Just this morning, the course leader at our newly created SAS Space & Astronomy School told me that they picked up a broadcast signal from outer space. By analysing all the data they have been collecting, they were able to quickly spot a spike in the trend pattern, which helped […]
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In my ongoing quest to “analyze the world of analytics”, I’ve added the following section below to The Popularity of Data Analysis Software: It would be useful to have growth trend graphs for each of the analytics packages I track, … Continue reading →
This blog post discusses the use of a black background in a graph. But before we get started, I invite you to have a listen to one of my favorite songs – “Paint it Black” by the Rolling Stones. Perhaps this song subliminally persuaded people to use black backgrounds in […]
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Having spent many years in graduate school, and living in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina, I have a lot of friends from other countries. Therefore when I recently saw some stories & graphs about EB-5 visas (where you invest a cool half-million US $ to bypass the […]
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Only last August I wrote that among scholars, the use of R had probably exceeded that of SPSS to become their most widely used software for analytics. That forecast was based on Google Scholar searches focused on one year at a … Continue reading →
Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory – hopefully you’ll enjoy mine about the number of US E1 visas! I was perusing some of the US government charts, and found one on US immigration visas that caught my attention. It was a 3D bar chart, and since I always mistrust 3D […]
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The best graphs are both beautiful and informative – a smooth blend of art and analytics. But more often than not, the two collide rather than blending smoothly… Here is a link to a artistic infographic I recently saw posted by Vendavo on twitter. Their message (80% of your profit is generated […]
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I recently read a Washington Post article about the euro versus the dollar, and I wanted to analyze the data myself to see whether the article was simply stating the facts, or “sensationalizing” things. The washingtonpost.com article started with the headline, “This is historic: The dollar will soon be worth […]
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