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Jan-Ole RomannJune 2, 2015 0

7 Last-Minute-Tipps zum SAS Forum 2015

Analytics - konkret und praxisnah: Am Dienstag, 9. Juni startet das SAS Forum 2015 in der Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum. Für alle bereits Angemeldeten und für Kurzentschlossene, die sich noch online oder direkt vor Ort registrieren können, kommen hier 7 Tipps, mit denen Sie das Beste aus Ihrem Konferenzbesuch herausholen: 1.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 2, 2015 0

Creating a map using death data

I guess most of us have a morbid curiosity about how we're going to die ... which is probably why Francis Boscoe's Causes of Death map went viral (no pun intended, of course!). This blog post shows how to create such a map... But first, to lighten up the mood a bit

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Health Care | Insurance

Analytics | Data Visualization

Chart: Prompt, Price and Premium

Ian JonesMay 29, 2015 0

VirtualOil: volatility and the value of a hedge

This month we take a fresh analytical view of our hypothetical VirtualOil portfolio by comparing the forward price of WTI (the green line) to the prompt month price (red line). The resulting graphic (chart 1) demonstrates the relative stability of the 48-month forward price in contrast to a very active spot

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 29, 2015 0

Cars versus drivers: Who's safer?

A recent news report shows an unexpected spike in traffic fatalities here in the US in 2015. This got me wondering what the data shows ... for the past 100 years or so... Driving was a lot more dangerous in the early days. If you were in a wreck, you

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Insurance | Travel

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 26, 2015 0

Do Italians really drink less alcohol than Americans?

I saw an interesting graph on dadaviz.com that claimed Italians had gone from drinking twice as much as Americans in 1970, to less than Americans in recent years. The data analyst in me just had to "independently verify" this factoid ... But before I get into the technical part of this

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeMay 25, 2015 0

Report from PharmaSUG 2015

PharmaSUG 2015 in Orlando was held at the Renaissance had a record breaking attendance of over 650. Weather was great, except for a huge downpour on the evening of the last day. All the popular presenters were in attendance including Art Carpenter, Kirk Lafler, Arthur Li and many others. Presentations

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Data Visualization | Internet of Things

Nascif Abousalh-NetoMay 21, 2015 0

Exploring my personal IoT data with SAS

After acquiring personal IoT data in part 1 and cleaning it up in part 2 of this series, we are now ready to explore the data with SAS Visual Analytics. Let's see which answers we can find with the help of data visualization and analytics! I followed the general exploratory workflow

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 19, 2015 0

Locating Mount St. Helens using a SAS map

Mount St. Helens volcano here in the US had a big eruption 35 years ago this week! Do you know exactly where it is located? Perhaps this SAS map can help... As you might have guessed, I'm a big fan of the awesome power of nature (hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, earthquakes, and

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 15, 2015 0

A little fun with UFO sightings data

As a kid, I was always intrigued with UFO sightings and I guess I'm still a little that way ... therefore how could I not jump at the opportunity to explore some UFO sightings data! I guess "UFO" doesn't necessarily imply that something is an alien space ship - just

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Data Visualization | Internet of Things

Nascif Abousalh-NetoMay 14, 2015 0

Data preparation and cleansing for personal analytics

In part 1 of this series we looked at how to acquire personal data from the Internet of Things for our own exploration. But we found that the data was not yet ready for analysis, as is usually the case. In this part, we will look at how we can use SAS

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeMay 12, 2015 0

Report from SGF 2015

SGF 2015 was a blast with a focus on Visual Analytics, SAS Studio, Hadoop and more. Graphs were everywhere, and it was a banner year for ODS Graphics with over 15 papers and presentations by users on creating graphs using SG Procedures, GTL and Designer. Dan Heath, Prashant Hebbar, Scott

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 12, 2015 0

Creating your own customized graphs for SAS analytic procedures

In recent releases of SAS, you can use Output Delivery System graphics or 'ODS graphics on' to produce nice graphical output for most of the analytic procedures. These default graphs are nice, but when you want your graphs to look "a certain way" SAS also lets you create your own custom graphs!

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Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiMay 9, 2015 0

In Texas at SAS Global Forum = Big conference + Big Education presence

Everything’s bigger in Texas and that definitely held true at SAS Global Forum 2015. The conference was bigger and busier than ever, especially for the education industry. There were so many amazing presentations and announcements, that you may have missed a few -- here are the highlights. We had a several customer presentations on SAS Visual

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Data Visualization

Paul JonesMay 8, 2015 0

Don’t throw away that data – it might be worth something!

