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Data Visualization

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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

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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Education

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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Health Care

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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Health Care

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

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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Travel

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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Data Visualization

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.

German

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

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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Insurance

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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Education

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

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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Government

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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Retail

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

Manufacturing

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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