Category: SAS

Project MOSAIC migrates to ggformula

Project MOSAIC migrates to ggformulaguest entry by Randall PruimIn 2017, Project MOSAIC announced ggformula, a new package that provides a formula interface to ggplot2 graphics in R. (See, for example, ggformula: another option for teaching graphics in…

The most disproportionately popular job in each state

Showing the most popular jobs in each state is interesting (as I showed in my previous two blogs 1, 2) … but not that interesting. How about something a little more quirky?!? … Let’s determine the most disproportionately popular job in each state! …

Most common jobs in the US – a small multiples comparison

Using small multiples is a neat way to display a lot of information in a small amount of space. But depending on how deeply you want to analyze and scrutinize the data, you need to be careful in choosing just how small you make your small multiples. Le…

What are the most common occupations in each US state?

When I’m at a social gathering, someone always asks what type of work I do. I like to keep my social life separate from my work, therefore I usually give a vague answer such as “software” (and quickly change the topic). How vague or specific is your re…

Metacoda Plug-ins Tip: Removing an Unwanted Auth Domain and Logins

This tip details how to go about removing an unwanted Authentication Domain and all associated Login objects from SAS metadata. A need for this can arise when you have been temporarily (or accidentally/unnecessarily) added a second set of inbound login…

Announcing the AnalyticsX Hackathon: Are you up for it?

Even though I’ve worked at SAS for nearly 30 years, I still get excited when great things come together for our customers! This year we are hosting the very first hackathon at our Analytics Experience conference in San Diego – the AnalyticsX Hackathon….

Survey says! …. US voters are _________.

Elections are in the news again, therefore I have been on the lookout for interesting graphs. I recently found some graphs of the Census Current Population Survey (CPS) Voting and Registration Supplement data, and tried to improve them. Follow along if…