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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 17, 2016 0

A graph for Trump - our oldest president

Recently, my fellow SAS blogger Rick Wicklin wrote a post showing how to graph the ages of all the US presidents. And Chris Hemedinger showed how to create a bar chart showing the number of presidents having each of the 12 zodiac signs. Both are interesting graphs, but I wanted to

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Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 15, 2016 0

Send your SAS graphs to Excel, directly to Excel ...

Are you the lone-wolf SAS programmer in your company - managing the data, performing the analyses, and graphing the output for everyone else? And what's the only format they all know how to work with, and wish they had your output in? Let's face it ... that's probably an Excel

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Teri PatsilarasNovember 15, 2016 0

Use images in SAS Visual Analytics to enhance your report link

If your SAS Visual Analytics report requirements include linking out to separate reports without the need to pass values, you may want to consider using images to enhance the appearance of your base report. Here are three style examples using images that you can use depending on your report design

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 11, 2016 0

Where did all my daylight go?

Does it seem like there just aren't enough daylight hours to get things done these days? It might not be that you've got more to do - it might be that we actually have fewer daylight hours in the winter (here in the northern hemisphere). And since "seeing is believing,"

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 9, 2016 0

You need a custom map, for US presidential election results!

In the US presidential election, each of the 50 states has a certain number of electoral votes, based on the population. Typically, most states cast all their electoral votes for the candidate who wins in their state (all or nothing). But states can split their electoral votes if they want

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeNovember 7, 2016 0

Layers vs annotation

Last week a user asked about BY variable group processing for SGAnnotate with SGPLOT procedure. The user provided a simple use case for the question (always a good idea) using the sashelp.class data set. The graph included a display of reference lines for the mean value of height using annotation. The

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 4, 2016 0

Your chance to vote ... for your favorite election graph!

Elections in the US are a 'target rich environment' for data analysts. There are surveys and forecasts before the election, and the presentation of results during and after the voting. What's your favorite election-related graph of all time? For the current (2016) presidential election, my favorite graphs are on the

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 2, 2016 0

Building a better HIV/AIDS map

Being an Eagle Scout, the data for good movement caught my attention. I wondered if I could apply my computer skills in a way that might help. How about showing people better ways to visualize HIV/AIDS data - that might help doctors better understand the data, and therefore better treat

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeNovember 1, 2016 0

Outside-the-box: Directed circle link graphs

One request came in for the previous article on Circle link graph, for the addition of arrow heads to indicate the direction of the flow. Given that I am using a SERIES plot to render the links, it is relatively easy to add arrow heads to the links as the SERIES

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeOctober 27, 2016 0

Outside-the-box: Circle link graph

There has been some interest in "Circle Link Graph" diagrams where the nodes are laid out in a circle, with links going from one node in the circle to another. I recall seeing one diagram during the 2014 World Cup Soccer tournament, showing the number of players from one country that

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 27, 2016 0

How to scare up a few good graphs for Halloween

Halloween appears to be my favorite holiday, because I seem to have more graphs related to it than any of the others. And since Halloween is just a few days away, I thought you might like an easy way to see all those graphs. Here's are links to my previous Halloween-related blog

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Mauricio GonzálezOctober 26, 2016 0

SAS 40 años impulsando cambios en la salud y el bienestar

En las últimas décadas la presencia de enfermedades como el cáncer, ha aumentado considerablemente a nivel mundial, sin embargo, hoy en día la tasa de éxito en los tratamientos es mayor de lo que era años atrás. Por ejemplo, en 1975 una persona diagnosticada con esta enfermedad tenía tan sólo

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Suzanne ClaytonOctober 26, 2016 0

Digital transformation = increased expectations for media & entertainment

Consumers want content 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all around the world. It's a tall order for media & entertainment (M&E) companies and a 180 degree shift from days past. How do they provide enough content to meet demand? Audiences are binge watching over-the-top (OTT) programming, creating

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 25, 2016 0

The perfect storm for State Fair attendance!

The State Fair in North Carolina is just a few miles from SAS headquarters, and therefore it's virtually impossible for it to slip by without me noticing it. There are two aspects of the fair that usually get lots of news coverage - what's the latest fair-food, and did we

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeOctober 24, 2016 0

Clinical Graphs: Spider plot

A Spider Plot is another way of presenting the Change from Baseline for tumors for each subject in a study by week. The plot can be classified by response and stage. Another way of displaying Tumor Response data was discussed earlier in the article on Swimmer Plot. This article is prompted

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 24, 2016 0

How much does it cost to live to 100?

