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Rick WicklinJuly 6, 2020 0

Pool testing: The math behind combining medical tests

Testing people for coronavirus is a public health measure that reduces the spread of coronavirus. Dr. Anthony Fauci, a US infectious disease expert, recently mentioned the concept of "pool testing." The verb "to pool" means "to combine from different sources." In a USA Today article, Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator

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Analytics

Alexander Daehne

Alexander DaehneJuly 1, 2020 0

Demand Planning in Life Sciences During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the vulnerability of pharmaceutical supply chains. Pharma companies are focusing on risk management to improve the resilience of their networks. Most of the measures they will take, including on-shoring, over capacities and redundancies, will lead to higher costs. To decrease inventory levels across these new

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SAS Events

Oliver Schabenberger

Oliver SchabenbergerJune 30, 2020 0

3 tweetable moments from talking with Simon Sinek

Recently I had an opportunity to talk to one of my favorite authors and thinkers, Simon Sinek. The conversation was far reaching, and thousands of people have tuned in to watch the interview. Our conversation, which took place during our recent Virtual SAS® Global Forum 2020, ranged from the infinite

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Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJune 29, 2020 0

What is a pooled variance?

The first time I saw a formula for the pooled variance, I was quite confused. It looked like Frankenstein's monster, assembled from bits and pieces of other quantities and brought to life by a madman. However, the pooled variance does not have to be a confusing monstrosity. The verb "to

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Stijn RogiersJune 26, 2020 0

One small step for prostate cancer patients, one giant leap for prostate cancer research

In May, I joined several SAS colleagues, academics, clinicians, pharmaceutical companies, and other information and technology specialists for the first-ever IMI PIONEER Hackathon for prostate cancer research. A few weeks later, as I watched the SpaceX launch on TV, it occurred to me that space trips and cancer research have

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Analytics | Data for Good

Oliver Schabenberger

Oliver SchabenbergerJune 23, 2020 0

3 world-changing examples of SAS® on Azure

Recently we announced a new strategic partnership with Microsoft to further shape the future of AI and analytics in the cloud. This commitment will make it easy for SAS customers to move their analytics workloads to the cloud. And it will introduce SAS technologies to millions of Azure customers through

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Hidden Insights - From AI models to Supermodels

Vanessa Hurhangee

Vanessa HurhangeeJune 23, 2020 0

From AI Models to Supermodels

Fast forward to today and a batch run decision is simply not enough.

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Banking | Insurance | Retail

Analytics | Work & Life at SAS

John GottulaJune 22, 2020 0

How SAS grew from its strong roots in agriculture

“SAS co-founder and Executive Vice President, John Sall used to say, ‘SAS was born on a farm, raised on drugs and grew up in the industry,’” recalled Dr. Herb Kirk, explaining the legacy of SAS use in the agriculture and pharmaceutical sectors before expanding into all industries. Before joining SAS

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Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Architecture of an MPP session in SAS Viya. The client calls an action, which can use multiple nodes and threads.

Rick WicklinJune 17, 2020 0

Write a CAS data table by using the iml action

A previous article shows how to use the iml action to read a CAS data table into an IML matrix. This article shows how to write a CAS table from data in an IML matrix. You can read an overview of the iml action, which was introduced in SAS Viya

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | SAS Administrators

Keith RenisonJune 16, 2020 0

Are you ready for true cloud native computing? Meet SAS Viya 4

It’s official: NASA no longer builds spaceships. They’ve outsourced that task. According to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, "We're going with commercial partners. NASA is not purchasing, owning and operating the hardware. We're buying the service." Why? Because NASA needs to focus on exploring space, not building the transportation to get

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Analytics | SAS Events

Jenn ChaseJune 12, 2020 0

6 new ways to connect at virtual events

I’m going to be honest. When we decided back in March to pivot our largest event of the year from an in-person event to a virtual one, I wasn’t sure what we were getting ourselves into. I didn’t know how we could replace the in-person networking, the unlimited learning opportunities

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Hidden Insights - A Data Scientist finding my way in a world of data

Melissa TorgbiJune 12, 2020 0

A data scientist finds her way in a world of data

Your journey could look very different to mine, but I think as long as you’re curious, you’re on the right track!

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Programming Tips

Susan SlaughterJune 11, 2020 0

What's wrong with this code?

