I recently spotted a valuable posting from SAS’s Angela Hall on her Real BI for Real Users blog. I hesitate to suggest it was valuable because that implies her other posts are of less value! Not true, but this particular article was titled Testing reco…
10 career tips for analytics professionals
We all strive to be the best in our field. I’m always looking for unique and fun ways to engage people through our social media channels at SAS. But what does it take to grow in the field of analytics? I reached out to the speakers and sponsors of th…
Comparing data set schemas in SAS
The project that I’m currently working on requires several input data tables, and those tables must have a specific schema. That is, each input table must contain columns of a specific name, type, and length in order for the rest of the system to function correctly. The schema requirements aren’t […]
The Statistical Sleuth (second edition) in R
For those of you who teach, or are interested in seeing an illustrated series of analyses, there is a new compendium of files to help describe how to fit models for the extended case studies in the Second Edition of the Statistical Sleuth: A Course in…
NOTE: When WORK is not WORK (Update)
That’s what happens when you take a break! I’ve not posted in here for a couple of months; my first post after my break (NOTE: When WORK is not WORK) looks a little sloppy. Damn!
The information was technically correct, but I’ve had a couple of polite…
How to get your SAS data set attributes into Excel
I’m working on a SAS programming project with a large team. Each team member is responsible for a piece of the overall system, and the “contract” for how it all fits together is The Data. For example, I’ve got a piece that performs some data manipulation and produces several output […]