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Six new SAS books for 2018

Start off the New Year by brushing up your SAS programming skills! Begin your goal to become SAS certified or explore these New SAS books and other SAS Press titles, many of which will be making their bookshelf debut at SAS® Global Forum 2018 in Denver…

SAS Academy for Data Science creates top-rate analytical professionals

Do a quick search on “data scientist” on any of the popular job boards and there’s no denying the global shortage of data scientists is a real one. And, whether you’re looking for the salary commensurate with the prestigious title, a fast pass to the C…

Building a SAS Global Forum infographic

You might have seen a SAS Global Forum infographic floating around the web. And maybe you  wondered how you might create something similar using SAS software? If so, then this blog’s for you – I have created my own version of the infographic using SAS/…

jamovi for R: Easy but Controversial

jamovi is software that aims to simplify two aspects of using R. It offers a point-and-click graphical user interface (GUI). It also provides functions that combines the capabilities of many others, bringing a more SPSS- or SAS-like method of programming … Continue reading

Demystifying certification (Part 3): To the finish

Want to see my newly minted certified professional badge? Scroll down to take a peek. Yes, I managed to successfully complete the Base SAS Programmer certification exam… with, ahem, flying colors I might add. Here are my tips to tackle the Base SAS cer…

Coding in Python with SAS University Edition

Good news learners! SAS University Edition has gone back to school and learned some new tricks. With the December 2017 update, SAS University Edition now includes the SASPy package, available in its Jupyter Notebook interface. If you’re keeping track, you know that SAS University Edition has long had support for […]

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Can felons vote in your state?

Can felons vote? This seemed like a simple question, but I realized that I wasn’t 100% sure of the answer. Therefore I looked into the data … and apparently “it depends”. Follow along and see how I created a map to help answer this question. But befo…