ODS Graphics is not exactly new. It became production with SAS 9.2 back around 2008, and before then it existed in a pre-production form at least as early as 2003. So you would think that by now everyone who uses SAS would be using ODS Graphics, but apparently this is not the case. It has […]
Cars versus drivers: Who’s safer?
A recent news report shows an unexpected spike in traffic fatalities here in the US in 2015. This got me wondering what the data shows … for the past 100 years or so… Driving was a lot more dangerous in the early days. If you were in a wreck, you […]
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How analytics saved the break room coffee machine
SAS software is used around the world in some of the most sophisticated ways, like ATM fraud detection and cancer research. But recently, I used it for a practical, and much needed, task — replacing our break room coffee machine. Now, this is no ordinary coffee machine. It also makes […]
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Life saver tip for comparing PROC SQL join with SAS data step merge
“Phew! That tip alone was a life saver,” said a student in one of my SAS SQL classes. “Before, I would have to read about ten Google search results before I could find that content of the sort you shared in class.” That student was referring to the tip I […]
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R #1 by Wide Margin in Latest KDnuggets Poll
The results of the latest KDnuggets Poll on software for Analytics, Big Data and Data Mining are out, and R has moved into the #1 position by a wide margin. I’ve updated the Surveys of Use section of The Popularity of Data … Continue reading →
Do Italians really drink less alcohol than Americans?
I saw an interesting graph on dadaviz.com that claimed Italians had gone from drinking twice as much as Americans in 1970, to less than Americans in recent years. The data analyst in me just had to “independently verify” this factoid … But before I get into the technical part of this […]
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