This post was kindly contributed by DATA ANALYSIS - go there to comment and to read the full post. The Hadoop system has its unique shell language, which is called FS. Comparing with the common Bash shell within the Linux ecosystem, the FS shell has much fewer commands. To deal with the humongous size of...
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SAS® Global Forum 2014 is now only a few days away, and I’m excited (and a little nervous) about presenting my paper Test for Success: Automated Testing of SAS® Metadata Security Implementations. Update 03Apr2014: My paper is now available for download from the SAS Global Forum 2014 Online Proceedings. SAS metadata security testing is...
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As I sit here in the Regina airport, I'm looking out the window with longing like a puppy at the pet store. The weather here is just beautiful: + temperatures and clear skies and the sound of the running water resulting from the melt-off of the snow is...
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It's time for another SAS tutorial video! In this video, you will learn to create a logistic regression model and interpret the results. You will learn PROC LOGISTIC syntax and how to interpret p-values, parameter estimates, and odd ratios. You can watch more SAS tutorials like these by visiting
As a native Torontonian, I'm used to getting some friendly (and sometimes not so friendly) ribbing when I travel around the country. The 'Centre of the Universe' is often referred to in less-than-glowing terms by others. Over the years, I've tried to p...
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I first attended SAS Global Forum (then called SAS Users Group International) way back in 1987. Since then I have attended as often as possible. Unfortunately, 2014 is not one of my years. I will not be there in Washington DC March 23-26, 2014 to hear the great presentations, or learn about exciting new...
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Did you know that this Friday is Pi Day? How are you planning to commemorate this special day? :) Next year's Pi Day might even be more special than usual, being that it will contain: March 14, 2015 - 9:26:53. And if you realize the coolness of that (3.141592653), you might be
This post was kindly contributed by BI Notes for SAS® Users - go there to comment and to read the full post. When working with new or even casual SAS BI users, the SAS Office Analytics really bridges the gap between “I’m not a SAS programmer” and “I have 1000′s of ideas for data...
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