In practice, we often find that count data is not well modeled by Poisson regression, though Poisson models are often presented as the natural approach for such data. In contrast, the negative binomial regression model is much more flexible and is the…
Unconventional typographical conventions
I’ve been finishing up just a bit of the “boilerplate” content for my forthcoming book about custom tasks. One of the final tasks is to write the introduction, also known as the “About this Book” section. SAS Press offers a template with examples of a few essential topics to address […]
Go on a date with SAS BI Dashboard, part 2
Last week I provided the steps for how to go on a date, at least by using dynamic prompts in BI Dashboard. Now that you have seen how to create them, lets discuss making them smarter. For this example, the customer is asking for two prompts to affect a…
Women and jobs: Redesigning a New York Times graphic
The New York Times has an excellent staff that produces visually interesting graphics for the general public. However, because their graphs need to be understood by all Times readers, the staff sometimes creates a complicated infographic when a simpler statistical graph would show the data in a clearer manner. A […]
Programming, Social Media & JMP: Calgary User Group Covers the Bases
As I sit at the airport in Calgary, I find it very easy to write about the wonderful experience I had at today’s user group meeting. What a great community to visit: a more engaged, inquisitive and knowledgeable SAS group would be hard to find……
Building a better meningitis map
You’ve all heard about the recent meningitis outbreak, right? Being a data-guy and a map-guy, I went looking for maps related to the outbreak. I found the following map on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website. It shows the states that r…