Whether you enjoy debugging or hate it, for programmers, debugging is a fact of life. It’s easy to misspell a keyword, scramble your array subscripts, or (heaven forbid!) forget a semicolon. That’s why we include a chapter on debugging in The Little SAS® Book and its companion book, Exercises and

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Analytics

Alyssa FarrellJune 10, 2020 0

More alike than different: Two health systems share their COVID-19 response

What do two health systems, 4000 miles apart (6600 kilometers) have in common in their COVID-19 response? Despite different policy responses to the pandemic, they are more alike than you might think. Brought together by SAS and the FutureNHS COVID-19 analytics huddle, these two health systems recently shared their experience

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Analytics

Frank SilvaJune 8, 2020 0

Going beyond the box score: Text analysis in sports

Critics of sports analytics (and there are some entertaining ones) love to point out that analytics isn’t capable of capturing the things that don’t show up on a box score. A player who dives on the floor to save a loose ball, a quarterback strategically misleading a defender to free

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data for Good | Work & Life at SAS

Elliot InmanJune 1, 2020 0

Data for good: the home edition

“He spends a lot of time wandering around in circles in the backyard,” my wife said to someone on the telephone. That’s true. Our backyard is only about 1/8th of an acre and I have taken to wandering outside and walking around the fence line. Ostensibly, I am checking to

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Education | Health Care

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

SAS toolbox: macro functions

Leonid BatkhanMay 27, 2020 0

Multi-purpose macro function for getting information about data sets

SAS' Leonid Batkhan describes programming technique for creating multi-purpose SAS® Macro functions.

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Lee Ann DietzMay 22, 2020 0

Respond, recover, reimagine: How government agencies can emerge stronger

If you are a government leader, or one of the millions of people employed in the public sector globally, these last 100 days have probably been the most challenging of your lifetime. It is also an unprecedented opportunity to show how dedicated public servants and their agencies can best serve

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Analytics

Gale AdcockMay 21, 2020 0

Channeling Nightingale in the time of COVID-19

This month we celebrated International Nurses Day at a time when nurses and other health care professionals have never been so needed. This important day also fell on what would have been Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday. Most people know Florence Nightingale as the famous nurse who saved hundreds of lives during the

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization | Students & Educators

picture of honey bees on frames from a beehive

Lee Ellen Harmer

Lee Ellen HarmerMay 20, 2020 0

Count and save the bees with analytics

SAS partners with Appalachian State University on the World Bee Count initiative to support bee health.

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerMay 19, 2020 0

How to copy files in SAS Enterprise Guide

One of the problems that trips up experienced SAS users when they begin to use SAS Enterprise Guide is a result of simple geography. The SAS Enterprise Guide application runs here, on your desktop. The SAS Workspace session (which accesses data and cranks through your analysis) runs over there, on

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Analytics | SAS Events

Jenn ChaseMay 15, 2020 0

What can we learn about COVID-19 from an executive producer of Pandemic?

Dr. Ryan McGarry might have the most uncanny timing of any documentary producer in history. Just weeks before the novel coronavirus began to saturate headlines, the emergency medicine physician’s Netflix documentary series Pandemic hit the screens of millions of viewers. Six months ago, many of the subjects featured in the

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Analytics

Jeremy RacineMay 13, 2020 0

Can data sharing accelerate research in the fight against COVID-19?

As we continue the fight against COVID-19 and reflect on the pandemic response, it’s in our nature to look for opportunities to work together and help others. Indeed, we’ve seen numerous acts of heroism alongside tragic stories of loss. In the research community, we are inspired by efforts to find

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinMay 6, 2020 0

What does 'flatten the curve' mean? To which curve does it apply?

During this coronavirus pandemic, there are many COVID-related graphs and curves in the news and on social media. The public, politicians, and pundits scrutinize each day's graphs to determine which communities are winning the fight against coronavirus. Interspersed among these many graphs is the oft-repeated mantra, "Flatten the curve!" As

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgApril 24, 2020 0

How analytics is helping state governments head off unemployment claims fraud

If you’re in state government, you're well aware of the unprecedented challenges that come with off-the-charts unemployment numbers due to COVID-19. Crashing websites at state unemployment insurance offices and multi-hour phone hold times for the millions of people who've lost their income due to the pandemic are only the most

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Tom SaboApril 23, 2020 0

27,000 coders vs. the coronavirus

At the end of March, the German government sponsored a hackathon called #WirVsVirus. The aim was to bring Germany’s collective coding expertise to bear on some of the many problems surrounding COVID-19. In total, more than 27,000 coders joined the challenge, working from home, and programming for 48 hours from

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinApril 22, 2020 0

Visualize the case fatality rate for COVID-19 in US counties

A previous article describes the funnel plot (Spiegelhalter, 2005), which can identify samples that have rates or proportions that are much different than expected. The funnel plot is a scatter plot that plots the sample proportion of some quantity against the size of the sample. The variance of the sample

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Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good

Looking up at a large tree

Lucy KosturkoApril 21, 2020 0

Celebrate Earth Day virtually with your teen: Deforestation meets AI

Ever thought you could help save the rainforest without ever visiting the rainforest? Probably not, but now is your chance, and you can use it as your way to give back this Earth Day. This year, Earth Day celebrations will look different for everyone as we work to find meaningful

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Work & Life at SAS

Alyssa GrubeApril 20, 2020 0

Making a difference, one mask at a time

Written by Allison Hines and Kara Roberts Here at SAS, our culture revolves around our people. Our endless curiosity and innovative spirit help us solve our customers’ most challenging problems – but our employees’ impact is even bigger than that. There’s strength in numbers, and during this difficult time, our employees’ generosity and creative problem-solving are helping those who need it most around the world. From providing laptops to students in need,

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