and confirm or disprove the supposed facts yourself. I

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Teri PatsilarasFebruary 14, 2017 0

Visualization Spotlight: Visual Analytics Designer 7.3 Word Cloud

In this post I wanted to shed some light on a visualization you may not be using enough: the Word Cloud. Word association exercises can often be a fun way to pass the time with friends, or it can trigger immediate action – just think of your email inbox and

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldFebruary 14, 2017 0

Basic ODS Graphics: Lines, Curves, and Fit Functions

Today's post illustrates the REG, PBSPLINE, LOESS, SERIES, and SPLINE statements in PROC SGPLOT. The GROUP= and BREAK options in the SERIES statement are also discussed.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonFebruary 13, 2017 0

Purging inactive voter registrations in North Carolina

After the recent presidential election, I was updating my graphs of the voter registration data and noticed that the number of registered voters decreased after the election. At first I thought that was odd, but then I realized that maybe inactive voters were being purged. I wanted to find out

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Natan MeekersFebruary 13, 2017 0

Boost your analytics: The rise of the citizen data scientist

Are you struggling to hire talented data scientists to glean insights from your corporate data? There’s currently a lack of big data talent hampering corporate analytics and causing nightmares for CIO’s, but I have good news for you: You may already have all the data scientists you need! There are

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonFebruary 9, 2017 0

Visualizing 100 years of US presidential pardons

A topic that's been in the news a lot lately is the presidential power to grant pardons, commutations, and such. But all the articles I've seen just quoted numeric totals - I haven't seen a graph of the data anywhere! So I set out to find the data and graph

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonFebruary 7, 2017 0

Using Chinese characters as labels on SAS Maps

Doing business in a global economy, have you ever found yourself wanting to show Chinese (or Korean, or Japanese) labels on a map? If so, then this blog is for you! Before we get started, here is a photo of some Chinese characters to get you into the mood. This

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeFebruary 3, 2017 0

The importance of proximity in graphing

Back in 2013, I wrote a paper for the SAS Global Forum, reviewing the attributes that go towards making a good graph. In this paper, I covered many recommendations from industry thought leaders that can help enhance the effectiveness of graphs to deliver the intended information. One of the aspects that

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Banking | Health Care | Life Sciences

Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 31, 2017 0

How to create a 'pretty' map with SAS

I usually create very technical maps, to display data spatially - and they usually have a certain look. They're clear, crisp, and to the point. I typically only use color to represent the data, and I choose a font that is simple and easy to read (such as arial). But

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Data Visualization

Leo SadovyJanuary 31, 2017 0

How to make your pie chart worse

You have all seen, or perhaps even created, some really bad graphics: Cluttered, confusing, too small, incomprehensible. Or worse, the author may have committed one of the three unforgivable sins of data visualization by deceptively distorting a map, truncating the axis so as to misrepresent the data, or used double

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 30, 2017 0

Basic ODS Graphics: Editing the Template that PROC SGPLOT Writes

PROC SGPLOT writes a graph template and uses it to create a graph. You can edit the template and then create a modified graph.

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Data Visualization | Students & Educators

Dr. Jürgen KaselowskyJanuary 30, 2017 0

Man muss auch mal über den Tellerrand visualisieren können …

Unendliche Weiten … nein, heute meine ich damit mal nicht das gute alte Raumschiff Enterprise (übrigens 50-jähriges Jubiläum), sondern die Möglichkeiten, die sich einem auftun, wenn man bereit ist, sich auf etwas Neues einzulassen. Eigentlich ist das ziemlich einfach: Man schaut sich bei Leuten um, die aus einer vollkommen anderen

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinJanuary 30, 2017 0

Automate the creation of a discrete attribute map

If you are a SAS programmer and use the GROUP= option in PROC SGPLOT, you might have encountered a thorny issue: if you use a WHERE clause to omit certain observations, then the marker colors for groups might change from one plot to another. This happens because the marker colors

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Analytics | Data Visualization | SAS Events

Robert AllisonJanuary 25, 2017 0

Something for geeks and nerds to do at Disney World!

Are you one of those people who get easily bored at amusement parks? Would you like something to do while your friends/family are waiting in line for a ride? Perhaps I have an alternate idea, to keep you busy - survey markers! When surveyors are measuring and marking areas for

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 23, 2017 0

Basic ODS Graphics: Axis Tables

I review some fundamental principles of creating axis tables along with graphs that have TYPE=LINEAR or TYPE=DISCRETE axes.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 20, 2017 0

How do teenage boys eat so much, and stay so thin?

"They'll eat you out of house & home! Their food bill will put you in the poor house! ... And they never gain an ounce!" - That's what my friends say about their teenage sons. They're probably exaggerating a little, but since it's a recurring theme, there's probably some truth

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 18, 2017 0

Where does Girl Scout cookie money go?

Here in the US, it's Girl Scout cookie season. This is when you get to spend a few bucks on cookies, break your New Year's resolution about losing weight ... and feel good about it, because the money's going to a good cause. Or is it? - Let's break down

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 16, 2017 0

Prius isn't the highest-mpg hybrid in 2017!

For many years, the Toyota Prius was the hybrid with the best mpg - but in 2017 that's changing! Let's examine the data ... For analyses like this, I have found the fueleconomy.gov website to be a wonderful source of information. In recent years, they've even made all their data

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeJanuary 15, 2017 0

Scatter with box

Previously, I discussed ways to create a Box Plot with Stat Table and Markers in the linked article. One of the graphs showed a Box Plot of Cholesterol by Death cause along with the display of the actual observations. The main goal for that article was display of statistics with

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Analytics | Data Visualization | SAS Events

Robert AllisonJanuary 13, 2017 0

What to do in Orlando, during SAS Global Forum!

They say "a picture is worth 1000 words" - and I think it might be more like 2000 when it comes to planning out fun/interesting things to do in a new city! I'm going to the SAS Global Forum (#SASGF) conference in Orlando this year, and I was wondering where

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 11, 2017 0

Advanced ODS Graphics: Axis tables in PROC SGPLOT and the GTL

Axis tables enable you to combine tabular and graphical information into a single display. I love axis tables. My involvement with axis tables dates back over 30 years to their ancient predecessor, the table that contains an ASCII bar chart. In the mid 1980s, I created a table in PROC

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Blanca GonzálezJanuary 5, 2017 0

Conozca la oferta educativa de SAS y visualice cuál se adapta a sus necesidades

A lo largo de cuatro décadas de liderazgo en temas de Analítica Empresarial, SAS mantiene su compromiso con las organizaciones al ir de la mano afrontando los retos que el mercado y su negocio demandan, por ello ofrecemos capacitaciones, certificaciones y training online o presenciales, para cubrir las necesidades y

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 4, 2017 0

American English: Where to use 'yall' versus 'yinz'

If you do much traveling in the United States, you're bound to hear a few words and expressions that are unique to certain areas. Well y'all get ready, because I'm fixin' to analyze some of those words for ya! I recently found a really neat web application called The Great

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