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Tamara FischerJuly 7, 2015 0

Was macht ein Data Scientist, wenn er nicht gerade von neuronalen Netzen träumt?

Angenommen, ein Chemiker hat eine riesige Menge verschiedener Rohstoffe zur Verfügung. Er hat die Aufgabe aus diesen Rohstoffen ein neues Medikament zu entwickeln. Der Chemiker weiß noch nicht wofür, aber mit Hilfe seines Fachwissens über chemische Stoffe macht er sich daran, kreativ Ideen zu entwickeln. Er fängt an, eine Auswahl

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJuly 7, 2015 0

Where are different languages spoken?

As you travel around the world, do you know where English, French, Spanish, and Arabic are spoken? This blog will help you quickly answer that question, with some cool SAS maps! But first, here's a picture of my friend Joy posing beside an interesting sign during one of her international

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeJuly 2, 2015 0

Row Lattice Headers

The SGPANEL procedure makes it easy to create graph panels that are classified by one or more classifiers. The "Panel" layout is the default and it places the classifier values in cell headers at the top of each cell. When using LAYOUT=Latice or RowLattice, the row headers are placed at

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Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJuly 1, 2015 0

Finding July 4th fireworks shows with SAS software!

Update: This blog has been updated with the 2016 map. You can use SAS for just about anything - that includes finding a great fireworks show to watch during the US Independence Day holiday! Here's a fireworks-locator map I created using SAS (see technical details below). The red dots represent

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 29, 2015 0

Born to be wild - analyzing motorcycle data

What is it that people like so much about motorcycles? The thrill/excitement/freedom of riding them, the 'biker image' portrayed in movies, or great songs such as Little Honda by the Hondells? I'm not a biker per say, but I do have a couple of motorcycles, and am a known associate

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Insurance | Sports & Entertainment

Data Visualization

Natan MeekersJune 29, 2015 0

See what you never expected with data visualization

A strong quote from John Tukey explains the essence of data visualization: “The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.” Tukey was a famous American mathematician who truly understood data – its structure, patterns and what to look for.

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeJune 28, 2015 0

Attributes Priority for the Inquiring Mind

When ODS Graphics was first released with SAS 9.2 in 2008, a conscious effort was made to create graphs that were consistent and aesthetically pleasing out of the box. Features in the graph derive their visual attributes from the active Style. When Group classifications are in effect, the different classification

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 26, 2015 0

Is Greece in hot water, financially?

Greece has been in the news lately, trying to secure funds to repay 1.5 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the end of the month. And as luck would have it, there is some data available and some graphs to be created ... I love this job!

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Banking | Government

Data Visualization

Cornelius KimmerJune 25, 2015 0

Telematikdemo mit SAS ESP und Visual Analytics

Die Herausforderung ist, Daten als Stream in SAS Visual Analytics darstellen zu können. Für Streaminglösungen eignen sich in erster Linie Sensordaten aus technischen Anlagen wie Kompressoren und Produktionsanlagen, Wetterdaten, geologische Daten wie Daten aus Seizmographen, Daten aus energieproduzierenden Anlagen wie Wind- und Wasserkraftanlagen und Telematikdaten aus Fahrzeugen. Letztere sind für

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 25, 2015 0

Pyramids, body parts, and gender differences

Nope - we're not digging up mummies in pyramids and analyzing the gender - this blog is about population pyramid charts and "digging into data"! But since the title might have lured in some pyramid fans, here's a picture of my friend Angela posing beside a pyramid - pretty cool, eh?!?

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Data Visualization | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Stuart RoseJune 25, 2015 0

Location, Location, Location

If you buying or selling a house. The relator will tell the value of the property is all about location, location, location. For insurance companies location is just as important. For an underwriter assessing the risk on a property is essential that they consider the location of the property. How

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Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization

Greg WoodJune 25, 2015 0

Are you missing out when it comes to data monetization?

After doing some recent research with IDC®, I got to thinking again about the reasons that organizations of all sizes in all industries are so slow at adopting analytics as part of their ‘business as usual’ operations. While I have no hard statistics on who is and who isn’t adopting

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeJune 24, 2015 0

Bubble Plots

Bubble Plots provide additional ways to visualize your data. The plot supports display of multiple response characteristics of the data in one graph. Bubble plots were introduced with SAS 9.3 in GTL and SG Procedures. A bubble is drawn at each (x, y) point in the graph, and each bubble is

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Data Visualization

Gail BamfordJune 23, 2015 0

Looking "beneath the dots" of geospatial data

If you use a GPS system or a mapping app on your phone, you're familiar with geospatial intelligence. But did you know this same technology can be used to map the spread of diseases, to understand the spread of wildfires, to visualize environmental issues - and much more? The proliferation

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Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization

Daniel TeacheyJune 22, 2015 0

Build a culture that embraces big data challenges

Big data. Streaming data. Complex data. We’ve all heard the reasons why organizations feel like they’re facing an insurmountable data challenge. Now, it’s time to do something about it. For the past few years, SAS has helped some of the world’s leading companies make sense of an avalanche of data.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 22, 2015 0

