The United States declared independence in 1776, and we celebrate it on July 4th every year. But the land areas that make up the United States today weren’t necessarily the same as they were back then. So I thought it would be interesting to create a m…
Using %IF-%THEN-%ELSE in SAS programs
SAS programmers have long wanted the ability to control the flow of their SAS programs without having to resort to complex SAS macro programming. With SAS 9.4 Maintenance 5, it’s now supported! You can now use %IF-%THEN-%ELSE constructs in open code. This is big news — even if it only […]
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When will women control state legislatures?
In FiveThirtyEight’s Significant Digits section, they recently mentioned that nine states could potentially have 50% or more females in their legislature after the upcoming election. My first thought – I need to see some graphs! They linked to a New Yo…
The Internet of Snacks: SnackBot data and what it reveals about SAS life
At SAS, we love data. Data is central to our corporate vision: to transform a world of data into a world of intelligence. We’re also famous for enjoying M&Ms, but to us they are more than a sweet snack. They’re also another source of data. My colleague Pete Privitera, with […]
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Custom Maps in SAS Visual Analytics: My Neighborhood
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…
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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