Category: SAS

How a data scientist plans his trick-or-treat route

As I continue to apply analytics to various aspects of Halloween, I turn my attention to planning my trick-or-treat route … Random picture: Here’s a shot of my friend Sara’s trick-or-treat crew. With tiny legs, and huge loads of candy, having an efficient route is very important! 🙂 I started by […]

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Create Halloween images and learn SAS basics

Do you have fun being a computer geek, and programmatically creating holiday images? If so, then this blog’s for you! In this example, I demonstrate how to take simple x/y coordinates, and create map polygons shaped like holiday images, that can be plotted using SAS/Graph’s Proc GMap. Once you learn the […]

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Not in Vegas? Watch the Analytics conference anywhere

SAS experts, users and decision makers are taking over Las Vegas this week while attending Analytics 2015 and The Premier Business Leadership Series. Whether you are in Vegas or need to participate from afar, read on for help to stay in tuned and be a part of it all. Watch […]

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Oh Snap! Upload Data to the LASR Server Just Like That!

In a past life I worked at a company who had an excellent general manager, she was professional, intelligent, and a role model. It was a small company competing with giants and kicking their butt successfully. She set a new mission for the organization –  we needed to not only meet a customer’s product needs but also delight them in the process. Its hard to …

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Need help choosing a Halloween costume?

When I was a kid, I always found it difficult to pick a Halloween costume. Now that I’m older, perhaps I can use computers & analytics to make my decision (and yours) easier! … There are several different schools of thought on Halloween costumes – for example, some like to […]

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Save Big on SAS Books

Have you been thinking about ordering a SAS book or two?  Now is the time to do it.  SAS Press is a quarter century old.  To celebrate, they are offering a 25% discount on books ordered by December 31, 2015.  To get the discount, use the promo code SMPBBP when you place your order at […]

Save Big on SAS Books

Have you been thinking about ordering a SAS book or two?  Now is the time to do it.  SAS Press is a quarter century old.  To celebrate, they are offering a 25% discount on books ordered by December 31, 2015.  To get the discount, use the promo code SMPBBP when you place your order at […]