If you had told me a year ago that I would write a paper about SAS certification for the Western Users of SAS Software 2014 Educational Forum and Conference, I would have been very surprised! I became a SAS Certified Professional long ago, and that certification expired–long ago! However, in the past six months, both […]
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Using PROC SGPLOT for Quick High-Quality Graphs
Soon I will travel to San Jose for the Western Users of SAS Software 2014 Educational Forum and Conference. I’m looking forward to doing a hands-on workshop on one of my favorite topics, ODS Graphics, specifically the PROCs SGPLOT and SGPANEL. Here is the abstract: New with SAS 9.2, ODS Graphics introduced a whole new […]
How I Got Started with Computers
This is not your typical tech story. I trace my life as a programmer back to ninth grade, not to a computer class or even a math class, but to English. In ninth grade, I was fortunate to have English with Miss Burke who, along with the standard Shakespeare and expository writing, slipped in material […]
SAS Global Forum 2015 Here I Come!
I first attended SAS Global Forum (then called SAS Users Group International) way back in 1987. Since then I have attended as often as possible. Unfortunately, 2014 is not one of my years. I will not be there in Washington DC March 23-26, 2014 to hear the great presentations, or learn about exciting new features […]
NOWINDOWS Goes Out the Window
I just discovered by accident a new “feature” in SAS 9.4, one that apparently wasn’t glamorous enough to be mentioned back at SAS Global Forum last spring. Starting with SAS 9.4, by default, PROC REPORT runs in noninteractive mode. In other words, you no longer have to specify the NOWINDOW option in order to avoid […]
2013 in review
I am certainly not one to decline when someone offers to write a blog entry for me. Here, courtesy of the stats monkeys at WordPress is the annual report for the AvocetSolutions.com blog: And here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,600 times in 2013. […]
SAS in the Cloud
In a few weeks I will serve as moderator at Western Users of SAS Software 2013 for: SAS in the Cloud: A Panel Discussion Panelists: Rebecca Ottesen, AnnMaria DeMars, Tyler Smith and Amy Peters Abstract: Over the last decade, SAS Institute has been quietly developing cloud computing products. Now several options are available for SAS […]
Your Resume–Selling Yourself Using SAS
Here is another presentation to which I have contributed for the Western Users of SAS Software 2013 conference. Your Resume–Selling Yourself Using SAS I am honored to have served as a co-author with Rebecca Ottesen on this highly original paper. This paper shows how to use your SAS skills to create a resume that is […]