With limited time and budget, you can still thoroughly test SAS reports built in SAS BI Dashboard and SAS Web Report Studio by considering how all the tools were used to build the end report. An understanding of the functionality within each part of th…
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Analytics training at a huge discount
You may know that every year at the Analytics Conference, we offer pre-conference workshops and post-conference training courses. But, did you know that these offerings are significantly discounted? Come to Las Vegas for the Analytics Conference and ma…
I’m a WUSS and proud of it
When the Western Users of SAS Software gather in Long Beach, CA this September, I’ll be proud to be counted among the WUSSers. (You can learn more about WUSS here; don’t look here.) The WUSS organizers must have some serious clout, because the line-up of presenters reads like a “Who’s […]
Graphs of Olympic proportions!
Everyone in the world has their attention turned towards the Olympics this week, so what better topic to tie in to a SAS/GRAPH blog than that?!?! I had seen a graph on the guardian website that I thought was interesting, so I decided to try to create …
Top 10 reasons to get SAS certified
Since 1999, the SAS Global Certification program has helped thousands of SAS professionals achieve their career goals. In today’s busy world, it’s hard to add something else to our already full plates, but personal development can payoff. Here’s …
Visualizing evidence of a black hole, with a gif animation
Hopefully you know that a gif animation can be used for more than just showing a cartoon animal doing cute tricks! Being a savvy data-meister, I’m sure you are also aware that you can use gif animations to see how data changes over time. But perhaps…
Gearing up for the Analytics 2012 Conference
We’re kicking off a series of blogs to get people ready for the Analytics 2012 Conference. If you’re not familiar with the conference, it’s an annual event that attracts 1,000 analytics professionals for two days of learning and networking. It’…
How to get the statistics you need from SAS Enterprise Guide
If you need to calculate the mean, sum, standard deviation, or frequency count for a variable, you’ll find it pretty easy to accomplish in SAS Enterprise Guide. The corresponding tasks in the menus have names like “Summary Statistics” or “One-way Frequencies”. Obvious, right? Often, researchers or students have a quest […]