We’ve all been there. You’ve knuckled down, cleaned out the garage, the attic, and that cupboard under the stairs, thrown away a ton of stuff, only to need it again the very next week. Until recently, that’s exactly what many businesses did with their data. The data explosion has radically

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 7, 2015 0

U.S. federal government is shrinking

I was surprised to find that the size of the U.S. federal government is smaller today, than in the past many decades - let's graph it out, so it's easy to analyze... The way I got started on this little adventure was via Jishai's graph on dadaviz.com. Here's a snapshot

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Data Visualization | Internet of Things

Nascif Abousalh-NetoMay 7, 2015 0

Visualizing your personal analytics with SAS

Have you noticed how your smart phone seems to know everything about you? Where you live, where you work, and even how long your daily commute will take! A lot of that information is generated by your daily activities while using your connected devices. There is much to be found by analyzing the

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Alan LipsonMay 6, 2015 0

Retailers see checkout analytics pay off with Toshiba partnership

On Monday, SAS announced the beginning of a new era with its Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions OEM partnership. This is the first time SAS has provided its technology for an equipment manufacturer to wrap into its solution to help retail customers gain the benefits of advanced analytics. We always ask

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMay 5, 2015 0

SAS/GRAPH: Intermediate Tricks (a Handbook for the Wizard’s Apprentice)

Did you ever wish you could master SAS/GRAPH, and create graphs and maps that were customized exactly like you wanted them? Then this free eBook is for you! Probably the most memorable book for me was the Necronomicon in the Army of Darkness movie. How many of you liked that

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Data Visualization

Leo SadovyMay 5, 2015 0

The new map of global manufacturing

any factors go into your strategic global business decisions, from the physical placement of factories and distribution centers, to your choice of suppliers and partners, to your target markets and the business model itself. Businesses have a choice of fundamental global go-to-market investment strategies, from direct foreign investment on the one

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Data Visualization

Mary OsborneMay 4, 2015 0

May the 4th be with you (2015 edition)!

I'm a huge Star Wars fan. I got chills when I saw the trailer for The Force Awakens! Last year for SAS Global Forum, I wrote a paper called Star Wars and the Art of Data Science. I explored the scripts from the original Star Wars trilogy (A New Hope,

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Jennifer NenadicMay 4, 2015 0

Will technology replace the need for data scientists?

I read an interesting article recently that suggested analyst and data scientist job positions may be on the way out. The author argued that analytics are being incorporated more and more heavily into operational systems, making “analytic capabilities” more readily accessible to business users without the involvement of a data scientist. Being a data

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 27, 2015 0

A closer look at the U.S. income inequality graphs

I've seen a lot of recent news articles purporting income inequality in the U.S. ("the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer") ... and I wondered if the graphs were a true/unbiased representation of the data. For example, I recently saw a couple of graphs in an article on the

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Banking | Government

Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeApril 24, 2015 0

Difference can be misleading

A very common type of graph contains two series plot, where the user is expected to evaluate the difference visually. I saw one such plot on the web today shown on the right. This graph has two curves, one for malpractice premiums and one for claims, with a shaded band

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 22, 2015 0

More reasons to stop smoking!

Smoking is an addictive habit that can kill you - if you don't believe me, check out the infographic in this blog post. Recently a friend of mine was on the episode of the Dr. Phil show that focused on "quitting smoking." Here's a picture of Traci with Dr. Phil

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Data Visualization

Braxxian Tol-KandratApril 22, 2015 0

Peaceful Earth Day tidings from a benevolent alien overlord…er, observer

Happy Earth Day, earthlings! As an outsider observing your planet, with absolutely no nefarious intentions whatsoever, I have to say you have a pretty good thing going there. I was sent by the leading…scientists on my planet, Kahnquur-7, to learn more about Earth, its dominant life form (yay, humans!), its

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Data Visualization

Sanjay MatangeApril 19, 2015 0

Micro Maps

MicroMaps are a powerful way to display data where the display includes small, lightweight maps to provide geographical information regarding the data. This geographical information gives clues to the relationship between the data that could lead to more insight. The SAS SG Procedures and GTL do not currently have built-in

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 17, 2015 0

Analyzing wait times at VA health care facilities

Data about the monthly wait times at VA facilities in the US are now available, but it's a bit overwhelming to try to analyze them in tabular form - plotting the data on a map made it a lot easier!... Here in the US, when our soldiers finish their commitment in

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data Visualization

Ian JonesApril 16, 2015 0

Oil benchmark back in the money, for now, with an eye on volatility

Oil is bouncing around the $50 range as the market adds and loses value with each new headline, from potential new Iranian exports after the nuclear talks to the slowest month of inventory builds at Cushing since Thanksgiving. The US rigcount is down nearly 23 percent year-over-year, but the rate

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonApril 15, 2015 0

A custom map to help track the flu

Has this year's flu been better or worse than you thought it would be? There are a lot of factors that help determine whether or not you're likely to get the flu. Is there a bad strain going around? Did the flu vaccine target the right strain? Did you get

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Analytics | Data Visualization

SAS ColombiaApril 15, 2015 0

¿Quiere ver lo que le dicen los datos? Estos 5 pasos previos le ayudarán en el propósito

Estamos ante la era del Big Data y las modernas soluciones que existen actualmente en el mercado hacen cada vez más fácil manejar los grandes volúmenes de información. Sin embargo, vale la pena preguntarnos, ¿son necesarios tantos datos? En otras palabras, si su solución de analítica puede organizarlos, consolidarlos y

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