By 2020, 50% of organizations will lack sufficient AI and data literacy skills to achieve business value. – Gartner What is data literacy? Data literacy is the ability to read, work with, analyze, and argue with data. – Wikipedia Data literacy is the ability to derive meaningful information from data, […]
Why we need to learn how to “speak data” in a data-driven future was published on SAS Users.
Posted on behalf of SAS Press author Derek Morgan. I was sitting in a model railroad club meeting when one of our more enthusiastic young members said, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we could make a computer simulation, with trains going between stations and all. We could have cars and […]
SAS Press Author Derek Morgan on Timetables and Model Trains was published on SAS Users.
One of my favorite parts of summer is a relaxing weekend by the pool. Summer is the time I get to finally catch up on my reading list, which has been building over the year. So, if expanding your knowledge is a goal of yours this summer, SAS Press has […]
Summer reading – Book recommendations from SAS Press authors was published on SAS Users.
What is Item Response Theory? Item Response Theory (IRT) is a way to analyze responses to tests or questionnaires with the goal of improving measurement accuracy and reliability. A common application is in testing a student’s ability or knowledge. Today, all major psychological and educational tests are built using IRT. […]
Understanding Item Response Theory with SAS was published on SAS Users.
Want to learn SAS programming but worried about taking the plunge? Over at SAS Press, we are excited about an upcoming publication that introduces newbies to SAS in a peer-review instruction format we have found popular for the classroom. Professors Jim Blum and Jonathan Duggins have written Fundamentals of Programming […]
Interview with new SAS Press authors: Jim Blum and Jonathan Duggins was published on SAS Users.
Understanding SAS 9.4 architecture is key to tackling the tasks and responsibilities that come with SAS administration, and will help you know where to look to make changes or troubleshoot problems.
SAS 9.4 architecture – building an installation from the ground up was published on SAS Users.
Interested in making business decisions with big data analytics? Our Wiley SAS Business Series book Profit Driven Business Analytics: A Practitioner’s Guide to Transforming Big Data into Added Value by Bart Baesens, Wouter Verbeke, and Cristian Danilo Bravo Roman has just the information you need to learn how to use […]
Big data in business analytics: Talking about the analytics process model was published on SAS Users.
As a SAS programmer, you are asked to do many things with your data — reading, writing, calculating, building interfaces, and occasionally sending data outside of SAS. One of the most popular outputs you may be tasked with creating is likely a Microsoft Excel workbook. Have you ever heard, “just […]
Making the most of the ODS Excel destination was published on SAS Users.