It looks like we’ve finally recovered from the Great Recession, and there are even claims of record-low unemployment in several U.S. states. Of course claims like that make my data-radar go off, and I wanted to see the numbers for myself. And it’s a gr…
Tag: time series
Tracking our local lake rise 20-ft above normal
We recently had a flooding event at Jordan Lake where the water rose almost 20 feet above normal. This blog details that flooding event in both photos and graphs. If you’re intrigued by weather, boats, or lakes then this blog’s for you! In NC’s Research Triangle Park area, there are basically two […]
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How to build a customized voter registration data viewer
With a major election coming next year, I was wondering if there have been any shifts & changes in the voters in my state. This seems like an interesting opportunity for some data analysis, eh!?! To get you into the spirit of elections, here’s an “I Voted” sticker from my friend […]
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Do Italians really drink less alcohol than Americans?
I saw an interesting graph on dadaviz.com that claimed Italians had gone from drinking twice as much as Americans in 1970, to less than Americans in recent years. The data analyst in me just had to “independently verify” this factoid … But before I get into the technical part of this […]
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Example 9.11: Employment plot
A facebook friend posted the picture reproduced above– it makes the case that President Obama has been a successful creator of jobs, and also paints GW Bush as a president who lost jobs. Another friend pointed out that to be fair, all of Bush’s presi…
Example 9.11: Employment plot
A facebook friend posted the picture reproduced above– it makes the case that President Obama has been a successful creator of jobs, and also paints GW Bush as a president who lost jobs. Another friend pointed out that to be fair, all of Bush’s presi…
Example 9.11: Employment plot
A facebook friend posted the picture reproduced above– it makes the case that President Obama has been a successful creator of jobs, and also paints GW Bush as a president who lost jobs. Another friend pointed out that to be fair, all of Bush’s presi…
Learn Time Series Analysis: Free Materials for SAS Users
0. A gentle Introduction to Time Series Analysis, may serve as fast learning materials:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmc/section4/pmc4.htm
1. An open source book(with data and code), A First Course on Time Series Analysis: examples with SAS, by Prof. Michael Falk, is available in:
http://statistik.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/timeseries/
2. A SAS User book, Forecasting Examples for Business and Economics Using SAS […]