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Sanjay MatangeFebruary 2, 2016 0

Legendary

Entries in a legend are populated automatically based on the data. When creating a graph with group classification, the display attributes for each bar are derived from the GraphData1-12 style elements from the active style. The graph on the right shows you the result of creating an adverse event timeline

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Data Visualization

Peter SnellingJanuary 29, 2016 0

How to make universities even smarter

Universities using data is a topic close to SAS’ heart, and in a recent blog we talked about the specific challenges that UK universities face in attracting and keeping students, and how data can help universities better understand the student lifecycle. The first Universities and College Admissions Services (UCAS) deadline

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 28, 2016 0

Which lives longer - a honey bee or black ant?

A honey bee can live for 8 years ... but a black garden ant can live even 20 years longer than that! Learn more details, and other interesting trivia, in this blog on "the longevity of things." I recently found The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database, and was fascinated by

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 26, 2016 0

How did you measure up in Snowpocalypse 2016?

The East Coast of the US got quite a snowstorm this past weekend, but did your area get enough snow to brag about? Let's see what the data says... Before we get started, here are a couple pictures of the snow. The first one is from my driveway - we didn't

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 22, 2016 0

A snow day at SAS headquarters

The East Coast is having lots of snow and ice storms today, and SAS headquarters is officially closed. But I thought it would be a great day to get a few things done! And among those few things is "write a snow-related blog". Hope you enjoy it! After 21 years of

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Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiJanuary 21, 2016 0

Performance-based funding in education

How do public higher education institutions get funded? In the past, state funding was tied to enrollment, but now more states are tying funding to institutional performance. State Legislatures want more accountability for money spent on higher education and have turned to performance-based funding (also called outcomes-based funding). As such,

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeJanuary 20, 2016 0

Easy Box Plot with Multiple Connect Lines

Last month I wrote an article on connecting multiple statistics by category in a box plot using SGPLOT. In the first article I described the way you can do this using overlaid SERIES on a VBOX using SAS 9.4, which allows such a combination. However, if you have SAS 9.3,

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 20, 2016 0

A fun analysis of regional cultures in the US

Are you from Yankeedom, The Far West, or somewhere in between? In this blog, I use SAS maps to explore some fun data about regional cultures in the U.S. I recently ran across an interesting article about Colin Woodward's book "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 18, 2016 0

Which stores will Walmart close in 2016?

You probably heard the recent announcement this past Friday that Walmart will be closing 269 stores. Are any closing near where you live? This blog shows some really cool SAS maps to let you drill-down into the data! I've seen a few maps showing which Walmart stores are closing, but they

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldJanuary 14, 2016 0

Fit Plot Customizations

A customer wants to use PROC REG to fit a simple regression model but display in the fit plot markers that differentiate groups of individuals. Click on a graph to enlarge. Before we see how to do that, let's look at some simpler examples. The following step fits a linear

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeJanuary 12, 2016 0

CandleStick Chart with SAS 9.2

Let us start the new year by taking a trip back in history to SAS 9.2, first released in 2008, and the first SAS release that included the new ODS Graphics software including GTL and SG procedures. While we have recently released the third maintenance on SAS 9.4 (SAS 9.40M3),

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Data Visualization

SAS Glasgow Hackathon 2015

Felix BillsonJanuary 12, 2016 0

From Hackathon to Demo Day, students showcase clever solutions

When SAS Scotland gave students 48 hours to build a prototype computer system to help increase police effectiveness, nine teams accepted the challenge. The venue was the University of Glasgow's Hackathon, one of the largest student hackathons in the UK, attracting 200 attendees. SAS Scotland has co-sponsored the event for the past three

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 11, 2016 0

Need help picking lottery numbers?

What strategy do you use to pick your lottery numbers? Do you suspect that the future winning numbers might be somehow related to the past winning numbers? If so, this blog's for you! The Powerball lottery jackpot is up to about $1.4 billion - the largest lottery jackpot there has

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Government | Sports & Entertainment

Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeDecember 28, 2015 0

Dual Axis Graph with Zero Equalization

An interesting question came up recently, where a colleague wanted to create a bar line chart with Revenue on the Y axis and Profit on the Y2 axis. The Revenues were all positive, but the Profit had positive and negative values. Some data I generated is shown on the right. Creating this

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeDecember 23, 2015 0

Box Plot with Stat Table and Markers

A Box Plot is very popular to view the distribution of an analysis variable with one or more classifiers. Also, everyone wants to customize the graph in different ways. One recent request was for creating a box plot by category and group along with the display of various statistics and overlaid

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 23, 2015 0

Is holiday spending up or down?

