When I am discussing my new Explaining Analytics course with analytic professionals, I frequently hear, “I have a co-worker that needs the class.” That comment is much more frequent than – “Hey I need that class.” The truth of the matter is we all need to continue to improve – […]
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With the upcoming appointment of a new Supreme Court Justice, I wondered just how liberal and conservative previous justices have been. I found some data, and tried my hand at creating a graph to help visualize it… In my quest for data, I came upon an article on the NYTimes […]
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Have you ever been in a meeting in which a presenter is showing content on a web page — but the audience can’t read it because it’s too small? Then a guy sitting in the back of the room yells, “Control plus!”. Because, as we all know (right?), “Ctrl+” is […]
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When I was a kid, I remember being fascinated by the first moon landing. I probably won’t ever get to explore the moon in person, but perhaps creating an interactive moon map is the next best thing! Before we get started, I wanted to share a couple of photos my co-worker […]
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In “Explaining statistical methods to the terrified & disinterested: A focus on metaphors”, I discuss the usefulness of metaphors for explaining abstract statistical concepts to non-technical readers. This is an approach taken in my new SAS Press book, Business Statistics Made Easy in SAS®, since many readers of this level […]
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Here is the widely-used ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format for use in SAS. It is commonly called the two-letter country code format.
The PROC FORMAT code generates a character format, so where the raw data contains a code, such as US, it expands it to the pretty name, such as United States. As with any SAS format, applying the format does not change the underlying data.
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