Category: SAS

Can you guess which 10 rivers produce 95% of the ocean’s plastic pollution?

Plastic pollution in the oceans is becoming a huge problem. And, as with any problem, finding the solution starts with identifying the source of the problem. A recent study estimated that 95% of the plastic pollution in our oceans comes from 10 rivers – let’s put some visual analytics to […]

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What makes a SAS user? SAS thinks like me: Dede Schreiber-Gregory

During SAS Global Forum 2018, SAS instructor Charu Shankar sat down with four SAS users to get their take on what makes a SAS user. Read through to find valuable tips they shared and up your SAS game. I’m sure you will come away inspired, as you discov…

What makes a SAS user? Introverts find their tribe: Richann Watson

During SAS Global Forum 2018, SAS instructor Charu Shankar sat down with four SAS users to get their take on what makes them a SAS user. Read through to find valuable tips they shared and up your SAS game. I’m sure you will come away inspired, as you d…

A periodic table to help you with your SAS ODS graphics!

There were 97 e-posters in The Quad demo room at SAS Global Forum this year. And the one that caught my eye was Ted Conway’s “Periodic Table of Introductory SAS ODS Graphics Examples.” Here’s a picture of Ted fielding some questions from an interested …

Jedi @ SASGF: Working with Big Data in SAS

The SAS Jedi Mark Jordan presents his SAS Global Forum 2018 paper “Working with Big Data in SAS”
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SAS Global Forum 2018

I’m excited because in a couple days I will fly to Denver for SAS Global Forum 2018, the biggest SAS conference of the year, attended by thousands. If you are coming, I hope you will attend the presentation that Lora Delwiche and I have.  It is “SAS Studio: A New Way to Program in SAS” […]

A Little Advice: How to Be a Top SAS Programmer

Recently I was honored to be interviewed by Mamadou Dakouo for his company DataSteps.   I was asked three questions: How did I learn SAS? What advice do I have for someone who wants to become a “top SAS programmer?” What is my favorite SAS procedure? My answers were In graduate school Be a self-starter […]

Did attempted border crossings really ‘surge’ in March?

During the past few days, several news outlets told us that the number of illegal border crossings ‘surged’ in March 2018. This is a topic that interests me, therefore I wanted to see if the data supported what the news was claiming… Trump’s desire to secure the US borders is […]

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