KNN Classification and Regression in SAS

kNN stands for k Nearest Neighbor. In data mining and predictive modeling, it refers to a memory-based (or instance-based) algorithm for classification and regression problems. It is a widely used algorithm with many successfully applications in medi…

Getting Social with your SAS Metadata

At Metacoda we’re passionate about SAS® metadata. We want to encourage everyone in an organization to take advantage of it and contribute to it. We’ve noticed how metadata is often disconnected from the discussions about it. Administra…

NOTE: Now I see Visual Analytics

I’ll confess that whilst there was a lot said about SAS Visual Analytics at this year’s SAS Global Forum, I came home with some confusion over its architecture, functionality and benefits. I was fortunate to spend some quality time with the software …

New features enhance problem tracking

~ Contributed by Roger Chenoweth, Technical Support,  SAS ~ We have recently enhanced the application (the Tracks application) that enables you to check the status of problems and questions that you have submited to SAS Technical Support.  I’d lik…

Mission: SAS certification in 25 days

Damir Olejar isn’t a superhero, but he accomplished quite a feat — passing the SAS Certified Base Programmer credential in 25 days. Olejar was on the fast track because he needed the credential to satisfy a prerequisite for a job offer. However, he …