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Leo SadovyDecember 19, 2016 0

SAS Certification for the Non-Practitioner

Let me make this clear right from the start: I needed to answer 44 of the 62 exam questions correctly to earn my BASE SAS Programmer certification, and I got exactly 44 right. No margin of error. I never thought I’d be proud of a 70%, but I’m more than

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Rick WicklinDecember 19, 2016 0

Solve linear programming problems in SAS

In some applications, you need to optimize a linear objective function of many variables, subject to linear constraints. Solving this problem is called linear programming or linear optimization. This article shows two ways to solve linear programming problems in SAS: You can use the OPTMODEL procedure in SAS/OR software or

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Leonid BatkhanDecember 15, 2016 0

Truncating decimal numbers in SAS without rounding

Imagine making $50K a day out of thin air. Did you know that NASDAQ routinely processes around 10,000,000 trades a day? What if instead of rounding cents for each transaction, market makers truncated fractions of cents in the amount they owe you? Under the assumption that each transaction, on average,

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Art CarpenterDecember 7, 2016 0

Using the SAS Macro Language to Create Portable Programs

As technology expands, we have a similarly increasing need to create programs that can be handed off – to clients, to regulatory agencies, to parent companies, or to other projects – and handed off with little or no modification needed by the recipient. Minimizing modification by the recipient often requires

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BrennaDecember 2, 2016 0

5 Reasons to write your first SAS Press book

Editor's note: This series of blogs addresses the questions we are most frequently asked at SAS Press! Ever thought about writing your own SAS or JMP book? Here are a few reasons why writing a SAS Press book can be a fantastic career move! 1. Your book establishes you as

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Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerNovember 27, 2016 0

Debugging the difference between WHERE and IF in SAS

In the DATA step, the WHERE statement and the IF statement (a.k.a. the "subsetting IF") have similar functions. In many scenarios, they produce identical results. But new SAS programmers are taught early on that these two statements work very differently, and in important ways. To understand the differences, it helps

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

SAS toolbox: macro functions

Leonid BatkhanNovember 25, 2016 0

Modifying variable attributes in all datasets of a SAS library

Using the DATASETS procedure, we can easily modify SAS variable attributes such as name, format, informat and label: proc datasets library=libref; modify table_name; format var_name date9.; informat var_name mmddyy10.; label var_name = 'New label'; rename var_name = var_new_name; quit; We cannot, however, modify fixed variable attributes such as variable type

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Chris Hemedinger

Chris HemedingerNovember 15, 2016 0

Zodiac signs of US Presidents

Rick Wicklin showed us how to visualize the ages of US Presidents at the time of their inaugurations. That's a pretty relevant thing to do, as the age of the incoming president can indirectly influence aspects of the president's term, thanks to health and generational factors. As part of his

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Charu ShankarNovember 3, 2016 0

The difference between the Subsetting IF and the IF—THEN—ELSE—IF statement

My river walk last week turned into a spectacular fall show. But if it rains this week in San Antonio, like the weatherman predicts, what will I do? In the coming days, I’ll be presenting at two user groups, one in eastern Canada in Halifax, and the other all the

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Charu ShankarOctober 26, 2016 0

What comes shipped free with Base SAS 9.4?

Like unexpectedly seeing this beautiful bird in nature, SAS has tons of free goodies you might be surprised to encounter as you explore your software. A user asked me how to find products licensed at their workplace and that's how this informative blog got started. While individual organizations may have

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Stacey SyphusOctober 25, 2016 0

New features in SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1

SAS Enterprise Guide has come a long way since version 1.0 was released in 1999! Are any of you original users that remember the Help characters, Clippy, Peedy or Merlin? I was working as a statistician for another company that year, and I attended a SAS user group meeting where

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Samantha RowlandOctober 20, 2016 0

Which SAS course should I choose?

As an instructor for SAS, I receive a wide variety of queries before, during and after delivering my courses. Most frequently, I am asked questions such as: Should I learn SAS programming or a point and click tool instead? I know lots of code, should I go straight to the

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Customer Intelligence | Learn SAS

Ruth Dobson-TorresOctober 12, 2016 0

9 skills to become a more modern marketer

Editor's Note: SAS' e-book, Your guide to becoming a modern marketer, provides additional guidance on the skills you need to become a modern marketer. This e-book provides a plan of action and documents lessons we've learned at SAS while modernizing our marketing organization. Today, the need to take an analytical approach to business challenges no

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Natalie MendesOctober 4, 2016 0

Two tips for women starting a career in analytics

While men still outnumber women in the analytics field, there are plenty of opportunities available for women. At a recent Chief Data and Analytics forum, I was encouraged to see a well-balanced number of senior executives presenting about the business of analytics. Speakers included 12 women and 14 men, which indicates a

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Sian RobertsSeptember 30, 2016 0

Looking after your digital self

Jared Cohen, President of Jigsaw, formerly Google Ideas, and Chief Advisor to Alphabet Executive Chairman (former Google CEO) Eric Schmidt, presented a very interesting keynote at Analytics Experience this month. In it he mentioned the idea of a ‘digital self’. He explained most people have not one but numerous digital

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Mark ChiaSeptember 29, 2016 0

