In the past, a large percentage of US workers have been union members, and the unions could exert a big influence on elections. How powerful are the unions these days, an where do they wield the most influence? Let’s map it out… In 1954, almost 35% of US workers belonged to […]
The post Where will the ‘union vote’ matter most in the upcoming election? appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
Analytics experts and decision makers are taking over Las Vegas Sept. 12-14 while attending Analytics Experience. Whether you are in Vegas or need to participate from the luxury of your sofa or office, read on for help to stay connected and be a part of it all. Watch Live There […]
The post The Analytics Experience – virtually anywhere appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
Everyone who knows about monarch butterflies, likes monarch butterflies. This blog post focuses on their food source – milkweed. And to get you in the mood, here’s an amazingly beautiful picture my friend Eniko made of a monarch: In recent years, I had heard reports of the dwindling number of […]
The post Are milkweed and monarchs making a comeback? appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
What do people have in common who have used analog clocks, vinyl records, and payphones? They were all probably born before 1980! Now, let’s focus on those payphones!… A lot of young kids these days can’t imagine a world where everyone doesn’t have a wireless phone. My buddy Ed likes […]
The post Analog clocks, vinyl records, and payphones appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
Have you ever wondered how far you live from the closest nuclear power plant? I’ve crunched the numbers for cities here in the US, and created an interactive SAS map to help answer that question! The average age of US nuclear power plants is 35 years, and there just doesn’t […]
The post How close are you to a nuclear plant? appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
As Zika starts spreading into the US, it will be important to have a way to track it. Therefore I wrote some SAS code to pull the latest data from the CDC website, and plot it on a map… But before we get into the details of my map, I […]
The post A map of Zika cases in the US appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
Ever wanted to test out the latest SAS® technology on your own data, but lacked the time or administrative backing of IT to make that happen? Ever wanted to test drive Hadoop with your own data and SAS® but are lacking the support or skills to do that? If I piqued […]
The post Free POC, on the latest SAS technology, in your own office appeared first on SAS Learning Post.
If you’re into 1980s pop music, then I bet you love Billy Joel’s song We Didn’t Start the Fire. But do you know every word, and the significance of every reference? Let’s use SAS software to create an interactive visualization that will help you fully understand this song! I first saw […]
The post If we didn’t start the fire, then who did? appeared first on SAS Learning Post.