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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 | 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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Work & Life at SAS

Alyssa GrubeApril 28, 2020 0

Be a light to your community

Written by Allison Hines and Kara Roberts During this global pandemic, we’ve seen SAS employees band together, while staying apart. We know that there’s strength in numbers, and amazing things happen when we all bring our unique skills and abilities to the table. We’re proud of the creative ways our employees are giving back, like making masks and preparing food for their communities. Keep reading

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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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Artificial Intelligence

Hidden Insights: Seeking solutions for COVID-19: Hackathon surfaces 100 possibilities

Andreas GöddeApril 20, 2020 0

Seeking solutions for COVID-19: Hackathon surfaces 100 possibilities

We've set up a Covid-19 task force to support you during this crisis. We offer free consultations and can provide recommendations.

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Government | Health Care | Life Sciences

Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinApril 20, 2020 0

Use a funnel plot to visualize rates: The case fatality rate for COVID-19 in North Carolina counties

Death is always a difficult topic to discuss, and death has been in the news a lot during this tragic coronavirus pandemic. Many news stories focus on states, counties, or cities that have the most cases or the most deaths. A related statistic is the case fatality rate, which is

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Analytics | SAS Events

Jenn ChaseApril 14, 2020 0

Introducing the first virtual SAS® Global Forum

Every year hundreds of dedicated SAS® users and event volunteers work tirelessly to create an amazing conference experience for SAS Global Forum attendees. This year, as you know, COVID-19 changed our plans. But our devoted team of volunteers, including our conference chairs and session presenters, was still determined to provide

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Analytics

Grant BrooksApril 1, 2020 0

Governors: here's how your data dashboard can help you lead through the pandemic

Being a state governor has never been more difficult than right at this moment, because the extreme steps governors are being forced to take in order to protect their citizens’ health are having an equally extreme impact on other critical aspects of our society. In the face of social distancing

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Suzanne MorgenMarch 19, 2020 0

Free e-book: SAS Programming for R Users

At SAS Press, we agree with the saying “The best things in life are free.” And one of the best things in life is knowledge. That’s why we offer free e-books to help you learn SAS or improve your skills. In this blog post, we will introduce you to one

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Work & Life at SAS

Oliver Schabenberger

Oliver SchabenbergerMarch 17, 2020 0

Caring for customers, employees and our community during the coronavirus outbreak

If you are reading this, you are part of the extended SAS family. Together, we are navigating uncharted territory as we care for our families, our friends and our communities during the coronavirus outbreak. Over the past few weeks, the SAS executive team has been meeting throughout the day, every day, to discuss how we

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Analytics

Regular polygons approximate a circle

Rick WicklinMarch 11, 2020 0

Polygons, pi, and linear approximations

Recently, I saw a graphic on Twitter by @neilrkaye that showed the rapid convergence of a regular polygon to a circle as you increase the number of sides for the polygon. The author remarked that polygons that have 40 or more sides "all look like circles to me." That is,

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Hidden Insights: Woman ROCK in the analytics industries!

Marzena Hubicka

Marzena HubickaMarch 6, 2020 0

Women ROCK in analytics!

I caught up with Jaimy van Dijk, one of our youngest female SAS Data Scientists who has proven herself to be a true Rockstar.

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Analytics

Mary OsborneMarch 6, 2020 0

Why are fewer women getting computer science degrees?

While I am a woman in computer science, let me start by saying that I’m a reluctant coder. I have an eye for data but find the abstract nature of many computer languages to be very challenging and not something I typically love. My first experience with coding was in

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Analytics

Ashley BinderMarch 5, 2020 0

50 years of strong, intelligent women

Fifty years ago, as the women’s liberation movement was gaining momentum in the U.S., my maternal great-grandmother, Pearl, worked in a factory sewing American flags while volunteering with the Girl Scouts and caring for her grandchildren. My paternal grandmother, Greta, also worked in local factories while caring for her family.

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Analytics

Natalia Summerville

Natalia SummervilleMarch 4, 2020 0

Breast milk, babies, NCSU students and SAS/OR

I'm a planner, and my plan was to have a completely natural birth and to breast feed only. This plan was written in stone (or so I thought). Long story short – my birthing plan flew out the window. One of my complications was very high blood pressure, which refused

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good | Machine Learning

Oliver Schabenberger

Oliver SchabenbergerMarch 3, 2020 0

Improving lives through better decisions

The endpoint of analytics is not a report or an alert. The endpoint is a decision. Often those decisions are related to your business and you make them to reduce risks, improve production or satisfy customers. In health care, however, the decisions made with analytics can be a matter of

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Analytics

Brent LasterMarch 2, 2020 0

Automation with containers: the power to get things done

SAS R&D's Brent Laster, a DevOps director, describes the ease and efficiency of switching SAS software on and off using containers.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonFebruary 13, 2020 0

Giving your maps more visual impact!

There are many ways to add more "visual impact" to your maps. Some techniques grab the users' attention, but often don't add anything useful to the message the map is trying to convey (such as 3D tricks, or flashy/gratuitous images and infographics). I encourage you to design maps that have

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | SAS Events

Jenn ChaseFebruary 13, 2020 0

3 people I can’t wait to meet at SAS Global Forum

What do a Pulitzer prize-winning author, an Emmy award-winning TV personality and one of the top 5 influencers in the world have in common? They’ll all be at SAS Global Forum this year. It’s where analytics enthusiasts and executive thought leaders meet to share strategies, get training in abundance, and

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinFebruary 10, 2020 0

Find the fractional part of a number

You can represent every number as a nearby integer plus a decimal. For example, 1.3 = 1 + 0.3. The integer is called the integer part of x, whereas the decimal is called the fractional part of x (or sometimes the decimal part of x). This representation is not unique.

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Data for Good | Data Visualization

Mary OsborneFebruary 4, 2020 0

Dispelling cancer myths -- by the numbers

Cancer touches nearly everyone. You probably know at least one person who's been diagnosed with cancer -- many of us know many more than one. It's the second leading cause of death worldwide, behind cardiovascular disease. World Cancer Day is observed this year on February 4, and is meant to

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Visualization | Internet of Things

Charlie ChaseFebruary 3, 2020 0

How analytics takes wine from grape to grocery

Almost everyone enjoys a good glass of wine after a long day, but did you ever stop to wonder how the exact bottle you're looking for makes its way to the grocery store shelf? Analytics has a lot to do with it, as SAS demonstrated to attendees at the National

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Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Alison BolenJanuary 15, 2020 0

Our analytics and AI predictions for 2020

We've made it to the halfway point of January, which means most of the industry's annual predictions have been published. Who's guessing what? And how should you prepare for the year ahead? From dark data to hyperpersonalization, analytics is at the core of all these predictions. SAS experts have been

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Brett WujekJanuary 10, 2020 0

New method for handling incomplete data in multi-task learning

The new method tackles the challenge of missing features under the multi-task learning framework. The proposed method is effective for prediction and model estimation when missing data is present.

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