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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Michelle WellsOctober 23, 2020 0

Uncovering the truth about sharks with analytics

[Editor's note: This post was co-authored with Fritz Lehman, COO of Zencos] In 1976, the blockbuster movie Jaws was the number one grossing film. Why? Because it had a great villain – the great white shark. The movie told a vivid (and all too familiar) story about plans gone awry

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Data for Good | Students & Educators

Young man standing in front of chalkboard with statistical functions

Lucy KosturkoOctober 21, 2020 0

5 things every student should know about data science

SAS has always believed in the power of education, but in today’s data-driven economy, it’s more important than ever to ensure our students are introduced to data science at an early age. We as a company are focusing our resources on creating student experiences in data literacy, computer science and

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Analytics | Data for Good

Maggie LyonsOctober 16, 2020 0

5 ways companies and everyday heroes are helping feed the hungry

Two billion people worldwide experience food insecurity and 14% of food produced for humans to consume is wasted before it arrives at the wholesaler, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The FAO celebrates World Food Day on October 16, 2020. This year’s event focuses

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AgTech | Government

Analytics | Data Visualization | Students & Educators

Lee Ellen Harmer

Lee Ellen HarmerOctober 14, 2020 0

Sanitize before you share: thinking critically about COVID-19 data

Being overwhelmed by the volume of news isn’t a new phenomenon. But today, our sense of being overwhelmed has increased and triggered feelings of fear, frustration and anxiety, given the ongoing developments and research tied to COVID-19. How do we sift through the volume of information facing us and truly understand whether the news we consume is factual or based on

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Michele EggersOctober 13, 2020 0

3 ways SAS is modernizing its marketing technology – and the customer experience

SAS is on a marketing transformation mission. One that has targeting and personalization at the forefront. One that looks at customer journeys from a true omnichannel perspective – not through each of the channels in which we're executing. We’re bringing in brand, demand and engagement with the customer at the center

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SAS Events

Jenn ChaseOctober 12, 2020 0

3 ways you can keep the success of SAS Championship rolling

After he birdied the last two holes of the SAS Championship on Sunday, Ernie Els walked away with the trophy, besting a star-studded field to get his second win of the season. One of golfing’s greatest players with four major championships to his name, Els fired a 6-under 66 on a

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Artificial Intelligence

Saku NiemiOctober 1, 2020 0

What happens in a second?

Seconds are passing us by at this very moment, and there's not much you can do in one second. Well, there is something. Let's say smile, take a deep breath, close your cellphone and say thank you. Within a second you can also make decisions: click the buy button in

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Advanced Analytics

Clay ThompsonOctober 1, 2020 0

Can real-world evidence help identify treatments for COVID-19?

A note from Udo Sglavo: The need for randomization in experimental design was introduced by the statistician R. A. Fisher in 1925, in his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers. You would assume that developing a successful treatment for COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will eventually conclude in

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Work & Life at SAS

Josh MorganSeptember 28, 2020 0

Mental health recovery during COVID can be complicated by the workplace

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and Recovery Month, which have the important goals of preventing suicide and promoting the idea that recovery from behavioral health conditions is achievable. Amid an unprecedented year of stressors, 2020’s awareness months around behavioral health conditions have become more relevant to far more people. In recognition of the challenges and changes in people’s work lives,

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Government | Health Care

Data for Good

Hidden Insights - Making Exoskeleton Project MARCH smarter by using data analytics

Arthur de Crook

Arthur de CrookSeptember 25, 2020 0

Students make exoskeleton smarter with data analytics

In the future this kind of data analysis can help to make an even better exoskeleton!

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Programming Tips | Work & Life at SAS

Gavin DaySeptember 8, 2020 0

Inclusive terminology: Knowing better, doing better

Inclusion and diversity are strengths. The SAS company culture is built on a foundation of caring for one another and holding ourselves and others accountable. That includes recognition and accountability for where we can improve. Our work of inclusivity is evolving and continuous. We must frequently re-examine the way we speak, act

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Programming Tips

Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerSeptember 4, 2020 0

Using SAS to convert IP addresses into numerical IP values

As citizens of the Internet, we are all familiar with IP addresses -- probably more so than our Internet founding fathers had ever intended. These addresses are typically represented in a 4-piece segmented list of numbers separated by dots. Here is an example: "149.173.5.120". Each segment is called an octet

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Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 2, 2020 0

The HighLow plot: When a stacked bar chart is not enough

The HighLow plot often enables you to create many custom plots without resorting to annotation. Although it is designed to create a candlestick chart for stocks, it is incredibly versatile. Recently, a SAS programmer wanted to create a patient-profile graph that looked like a stacked bar chart but had repeated

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Analytics

Socially distanced people and contact tracing

Lisa LucasAugust 13, 2020 0

Contact tracing: The vital roles of people, knowledge and technology

Lisa Lucas explains why people, knowledge and tech are vital for contact tracing.

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data Management

Man receiving coronavirus test

Jim HarrisAugust 12, 2020 0

Coronavirus testing: The terms you need to know

Could you pass a test on coronavirus testing terms? Jim Harris can help.

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Programming Tips

Rick WicklinAugust 10, 2020 0

4 ways to standardize data in SAS

A common operation in statistical data analysis is to center and scale a numerical variable. This operation is conceptually easy: you subtract the mean of the variable and divide by the variable's standard deviation. Recently, I wanted to perform a slight variation of the usual standardization: Perform a different standardization

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Advanced Analytics

Susan KahlerJuly 31, 2020 0

Incorporating computer vision into a clinical decision support system with systems analysis

I spoke with Antonie Berkel and Dr. Joost Huiskens about a systems analysis project for the design of a clinical decision support system (CDSS) which integrates computer vision to help radiologists monitor the progression of tumors.

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Work & Life at SAS

Alyssa GrubeJuly 29, 2020 0

Celebrating our Interns on National Intern Day

It’s National Intern Day! Created by WayUp, National Intern Day is a holiday dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the future leaders of the world: Interns. At SAS, we feel like every day should be Intern Day, but #NationalnternDay presents a unique opportunity to celebrate the value interns bring to our company. This

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Analytics

Jenn ChaseJuly 20, 2020 0

Premier League champs offer lessons on and off the field

When Liverpool clinched the Premier League title with a win on June 25, my household was giddy. We are a family of sports fans, and we especially love baseball (Go, Red Sox!) and soccer. I’m a relative newbie to Liverpool, having cheered for them for the last five years. Having

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Carlos Pinheiro

Carlos PinheiroJuly 8, 2020 0

Mobility tracing: Helping local authorities in the fight against COVID-19

The current state of policy enforcement during an infectious disease pandemic is mostly reactive. Public health officials track changes in active cases, identify hot-spots and enforce containment policies primarily based on geographic proximity. By combining telecommunications data -- which we turn into mobility information -- with public health data of

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Communications | Government | Health Care | Life Sciences

Programming Tips

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 | 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

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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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

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