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This is your Science Fair, on SAS
Last week I talked about how I volunteered to serve as a judge for a middle-school science fair. As I expected, I enjoyed the experience quite a bit, and I hope the students got something positive from me as well. I evaluated several really impr…
SAS 9.2 OLAP Cube Identity Driven Member Level Security
Identity-driven member level security for SAS 9.2 OLAP cubes, as the name suggests, uses the identity of the requesting user to restrict access to specific members of a dimension, and in so doing control the subset of cube data that the user has access to. Imagine that you have an OLAP cube containing sales data […]
Using SAS92HFADD & ViewRegistry on Windows Server 2008 R2
In my earlier post on Reviewing Installed SAS 9.2 Software and Hotfixes I mentioned that I ran into a few User Access Control issues on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 when using the SAS ViewRegistry Report utility and the SAS 9.2 Hot Fix Analysis, Download and Deployment Tool (SAS92HFADD). To get the SAS ViewRegistry Report […]
Data Structure for Repeated Measures Analysis… A Teaser
Next week’s blog entry will build on this one, so I want you to take notes, OK?
It’s not headline news that in most cases, the best way to handle a repeated measures analysis is with a mixed models approach, especially for Normal reponses (for o…
Scatterplots – dealing with overplotting
In a previous post, I dealt with some SAS code for scatterplots. Various problems can arise when using scatterplots. One of them is overplotting, where two or more data are the same point. There are a variety of ways of dealing with this. First, let…
Find your data pattern with Perl
Who doesn’t like bargains? I’m sure you will all agree that good quality at a next-to-nothing cost is irresistible. My recent Dollarama run had me ecstatic about the gloves that come in all colours, styles and sizes for just over a dollar. (F…
That’s the LAST Time I Hit Snooze On My Alarm Clock
Hello, SAS-ites everywhere! Allow me to be the first to wish you a very happy 2011… wait, you say that would’ve been appropriate a month ago? Where the heck was I, you ask? Now settle down, no need to get all worked up! The holiday season is a time f…