A topic that’s been in the news a lot lately is the presidential power to grant pardons, commutations, and such. But all the articles I’ve seen just quoted numeric totals – I haven’t seen a graph of the data anywhere! So I set out to find the data and graph […]
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Are you one of those people who get easily bored at amusement parks? Would you like something to do while your friends/family are waiting in line for a ride? Perhaps I have an alternate ides, to keep you busy – survey markers! When surveyors are measuring and marking areas for […]
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I continue to find the concept of explaining analytics through storytelling intriguing. As I have written before, at first blush this did not seem immediately clear to me. The advice to use storytelling appeared somewhat vague, trite and without substance. More importantly, it seemed to conflict with the rigor required […]
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“They’ll eat you out of house & home! Their food bill will put you in the poor house! … And they never gain an ounce!” – That’s what my friends say about their teenage sons. They’re probably exaggerating a little, but since it’s a recurring theme, there’s probably some truth […]
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Here in the US, it’s Girl Scout cookie season. This is when you get to spend a few bucks on cookies, break your New Year’s resolution about losing weight … and feel good about it, because the money’s going to a good cause. Or is it? – Let’s break down […]
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For many years, the Toyota Prius was the hybrid with the best mpg – but in 2017 that’s changing! Let’s examine the data … For analyses like this, I have found the fueleconomy.gov website to be a wonderful source of information. In recent years, they’ve even made all their data […]
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They say “a picture is worth 1000 words” – and I think it might be more like 2000 when it comes to planning out fun/interesting things to do in a new city! I’m going to the SAS Global Forum (#SASGF) conference in Orlando this year, and I was wondering where […]
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If you do much traveling in the United States, you’re bound to hear a few words and expressions that are unique to certain areas. Well y’all get ready, because I’m fixin’ to analyze some of those words for ya! I recently found a really neat web application called The Great […]
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