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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 2, 2016 0

What you see is what you get ... maybe!

When using visual analytics, it's important to realize that WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) is not always true. By recognizing a few optical illusions and tricks, you might become a better data analyst ... and have some fun along the way. Let's start with the Koffka Rings

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 1, 2016 0

A closer look at the teacher salary graph

Teacher salaries have been a hotly debated issue in our state for the past few years. In this blog post, I examine a graph that recently appeared in our local news, point out some deficiencies, and create an alternate graph. But before we get started, here's a picture of my

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Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiMay 31, 2016 0

How can you know what’s best for more than 20,000 students?

When your job involves making decisions that affect thousands of college students, making the right decisions can have a large impact on the future. Giving college administrators easy access to reliable analytics can help improve enrollment and graduation rates – and find answers to complex questions that cut across many

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeMay 30, 2016 0

CTSPedia Clinical Graphs - Subgrouped Forest Plot

The advent of the AXISTABLE statement with SAS 9.4, has made it considerably easier to create graphs that include statistics aligned with x-axis values (Survival Plot) or with the y-axis (Forest Plot). This statement was specifically designed to address such needs, and includes the options needed to control the text attributes of

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 27, 2016 0

How does your favorite US national park stack up?

The US has almost 400 national parks, and has been keeping attendance data for about 100 years. With a holiday weekend coming up, I thought this would be a good time to crunch those numbers, and see how each park compares to all the others... I first saw the tip of

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Data Visualization

Varsha ChawlaMay 27, 2016 0

Correlations, forecasts, and making sense of it all with visualization

"Correlation does not imply causation.” Does that bring back memories from your college statistics class? If you cringe when you hear those words, don’t worry. This phrase is still relevant today, but is now more approachable and easier to understand. Here at SAS, we use SAS® Visual Analytics to make

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Thomas Bodenmüller-DodekMay 24, 2016 0

Der Citizen Data Scientist – willst du mit mir korrelieren?

Citizen Data Scientist : WIR BRAUCHEN EUCH! Und das Warum erzähle ich in diesem Blog. Erster Test: Wussten Sie, dass das Alter der Miss America mit der Anzahl der Morde durch heißen Dampf und heiße Gegenstände korreliert? Oder dass die Storchenpopulation mit der Geburtenrate zusammenhängt?

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeMay 23, 2016 0

CTSPedia Clinical Graphs - Volcano Plot

A Volcano Plot is a type of scatter-plot that is used to quickly identify changes in large data sets composed of replicate data. In the clinical domain, a Volcano Plot is used to view Risk difference (RD) of AE occurrence (%) between drug and control by preferred term. One example of

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 23, 2016 0

Picking a surreal vacation destination in the US

Do you need help picking a summer vacation destination - one that's not just great, but surreal? If so, this blog's for you! It's that time of the year again - I've got gobs of vacation time saved up, but I was drawing a blank on where to go... So I turned

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeMay 20, 2016 0

CTSPedia Clinical Graphs - Heatmap of Benefit

Let us continue our review of the Clinical Graphs included in the CTSPedia repository. Today, I noticed this Heatmap of Benefits and Risks over Time for Subjects in a study by Treatment, submitted by Max Cherny using "R" code. I thought it would be a good exercise to see how to build this

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 19, 2016 0

You don't know squat about the Las Vegas housing market

How bad was the recent recession on the Las Vegas housing market, and what lingering side effects are still being felt? If you don't know squat about real estate housing markets, then this blog post is for you! It takes a simple graphical look at some data that helps explain

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Data Visualization

Kamil Konikiewicz

Kamil KonikiewiczMay 16, 2016 0

Four challenges in an era of visualisation

The world nowadays is full of all sorts of data. With so much information from such a wide range of sources being compiled on a daily basis, we need to be capable of processing and analysing it extremely quickly. We also want information and knowledge immediately to hand, and are

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeMay 13, 2016 0

Dial KPI using SGPLOT

Last week I was at PharmaSUG 2016, where I presented a 1/2 day seminar on creating Clinical Graphs using SAS. I was gratified to have a enthusiastic audience of about 28 attendees and we had a great interactive session. I also presented a paper on Clinical Graphs Using SAS. More

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 12, 2016 0

Is that a CSV file ... or have you been drinking?

In this blog post I explore some of the open data police incident reports for Raleigh and Cary, while showing you the easy way to handle various types of CSV files. In recent years, many cities have set up open data websites, to share various kinds of data about their city.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

SAS PolandMay 9, 2016 0

Standardy wizualizacji danych

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION STANDARDS to organizacja określająca międzynarodowe standardy komunikacji biznesowej i przedstawiająca propozycje dotyczące projektowania zrozumiałych raportów biznesowych i prezentacji. Niniejszym wpisem rozpoczynamy serię artykułów dotyczących tych rekomendacji – osadzając je w kontekście narzędzia do wizualnej eksploracji danych – SAS Visual Analytics.