I was reading through Deloitte University Press' 2015 Holiday Spending survey - the results were interesting, but their graph made you jump through mental hoops to understand the data. So of course I used SAS to create a simpler version of the graph, so you'll have more time for holiday shopping!

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Data Visualization

Brownie ToffeebellsDecember 21, 2015 0

Santa, may I please share this data visualization with you?

Hidely-hodely, everyone! As you might imagine, the size and variety of the gift inventory at the North Pole puts Wal-Mart to shame. And while we’ve been at this for hundreds of years, we still make too many of some things and not enough of others. No elf can forget the

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 16, 2015 0

Release the fourth one first, they did!

If you're just a casual Star Wars fan, you might be confused about the order of the movies. Here's a SAS graph that will help you make sense of it all, before Episode VII comes out this week! If you'd like to see how I created this custom graph, here's a

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 9, 2015 0

How do your favorite SNL cast members stack up?

Saturday Night Live has been on television for about as long as most of us have been old enough to stay up and watch it (since 1975). Therefore, when I saw that Rolling Stone had ranked all the cast members throughout the show's history, I knew this was going to

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Sports & Entertainment

Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeDecember 6, 2015 0

Boxplot with Connect using Annotate

In the previous article I described a way to create a box plot with multiple connect lines using SAS 9.40M1 or later release . I created the graph using SGPLOT with VBOX and overlaid SERIES statements. Such an overlay of a basic plot on the VBOX statement is supported starting

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeDecember 4, 2015 0

Boxplot with connect

This blog post is motivated by a post by a user on the communities page about creating a box plot with colored boxes by category and multiple connect lines. Normally, a box plot can be drawn by category, with a single connect line for one of the statistical values of

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonDecember 1, 2015 0

Where is your favorite wine made?

Here in the US, California is known as "wine country" - but I was wondering what other states make wine, and whether there have been any big changes in recent years. This seemed like a good excuse for some graphical analytics... My previous blog analyzed where various Thanksgiving foods were produced. I was

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeNovember 30, 2015 0

Histogram with Gradient Color

Recently a user posted a query on the SAS Communities page asking on how to create a histogram where the bins of the histogram are colored by the analysis variable using a three color ramp. Essentially, he wanted the bins to be colored from "Low" to "High" along the horizontal

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Data Visualization | Risk Management

VirtualOil Rolling Five-Year Portfolio

Ian JonesNovember 27, 2015 0

From boom to bust: Searching for sustainability in the new oil climate

Times have changed. As the oil industry shutters and sheds investments that made sense during the two-year period in which oil rode comfortably above $90, the market is establishing a new equilibrium at $40/barrel. This despite the fact that the Baker Hughes domestic rig count is down 64 percent. It’s

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Data Visualization | Students & Educators

Dr. Laurie MilesNovember 25, 2015 0

Data science doesn’t have to be difficult

You could argue that it’s misguided for someone like me to say data science doesn't have to be difficult. After all, I’ve been in the industry for many years and should have a few tricks up my sleeve for dealing with data. But with the latest data visualisation technology –

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldNovember 19, 2015 0

Advanced ODS Graphics Examples

I have written a new book on advanced ODS Graphics examples. It is available as a free PDF file on the web. It is in color, and all of the SAS code is available by double clicking a link at the beginning of each example. Advanced ODS Graphics Examples Update:

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 19, 2015 0

Who to thank for your Thanksgiving food

Here in the US, we've got the Thanksgiving holiday coming up soon. And the keystone of this holiday is a big dinner, with lots of traditional Thanksgiving foods. But where does all this food come from, and which farmers should we thank for which of the food items? I use SAS

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Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiNovember 18, 2015 0

Best practices for using data and analytics

Know your data. Do a needs analysis. Organize for success. Empower users. These are four best practices for data and analytics that you'll want to hear more about. In my first three posts in the Analytics in Real Life blog series, we learned how higher education customers are using SAS and why

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 13, 2015 0

How to build a customized voter registration data viewer

With a major election coming next year, I was wondering if there have been any shifts & changes in the voters in my state. This seems like an interesting opportunity for some data analysis, eh!?! To get you into the spirit of elections, here's an "I Voted" sticker from my friend

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Data Visualization

Robert AllisonNovember 11, 2015 0

Using more of the 1,000,000+ English words

With over 1,000,000 words in the English language, why is it that we tend to use the same words over & over? This blog shows a hierarchical approach to help you branch out and choose more descriptive words. But first, to get you into the mood for a blog about

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