Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinFebruary 20, 2019 0

An easier way to create a calibration plot in SAS

Last year I published a series of blogs posts about how to create a calibration plot in SAS. A calibration plot is a way to assess the goodness of fit for a logistic model. It is a diagnostic graph that enables you to qualitatively compare a model's predicted probability of

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Advanced Analytics

Julia GongFebruary 15, 2019 0

Using deep learning for tumor segmentation in medical images

This is the second post in my series about a computer vision project I worked on at SAS. In my previous post, I talked about my initial research and excitement for the project. In this post, I’ll talk about how I refined my goals and got started with the project

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Health Care

Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Scott HicksFebruary 8, 2019 0

Fundamentals of SAS Visual Analytics geo maps

Creating a map with SAS Visual Analytics begins with the geographic variable. This blog post explains the first type of geography variable that VA supports: predefined. Future posts will cover the other two types of geography variables in VA: custom coordinates and custom polygons.

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Rick WicklinFebruary 6, 2019 0

Feature generation and correlations among features in machine learning

Feature generation (also known as feature creation) is the process of creating new features to use for training machine learning models. This article focuses on regression models. The new features (which statisticians call variables) are typically nonlinear transformations of existing variables or combinations of two or more existing variables. This

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Kathryn McLawhornJanuary 18, 2019 0

Navigating SAS documentation to find out about new, modified, and updated features

Learn about the latest product features, changes and upgrade information in new sections of SAS product documentation for SAS® 9.4 and SAS® Viya®. SAS' Kathryn McLawhorn tells us all about them.

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Data for Good

Alison BolenJanuary 4, 2019 0

Top 10 data for good articles of 2018

Do you want to start your year feeling great about data and analytics? Then dive into this list and read a few data for good stories that you might have missed in 2018. You'll learn how data scientists are using analytics to save endangered species, prevent suicide, combat cancer -

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Data Management

Joyce Norris-MontanariDecember 31, 2018 0

The data engineer: Jack of all trades

Joyce Norris-Montanari discusses data engineers in the second of her two-part series.

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeDecember 20, 2018 0

A Graphical Journey

The ODS Graphics software, first released with SAS 9.2, supported creating graphs directly from statistical procedures.  Prior to this, very few statistical procedures created graphs on their own, and in most cases creating graphs was a post process or creating the graphs from the saved data using SAS/GRAPH procedures. With

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Banking | Communications | Energy & Utilities | Health Care | Manufacturing | Retail | Travel

Programming Tips

Chris HemedingerDecember 20, 2018 0

Five SAS programming language features you should be using

Good news -- the SAS program that you wrote and put into production 10 years ago still works. Hey, it's SAS, so you probably take that for granted. But are those techniques from 2008 still the best way to accomplish your task? SAS 9.4, first released in 2013 and now

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Analytics | Data for Good | Work & Life at SAS

Marcia Elaine WalkerDecember 14, 2018 0

Rule number one: follow your heart

Singer-songwriter David Wilcox kept me out of prison. That’s not a country song gone bad – it’s a real-life experience. Almost two decades ago, I attended a David Wilcox concert in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. His songs have always hooked my heart, and one in particular caught my attention that

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Kim WilsonDecember 13, 2018 0

FAQs about SAS dates, arrays and managing local PC files

Every so often, SAS Technical Support highlights questions that come in on a regular basis. This is one of those times. Here Kim Wilson describes answers to questions covering SAS dates, arrays, and how to reference local PC files from SAS® Enterprise Guide® and SAS® Studio when those applications connect to a SAS® server in UNIX operating environments.

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Learn SAS

Terry BarhamDecember 11, 2018 0

Take your SAS exam from home or office

SAS has partnered with Pearson VUE to offer Online Proctored for all public SAS exams.

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Data Management

Todd WrightDecember 11, 2018 0

The California data privacy wave is coming – Are you ready?

Todd Wright shares results of a SAS survey about consumers' data privacy concerns.

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Larry LaRussoDecember 10, 2018 0

Navigating the Candy Wall of SAS Support Resources

While support.sas.com remains the holy grail of SAS support resources, there are so many good choices, it can sometimes be hard to know where to start. That’s why we’ve put together a new guide to make things easier for new SAS users: the SAS Starter Kit.

