SAS has had a many good years. But that’s old news. In the past. Old hat. This is a new year, and we don’t rest on our laurels. We may toot our own horn about our laurels, but we don’t rest on ’em. Peer Revue’s job is to inform you of […]
Tag: international year of statistics
What are the odds of … winning the lottery?
What are the odds of winning the lottery? This seems like a simple question (and yes, there is a simple answer), but there are a few technical details to work out first… Which lottery? Let’s say the Powerball Lottery. When? The number of balls us…
How to handle percent (%) values in SAS
Being that 2013 is the International Year of Statistics, I wanted to make sure everyone knows how to handle my favorite statistic – percent (%) – in SAS! I often see data in spreadsheets/csv/etc that purport to represent “percents”… but you have to b…
Using statistics to help you… get dressed
In the spirit of the new year – the International Year of Statistics – I thought I’d share some different ways to use statistics. Can statistics help you in your everyday life? Certainly! And here’s an example to prove it… Let’s say you ha…
Warming up for the International Year of Statistics with some “statistique à la française” on the Nobel Prize winners
Are you ready for the upcoming International Year of Statistics? I have prepared myself by doing a correspondence analysis. Excusez-moi? Correspondence analysis is a technique that has been very popular in France and is therefore sometimes referred to …