As the Research Triangle Park becomes more popular, we’re getting a lot more traffic on the roads. And with flexible work hours, of course I try to pick a time to drive to work when there’s less traffic. I recently saw a cool infographic showing the mo…
Jedi SAS Tricks: The DSTODS2 Procedure
You have the infrastructure, and you know that DATA step would run so much better in DS2, but it’s complicated and you don’t know how to get started. Well, if you have SAS 9.4M5, rejoice! The DStoDS2 procedure is here, and it’s a humdinger! (No, Chris,…
SAS introduces the blended classroom
We all have different learning styles. Some learn best by seeing and doing; others by listening to lectures in a traditional classroom; still others simply by diving in and asking questions along the way. Traditional face-to-face classroom instruction,…
Tracking the International Space Station
As we get into springtime weather where I live (assuming it stops snowing today!), I’m planning to spend more time outdoors paying attention to the night sky. There are lots of cool apps these days to help you identify constellations, and track things …
Where are opioids prescribed most, in North Carolina?
My buddy Rick Wicklin recently pointed me towards an animation of some opioid prescription rate data for Illinois. And, of course, I decided we needed a similar animation for North Carolina (with a few improvements…) Here’s the original, and here are…
Use R to interface with SAS Cloud Analytics Services
The R SWAT package (SAS Wrapper for Analytics Transfer) enables you to upload big data into an in-memory distributed environment to manage data and create predictive models using familiar R syntax. In the SAS Viya Integration with Open Source Languages…