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinDecember 10, 2018 0

Visualize Christmas songs

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! -Buddy in Elf In the Christmas movie Elf (2003), Jovie (played by Zooey Deschanel) must "spread Christmas cheer" to help Santa. She chooses to sing "Santa Claus is coming to town," and soon all of New

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Work & Life at SAS

John MaynardNovember 19, 2018 0

Why Being a Great Place to Work Benefits Customers Too

SAS was again named a Top 10 Place to Work in the World by Great Places to Work™. This is quite an honor, and one which SAS has enjoyed for the past eight years. SAS has also been a highly ranked work place in the US for the past 20

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | SAS Events

Paula HendersonNovember 13, 2018 0

Georgia health department uses analytics to stop fraud in WIC program

In many grocery stores throughout the country, the acronym “WIC” accompanies a number of the food items on the shelves. The letters stand for the federal “Women, Infants and Children” program that provides nutritional food to pregnant women and their young children who are in need. While this is a

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Government

Analytics | Data Management

Joyce Norris-MontanariNovember 12, 2018 0

5 principles of data management for analytics

Joyce Norris-Montanari cites five things she considers essential to data management for analytics.

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Analytics

Heather HallettOctober 23, 2018 0

I am a recovering ICU nurse

I've been recovering for 15 years now, after a lengthy career caring for critically ill patients. Now, I’m part of a team at SAS that’s working to transform health care – and that's important to me because of something that happened when I was an ICU nurse. It changed my

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Government | Health Care

Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Susan KahlerOctober 17, 2018 0

Four machine learning strategies for solving real-world problems

There are four widely recognized styles of machine learning: supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised and reinforcement learning. These styles have been discussed in great depth in the literature and are included in most introductory lectures on machine learning algorithms. As a recap, the table below summarizes these styles. For a comprehensive mapping

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Data Management

Phil SimonOctober 15, 2018 0

Amazon's data train just keeps a rollin'

Think that the company has let up in the last two years? Think again.

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Data for Good | Work & Life at SAS

I-sah HsiehOctober 1, 2018 0

SAS mobilizes volunteers, analytics experts to support Hurricane Florence relief

Once a disaster is over, and the frenzy of news stories and social media posts has subsided, it can seem like the crisis has passed. However, for those Hurricane Florence survivors left with ruined homes and businesses, damaged schools and buildings, there remains a struggle to return to normalcy. As

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Government

Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good

Lane WhatleyOctober 1, 2018 0

What can you learn from an AI art installation?

The solar farm at SAS world headquarters is a treasure trove of data. Jessica Peter, Senior User Experience Designer at SAS, had an idea about using that treasure in an art installation to show how data can tell a story. Her idea became a reality when she and others at SAS

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Chris HemedingerSeptember 26, 2018 0

Using your smartphone accelerometer to build a safe driving profile

How to extract driving patterns by using smartphone sensors -- especially the accelerometer. With accelerometer readings in hand, you can use spectral analysis and other techniques to decompose events, and machine learning to match differentiate from patterns of risky drivers.

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Artificial Intelligence | SAS Events

Anjelica CummingsSeptember 19, 2018 0

What could you create if nothing were impossible?

Referred to as the instigator of innovation, Mick Ebeling works to expand the human possibilities of technology through his company, Not Impossible Labs, whose mission is to change the world through technology and story. Powered by a team of thinkers, doers, creators and hackers, Not Impossible Labs works on inspirational

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinSeptember 19, 2018 0

Shuffling smackdown: Overhand shuffle versus riffle shuffle

Every day I’m shufflin'. Shufflin', shufflin'.       -- "Party Rock Anthem," LMFAO The most popular way to mix a deck of cards is the riffle shuffle, which separates the deck into two pieces and interleaves the cards from each piece. Besides being popular with card players, the riffle shuffle is

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Data Management

Joyce Norris-MontanariSeptember 6, 2018 0

Streaming data – How fast is fast?

Before grabbing that streaming data so quickly, Joyce Norris-Montanari says you should ask a few questions.

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Programming Tips

Chris HemedingerAugust 28, 2018 0

Manage the current directory within your SAS program

Using relative file paths in your SAS programs? Use the new DLGCDIR function to manage your SAS working directory -- even in SAS Enterprise Guide or SAS Studio -- to ensure your programs are working the way they ought to.

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Warren F. KuhfeldAugust 23, 2018 0

Marginal model plots

Marginal model plots display the marginal relationship between the response and each predictor. You can use a SAS autocall macro, %Marginal, to display marginal model plots.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Falko SchulzAugust 22, 2018 0

Pointillistic art with SAS® Visual Analytics

As a fun side project I recently looked into alternative visualization techniques in order to use computers to create art. An interesting approach is pointillism, which, according to Wikipedia is a "technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image." This

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