The guys of Stat Wars are battling it out again. This time they’re helping a viewer who needs to determine which stunt doubles to hire by predicting their performance using SAS. Watch and then vote on whether Danny Modlin or Marc Huber has the best s…
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It’s raining analytics
I’m always looking for ways to make my job sound more relevant to people who ask me, “so what does SAS do?” SAS does so much that I can’t possibly list it all, so I need some umbrella terms that can capture the essence of it (and still keep the […]
A weekend full of bad decisions
Most people try to hide the evidence of their bad decisions. But this weekend I decided to share mine to social media. I hope that it’s not a career-limiting move. Actually, I made quite a few good decisions as well, outnumbering the bad ones. Still, I had many missed opportunities, […]
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…
Controlling access to custom tasks in SAS Enterprise Guide
I’ve bragged about how easy it is to install custom tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide. It’s simple: you copy the .NET assembly (usually a single DLL file) into one of the designated folders in your SAS Enterprise Guide installation, and your task just shows up in the menu. Since I […]
My favorite SAS tips and tools from 2012
Many of my blogging colleagues are taking this week to reflect on their top posts in 2012. Some are using the visitor statistics to rank the posts, but as Andy Ratcliffe points out, that gives short-shrift to the late-season articles. This year, I’m going to use this space to recap […]
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…
A New Year’s surprise
Look at what arrived in the mail room this morning!
Of course, I was expecting it sometime in January…but not first thing! Here’s to early deliveries…perhaps this will set the tone for all of my projects in the new year.
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