Living to 100 isn't as simple as just paying a certain amount of money for your healthcare. But that is an interesting aspect of longevity, so let's have a look at the data ... In my previous blog post, we analyzed how much people from various countries spend on healthcare.

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeOctober 20, 2016 0

Outside-the-box: CONSORT diagram

Over the past few weeks I have heard about the "Consort Diagram". This was mentioned in a Communities article, and also by a couple of users separately. This topic was also covered by Anusha Mallavarapu and Dean Shults from Cytel in a poster at PhUSE 2016 as shown on the

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Visualization

SAS ColombiaOctober 19, 2016 0

Analytics Everywhere: el caso de Ferrari

No cabe duda de que la analítica ahora está en todas partes. Gracias a la Nube (cloud) se puede acceder a las soluciones desde cualquier lugar y aplicarla en todo lo que nos imaginemos. Incluso en una pista tan sofisticada y tecnológica como resulta ser la de la Fórmula 1,

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 17, 2016 0

How much does each country spend on healthcare?

With the US Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other health topics in the news lately, I wondered how much people spend on healthcare in various countries. Of course spending varies from person to person, so I decided to take a look at the average per capita spending in each country (it's

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 12, 2016 0

Which drinks have the most, and least, caffeine?

A friend and I were recently debating how much caffeine is in various drinks. I felt like my hands were tied behind my back, since I had no graphs to show them. Of course, the first thing I did when I got to work was create some caffeine graphs! They turned out

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldOctober 11, 2016 0

Advanced ODS Graphics: Title change macro

Have you ever wanted to modify a graph title that is produced by an analytical procedure? You can make a wide variety of changes by modifying the graph template. Modifying the graph template is straight forward. You specify ODS TRACE ON, run the procedure, find the template name, display the

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 10, 2016 0

Where did Hurricane Matthew drop the most water?

This past weekend, Hurricane Matthew came through the Carolinas. Some areas had record flooding, while other areas didn't. I was anxious to get back to work today, so I could use SAS software and create a custom map showing who got how much rain. But before we get to the official

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Data Visualization

Dan StevensOctober 8, 2016 0

Building clinical data and insight visually

Have you ever been involved in executing an exploratory analysis based on an integrated clinical trial database? If so, you've probably experienced firsthand how elaborate the initial phase of data access and data processing can be. Market analysts estimate the ratio for preparing the data, compared to actually analyzing the information,

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 7, 2016 0

Digging deeper into weather data, with custom SAS Analytics!

When you were growing up, did you ever imagine that the most popular show on TV would be 24-hour coverage of a storm?!? Yes, for better or for worse, the weather has become our new reality TV. And as you watch the weather coverage, you probably see all the weather reporters showing the

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Christine KomanderOctober 7, 2016 0

Data Scientist – Data Artist – Data Journalist – wie bitte, wer?

Nachdem der Data Scientist mittlerweile bei allen Digitalisierungsthemen und der damit einhergehenden Analytik in aller Munde ist, geistern nun auch etliche andere Rollendefinitionen durch die Positionierungen der verschiedenen Anbieter. Ein paar dieser neuen Bezeichnungen würde ich gerne aufgreifen und erklären, zusätzlich ein paar Denkanstöße mitgeben.

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeOctober 4, 2016 0

Getting Started with SGPLOT - Part 1 - Scatter Plot

Last week I had the pleasure of presenting my paper "Graphs are Easy with SAS 9.4" at the Boston SAS Users Group meeting. The turn out was large and over 75% of the audience appeared to be using SAS 9.4 back home. This was good as my paper was focused on the cool new

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonOctober 4, 2016 0

Will Hurricane Matthew follow in its predecessors' footsteps?

Like many words, if you just say "Cat 5" different people might think you're talking about different things. Computer geeks might assume you're talking about category 5 network cabling. But around this time of the year, most people in the southeast US will probably assume you're talking about a category

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Data Visualization

Frederic ThysSeptember 27, 2016 0

Our world is flat, but our employees aren’t: How to manage and hire with analytics

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonSeptember 27, 2016 0

A statistical crossword puzzle to exercise your brain

I recently read a very interesting article describing how analytics is being used to detect cheating/copying/re-use in crossword puzzle creation, in some of the major news publications. This inspired me to try my hand at creating a totally new & unique crossword puzzle ... of course using SAS software! :) My grandmother

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