There is a new kid on the block: Exercises and Projects for The Little SAS Book Fifth Edition. Rebecca Ottesen, Lora Delwiche and I have worked for three years to complete this book of multiple choice, short answer, programming exercises, and projects. This book is designed to be used as a supplement to the fifth […]
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Saint Peter’s University introduces Master’s degree in data science and business analytics
In December, Saint Peter’s University grants Master’s degrees to its inaugural class of data scientists. 36 students are enrolled in this program, and eight are set to graduate. As reported this year by Bloomberg, career opportunities for analytics talent are excellent. Saint Peter’s is the latest to collaborate with SAS to offer such a program. […]
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Synchronizing SAS Platform Identities
I’ve been spending lots of time lately on SAS® platform identity synchronizations. I’m fairly confident that I’ve done more Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to SAS Metadata Server synchronizations in the past few weeks, than I’ve done in my entire career working with SAS software! The reason for this is that we’ve been doing lots of […]
Only brush the teeth you want to keep
When I was a kid, I remember a motivational poster on my dentist’s wall that said “You don’t have to brush all your teeth — only the ones you want to keep.” That poster really made me think, and brush my teeth! And now that I’m a data-analyst adult, I think […]
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NOTE: SAS Grid Manager for Hadoop
I’ve recently written about how much new functionality is getting released by SAS on an almost monthly basis without much fanfare, and I’ve also written about how Hadoop is becoming a new “operating system” and we should expect to see Grid and LASR run…
Explaining analytics with Jeff Zeanah
One of the most important skills for data scientists and business analytical professionals is communications. If decision makers and managers don’t understand what the numbers mean — results won’t turn into action. Jeff Zeanah, President of Z Solutions, Inc. has been presenting on the topic of speaking “analytics” for many […]
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NOTE: HTML 5 is in VA Hub Already!
Aside from comments about my SAS Enterprise Guide vs SAS Studio article, Metacoda’s Michelle Homes (@HomesAtMetacoda) was quick to write a comment about my Flash & SAS Visual Analytics (VA) article and to point out that HTML5 is already an option f…
NOTE: Your Response: EG & Studio
As Mark Twain is oft (incorrectly) quoted as saying: “Reports of my death are much exaggerated”. I didn’t say that Enterprise Guide (EG) was anywhere close to death when I (contentiously) wrote NOTE: What is SAS Studio? RIP Enterprise Guide? but I…