CIMB Data Science Challenge

Similar to hunting for Mewtwo (Pokémon), identifying and recruiting talented data scientists is just as elusive. CIMB decided that the best way would be to bring budding data scientist together for a challenge. This will provide candidates the opportunity to win cash prizes along with potential employment with CIMB’s Decision

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Michael A. RaithelSeptember 28, 2016 0

SAS & bugs & rock & roll

SAS Programming Professionals, SAS & bugs & rock & roll? But, of course! SAS Because of its amazing versatility, SAS is indisputably the greatest software package currently in use anywhere within the Milky Way Galaxy. Can SAS input every type of flat file imaginable? Yes! Can SAS read and write

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Aubrey BarfieldSeptember 26, 2016 0

Free training course: SAS Programming for R Users

Are you ready to expand your programming skills and become a more versatile programmer? Then this new (and free!) course might be for you. SAS Programming for R Users is a free course aimed at helping R programmers who want to learn SAS. The goal is for you to be comfortable accomplishing

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Aaron HillSeptember 23, 2016 0

The evolution of support.sas.com

Every day, more than one hundred thousand SAS users visit our website looking for SAS information and resources. Given its importance to our user base, we’re constantly looking for ways to evolve the site. Over the next few months, you’ll notice changes to the support website, changes we believe will

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Stacey SyphusSeptember 22, 2016 0

What's your favorite function in SAS?

Last time I checked, there are well over 500 functions and call routines in SAS. I’ve taught SAS programming courses for 15 years, and I’ll admit that occasionally my students will ask me about a particular function that I have honestly never heard of. I remember the first time this

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Charu ShankarSeptember 21, 2016 0

Learn not one, not two, but four languages in SAS

I started young. Since I was 9 years old, I’ve always loved cooking delicious, tasty and healthy food, and feeding friends and family. My aunt still remembers the delicious chocolate soufflé that trembled and shook but would never collapse that I made for them when I was 18! Word spread.

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Sian RobertsSeptember 20, 2016 0

Free eBook: Discovering data science with SAS

Data science may be a difficult term to define, but data scientists are definitely in great demand! Wayne Thompson, Senior Product Manager at SAS, defines data science as a broad field that entails applying domain knowledge and machine learning to extract insights from complex and often dark data. To further

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Piotr BorowikSeptember 13, 2016 0

SAS Forum 2016 – SAS University Edition i inne materiały do nauki SAS-a

Nie tak dawno wypadła 25 rocznica uruchomienia Internetu w Polsce, SAS w tym roku obchodzi 40 rocznicę istnienia, a z moich rachunków wynika, że używam SAS-a dokładnie od 15 lat. Jak dla mnie, jedną z głównych zmian, która miała miejsce w tym czasie i była między innymi efektem rozwoju Internetu,

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Jeff ZeanahSeptember 9, 2016 0

You've got 10 minutes to present your analysis

A good data analyst has to be focused, methodical, creative, rigorous, analytical and more when doing their work. If that is not enough, when presenting their work the wisdom of a philosopher may be required. It seems the requirements do not stop. The analyst is wise to remember the words

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Piotr BorowikSeptember 6, 2016 0

SAS Forum 2016 – warsztaty z SAS

W kolejnym wpisie dotyczącym SAS Forum 2016 chciałbym pokazać trochę kuchni przygotowań do części technologicznej konferencji. Przez wiele lat organizowaliśmy sesję krótkich prezentacji narzędzi SAS, którą czasami tylko roboczo, a czasami oficjalnie, nazywaliśmy PowerPoint free. Podczas standardowych prezentacji na SAS Forum najczęściej pokazywaliśmy najnowsze wersje oprogramowania, nowe aplikacje albo ciekawe

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Piotr BorowikSeptember 2, 2016 0

SAS Forum 2016 – warsztaty z SAS dla programistów

Kto słyszał o SAS LASR Server? Pewnie wielu, bo w ofercie SAS jest on dostępny od kilku lat i jest jednym z głównych składników np. Visual Analytics. A kto słyszał o PROC IMSTAT? Tutaj odpowiedzi twierdzących będzie zapewne znacznie mniej. A kto napisał własny kod wykorzystując PROC IMSTAT? Moim zdaniem,

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Mike JanesAugust 23, 2016 0

Now is the time to get SAS certified

Yes, I read the baby books. I visited the websites. I swaddled a football. I was prepared. When my daughter came into the world last year there was a small comfort that I had done about all I could do to prepare for her arrival. I say a small comfort

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Maggie MillerAugust 17, 2016 0

The perfect classroom companion for teaching SAS

It’s back to school time again. If you’re working to get your lesson plans in place, we have something that might help you and your students - Exercises and Projects for The Little SAS Book. This book is perfect for instructors and students in a classroom setting, especially when used

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Rick WicklinAugust 8, 2016 0

Use SAS formats to bin numerical variables

SAS formats are flexible, dynamic, and have many uses. For example, you can use formats to count missing values and to change the order of a categorical variable in a table or plot. Did you know that you can also use SAS formats to recode a variable or to bin

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Samantha RowlandAugust 1, 2016 0

How can I learn SAS?

What would come to mind if you were told that you have to attend a SAS training course? Perhaps, you have a vision of an instructor sitting at the front of a classroom, endlessly reading PowerPoint slides verbatim in a monotonous voice while you sit there baffled, wondering what is

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