Using SAS to get the jump on Shark Week

Discovery Channel's Shark Week starts July 5, 2015 - and I've created a special SAS map & graph of shark attacks in North Carolina to get you in the mood for their week of shark education! But first, to get you in the mood for my blog, here's a picture

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Data Visualization

Max KöhlerJune 19, 2015 0

Textanalyse – von unstrukturiert zu strukturiert

Textmining ist im Grunde wie Recycling, eine Art Alchemie, die aus unstrukturierten strukturierte Textdaten macht. Ich kann einiges Unbrauchbare vorne rein kippen und hinten kommt Brauchbares und Neues raus. Je besser das Rohmaterial allerdings ist, desto besser das Ergebnis. Dann veredelt unser Recyclingautomat den unstrukturierten Input. Und darüber möchte ich

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Robert AllisonJune 19, 2015 0

How to handle time (mm:ss.ss) values in SAS

One of my earlier blogs on handling percent (%) values in SAS was very popular (it's been viewed over 34,000 times!), so I thought I'd write a similar blog on handling time (mm:ss.ss) values in SAS ... This past weekend I was in a dragonboat race (that's me in the

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Sports & Entertainment

Data Visualization

Guido OswaldJune 19, 2015 0

Datenaufbereitung für Fachanwender mit SAS® Visual Analytics

Haben Sie schon einmal ein Business Intelligence (BI) oder Analytics Projekt von Anfang an begleitet? Dann wissen Sie sicher wie aufwendig die erste Phase (Datenzugriff und Datenaufbereitung) sein kann. Marktanalysten schätzen das Verhältnis Vorbereitung der Daten zur eigentlichen Auswertung auf 80:20. Das heißt, im Normalfall wird der weitaus größte Teil der

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Data Visualization

Brent SchmidtJune 18, 2015 0

Father’s Day data visualization reveals…do not feed your brother cat food!

As a proud father of three young children, Father’s Day is very special to me. I pulled together some data about the holiday for a fun blog post, but with three kids it’s difficult to find time to write. Evenings end with me and my wife collapsed on the couch

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Data Management | Data Visualization

Leo SadovyJune 16, 2015 0

Is Data an Asset? The importance of the metaphors we use for data

The metaphors we choose to describe our data are important, for they can either open up the potential for understanding and insight, or they can limit our ability to effectively extract all the value our data may hold. Consisting as it does of nothing but electric potentials, or variations in

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 15, 2015 0

Do city buses in the US make a profit?

What cities have the most and least profitable public transportation services in the US? Perhaps you can find out in this graphical visualization of the data! The US data I'm analyzing here covers things like buses, vans, and rail ... but it might be even more interesting to analyze data from

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Government | Travel

Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiJune 12, 2015 0

Education leaders need data visualization too

Did you know that the education industry is heavily embracing data visualization to run their business? Just like any other industry, leaders in education need to understand their customers (i.e. students). They need to understand how the students are doing, how they're progressing and if intervention is needed to ensure

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 11, 2015 0

Mapping the 50 US hospitals with the highest price markups

A recent study by Bai & Anderson has found that some hospitals charge 10x (ie, 1000%) higher than the standard rates set by Medicare. Many news agencies have posted the list of the 50 US hospitals that have the highest markup. But I am more visually oriented, so of course I used SAS

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 9, 2015 0

Tracking West Nile virus mosquitos in the US

Have you ever been bitten by a mosquito? What are the odds it carried the West Nile virus? ... Perhaps a lot higher than you thought! Here's a picture of a mosquito that kept 'bugging' me around my computer desk at home - good riddance, I say!

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Data Management | Data Visualization

Daniel AunvigJune 9, 2015 0

All customer intelligence must be woven into CRM programs – online and offline

You've probably heard many times about the fantastic untapped potential of combining online and offline customer data. But relax, I’m going to cut out the fluff and address this matter in a way that makes the idea plausible and its objectives achievable. The reality is that while much has been

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeJune 8, 2015 0

Is that Annotate?

The SGPLOT procedures includes features to add annotations to your graph in many different ways. Annotations provide you a flexible way to add features to your graph that are not available through the standard plot statements. Recently, I saw this graph on the web that caught my attention. Clearly, this looks like

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sample of Google map with embedded SAS ODS output

Leonid BatkhanJune 5, 2015 0

SAS ODS destination - Google maps

➤ DISCLOSURE! In June 2018 Google introduced changes to the way it handles its Maps platform. They now require API key in order to embed a map, plus Google Maps "projects" must now be associated with a billing account. Unless these new Google rules are met, Google maps described in

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 5, 2015 0

What's the most popular surname in your country?

My previous blog was about popular first names ... now for a blog about popular surnames (ie, last/family names)! But before we get started, here's a little pop-quiz - what country is my friend Mr. Foley's surname from?

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 3, 2015 0

What's the most popular baby name in your state?

A couple of years ago, I blogged about the most popular baby names in the US over the past 100 years. This time, I focus on the most recent year, and take it to the state level! But before we get started, here's a picture of my friend Jennifer's daughter,

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