A playful way to get your hands on SAS: the Data Science Escape Rooms

Move over video games and sports. Make room for escape rooms. This burgeoning form of entertainment found its roots in the video gaming movement. Escape rooms tap into a player’s drive to reach the next level, solve a puzzle and win. Escape rooms present a physical game that traps you […]

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Understanding Item Response Theory with SAS

What is Item Response Theory? Item Response Theory (IRT) is a way to analyze responses to tests or questionnaires with the goal of improving measurement accuracy and reliability. A common application is in testing a student’s ability or knowledge. Today, all major psychological and educational tests are built using IRT. […]

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Compress – Keep Writable

varname = compress(varname, , ‘kw’);The modifier “k” stands for ‘KEEP’ and the modifier “w” stands for ‘WRITABLE’. When compress function is used in combination of K & W modifiers, it keeps all the writable characters which means it deletes all the…