What tools do we use most for data science, machine learning, or analytics? Python, R, SAS, KNIME, RapidMiner,…? How do we use them? We are about to find out as the two most popular surveys on data science tools have … Continue reading →
What happened to the dinosaurs? (not the coding dinosaurs – the real ones!)
I guess a coding dinosaur is someone who uses an old/legacy computer language, or at least a language that isn’t en vogue these days. Coding dinosaurs are still around (and probably will be for a while), whereas the real dinosaurs that lived millions o…
The Little SAS Program’s Big Night Out
The little SAS program’s official name was Extract_Transform_Load_ 0314.sas. But, that name was much too formal, way too long, and did not roll off of the tongue very easily at all. So, everybody simply called her: ETL Pi. ETL Pi was conceived in a 2-hour project strategy meeting in conference […]
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Map of idioms, from around the world
An idiom is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, “don’t cry over spilled milk,” or “the cat is out of the bag.” Idioms are fun to use, and fun to hear – don’t you agree? And […]
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Explaining analytics: On craftsmanship
In the Tuscan hilltop village of Montepulciano, a tourist can visit the shop of Coppersmith Cesare Mazzetti. But Mazzetti is not just running his family’s traditional business, he’s demonstrating all the qualities of a historic craftsman. The visitor may see him work and have him show you photographs of some of […]
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How to add rivers and lakes to your SAS maps
Water is in the news more & more lately – people seem to either have too much, or too little, at any given time. Therefore being able to plot rivers and lakes on a map could be a very useful skill to add to your graphical bag of tricks. A few […]
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