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeMay 6, 2016 0

CTSPedia Graphs - Dot Plot of Primary SOC

CTSPedia is a valuable resource for clinical research "... initiated to form an information resource created by researchers for researchers in clinical and translational science to share valuable knowledge amongst local researchers". This site includes a section on statistical graphs where you can find valuable information and a library of standardized

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Visualization

Datos analítica

SAS ColombiaMay 4, 2016 0

Visualización de datos en los tiempos del Big Data: ¿cómo ver lo relevante?

En el mundo en el que vivimos, caracterizado en la rapidez de la información, nos hemos empezado a acostumbrar a términos como Big Data o el Internet de las Cosas. Lo primero nos hace pensar en muchas cifras y datos. Lo segundo, en la interconectividad de todo y los muchos datos que eso

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Data Management | Data Visualization

Mary OsborneMay 4, 2016 0

May the 4th be with you

Most folks who know me, know I'm a bit of a Star Wars geek. I've analyzed the original trilogy scripts and documented my findings in a paper called Star Wars and the Art of Data Science. I'm always looking for excuses to get my hands into Star Wars data, and

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeMay 2, 2016 0

Directed Link Networks

A few weeks ago I posted an article describing how to display simple Network Diagrams with Curved Links using SGPLOT procedure. The key requirement is that the node positions have to be computed by user. Often, for simple diagrams, nodes can be positioned using a simple layered layout. Separately, I also

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Analytics | Data Visualization

SAS ColombiaApril 28, 2016 0

Visual Analytics: Empiece a ver el valor de sus datos ahora [Reviva esta Webinar]

No importa el tamaño de su organización, usted necesita una solución que le permita explorar todos los datos relevantes que se generan a diario de forma rápida y sencilla, descubriendo oportunidades ocultas e identificando relaciones clave. Todo con el objetivo de tomar las mejores decisiones de manera inmediata y precisa.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Teri PatsilarasApril 27, 2016 0

Use parameters to pick your metric in Visual Analytics Reports

Look at the report below. Imagine being asked to allow your users to select which Measure, highlighted in yellow, they are looking at: Income, Expense or Profit. This is a frequent report requirement and I’m going to outline just one of the ways you can design your report to satisfy

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Data Visualization | SAS Events

Becky GraebeApril 25, 2016 0

Data is the new soil; get your hands dirty

When was the last time an informational graph or chart caught your eye? I mean, really caught your eye in a way that made you want to emblazon it on a greeting card or frame it for your office? What’s that…never? Me neither, until I had the opportunity to see

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 25, 2016 0

A graph fit for a Prince

I was sad to hear that one of my favorite singers, Prince, died last week. This blog post describes a graph I created to show his legacy. Prince was at the height of his popularity when I was in high school and college, which were the formative years for much of

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeApril 22, 2016 0

Coffee Recipes

For a long time, Starbucks represented to me as the good coffee cup, with me paying upwards of $4 for a Latte. But on a recent visit to San Francisco, my son introduced me to a few other options. Philz crafts a great cup of java, with the barista making

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 19, 2016 0

Looking for cheaters in the Boston Marathon data

With more and more data available these days, and computers that can analyze that data, it's becoming feasible to look for fraud in events such as the Boston Marathon. So put on your detective hat, and follow along as I show you how to use SAS to be a data sleuth!

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 15, 2016 0

How much will that taxi cost me?

Are you afraid that if you take a ride in a taxi, you might get "taken for a ride"? If trying to figure out the reasonable price of a taxi is a bit voodoo/black-box to you, here is a SAS data analysis of over 12 million NYC Yellow Cab rides, that

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 13, 2016 0

Getting down and dirty with lake water quality data

Just like my hero Mike Rowe on the Dirty Jobs TV show, I'm finally diving into an area involving water quality ... and poop! Let's take a graphical look at just how clean (or dirty) the water is, at the lake where my Raleigh Dragon Boat Club practices... Before we get

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Thomas Bodenmüller-DodekApril 13, 2016 0

Das neue Nerventonikum für Sportfans: Predictive Analytics!

„Oh Mann, mach ihn doch rein.“ Wer kennt das nicht, man fiebert live im Stadion oder auf der heimischen Couch mit seinem Lieblingsteam, das gerade versucht, ein wichtiges Match zu gewinnen oder die langersehnte Trophäe zu ergattern. Ja, und dann sitzt man da auf seinem Sitz oder im Sessel und

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Michael Herrmann

Michael HerrmannApril 12, 2016 0

Sind Sie ein Geodät ?

Sind Sie ein Geodät ? Tragen Sie Ihr Smartphone in den Wald? Wenn, dann wohl eher unbewusst und ohne einen expliziten Standpunkt zu suchen... Ihr Smartphone hat einen – und zwar so plus/minus fünf Meter genau. Und das ist gleichzeitig der Ausgangspunkt für eine visuelle Verbesserung der Welt – einfach so beim

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeApril 8, 2016 0

Displaying Group Values on the Axis

Recently a user was working with the HBAR statement with cluster groups with SG procedures. User wanted to see the group values on the axis. SGPLOT does not display multi level axes as these are shared with different plot types. However, with SGPLOT, there is often a way to get

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