I’ve mentioned my use of Six Sigma techniques for debugging a couple of times before (5 Whys and Ishikawa diagrams) but a mention of the Six Sigma approach to end-to-end problem resolution (and process improvement) is long-overdue.
Known …
Migrating SAS Access Control Templates
I ran into a tricky issue today whilst migrating some Access Control Templates (ACTs) from an old SAS® 9.3 M1 deployment to a new SAS 9.3 M2 deployment. I’d seen it before and I initially forgot how I resolved it. It took a little while to r…
Weekend Clip: Data Scientist
Two tweets:
One blog post:
Statisticians aren’t the problem for data science. The real problem is too many posers
One job advertisement:
SAS Data Scientist ?(!)
A joke:
The biggest joke about data scientist is that the Google query “data scientis…
NOTE: SAS Professionals Advent Calendar
It’s December 1st, and that means it’s time to hop over to the SAS Professionals web site to begin the daily pleasure of opening the advent calendar to bring some Christmas cheer – and possibly winning a gift.
And if you’re not already a member, I r…
Why "programmer" is not in my job title
There are two activities which, when taken in combination, have occupied the vast majority of my working hours for the past 20 years: writing computer programs and writing…well, just writing. During my college years I completed my degree with a double-major: Computer Science and English. (My English degree has a […]
Creating Custom or Non-Standard CDISC SDTM Domains
Here is the nice article about creating custom SDTM domains………
Creating Custom or Non-Standard CDISC SDTM Domains
Within the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM), standard domai…