I’m a sucker for the sampler platter at restaurants – it gives you a little taste of everything. “The crispy, gooey cheese sticks are delicious, but man, I really want more of the chicken skewers as my meal,” is typically how my thought process goes. S…
Calculate your survival chance on the Titanic
On the 10th of April, 1912, the RMS Titanic set out on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean carrying 2,223 passengers. On the 14th of April, it hit an iceberg and sank. There were 1,517 fatalities. Identifying information was not available for…
Correlations of three variables
Question
There is an interesting question in statistics —
“There are 3 random variables X, Y and Z. The correlation between X and Y is 0.8 and the
correlation between X and Z is 0.8. What is the maximum and minimum correlation between Y and Z?…
Build your own SAS data set viewer using PowerShell
In about 30 lines of PowerShell script, we can build a SAS data set viewer that: Does not require SAS on the PC Provides very basic filtering capability Also allows for easy export to CSV All you need is the ability to run PowerShell scripts, and the SAS Local Data […]
What’s The Idea?
The easy part is done: code got written, various technical barriers were overcome, a prototype was built, and the proof-of-concept was proven.Now the hard part: figuring out if the concept is even a good idea or not. Of course, _I_ think it’s a good i…
Syntactic sugar – 6 SAS essentials
The 25 boys I teach on Sundays loved these cupcakes I baked for them for Easter… the sugared peeps had them completely satisfied. I love my tea or coffee laced with sugar. I think you‘d all agree that it is always more pleasant to meet a nice custo…