A beginner’s tutorial on … bar charts

Do you know how to create a bar chart using SAS, and when to use what kind of bar chart?!?  If the answer doesn’t come to you “easy as pie” then this blog is for you! Below are several examples of different kinds of bar charts you can create with SAS…

Use MongoDB as a JSON factory

MongoDB is a persistent data store for JSON formatted data, which seems like an ideal middleware between the data tier software and the web. With MongoDB, Javascript’s Map/Reduce functionality makes many trivial jobs particularly easy, such …

My transition from academia to SAS

I am passionate about teaching.  My colleagues would probably say this is the understatement of the year.  And it likely has something to do with the fact that both of my parents were teachers. I started my teaching career at the university level and…

A SAS macro that exports data to MongoDB

MongoDB is possibly the most popular NoSQL data store. To bypass schema and constraint, I feel quite convenient to implement MongoDB as buffer to accompany current RDBMS .Also it is straightforward to use MongoDB and other tools (MEAN) to build s…

Survey Results—Beyond the Questionnaire*

When you read survey findings, such as these: More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones. Paranormal experts say people reach the peak of their ability to see ghosts when they’re 7 years old. Chocolate manufacturers use 40 percent of the world’s a…