The Geo Map Visualization has several built-in geographical units, including country and region names and codes, US state names and codes, and US zip codes. You can also define your own geographic units. This paper describes how to identify any geogra…
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What’s the electricity bill for your air conditioner this summer?
During these hot summers in the southern US, many people regard Willis Carrier (the man who invented modern air conditioning) as a saint. But along with the comfortable indoor temperatures comes the high electricity bill at the end of the month. And how much does the electricity cost? That’s a difficult […]
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Coming to America … from Mexico
One of my favorite Eddie Murphy movies when I was growing up was Coming to America. And speaking of coming to America, there’s been a lot in the news recently about people doing just that. So I thought I’d use my SAS skills to help people wanting to co…
Tableplots and ACS data
A question recently popped up in a discussion forum about creating table plots using SAS. So I thought I’d dabble in this topic, and see what I could come up with. If you’re interested in tableplots, or American Community Survey (ACS) data, or data vis…
How to use SAS to read a range of cells from Excel
I’ve said it before: spreadsheets are not databases. However, many of us use spreadsheets as if they were databases, and then we struggle when the spreadsheet layout does not support database-style rigor of predictable rows, columns, and variable types — the basic elements we need for analytics and reporting. If […]
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Changing font size in SAS
When making a new piece of code, I like to use the smallest font I can read. This lets me fit more text on the screen at once. When presenting code to others, especially in a classroom setting, I like to make the font large enough to see from the back…
SAS analytics for the Gorge Downwind Champs race
Ever since the Moneyball book & movie came out, athletes have been scrambling to use data and analytics to gain a competitive advantage. One of my favorite sports is boat racing – the ones you paddle. Follow along as I lead you through some maps an…
Cremation rates in the US, by state
I recently read an interesting article that claims “a single cremation emits as much carbon dioxide as a 1,000-mile car trip.” This got me wondering about cremation data, and I ended up on the Wikipedia page about cremation rates. They had a map of the…