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5 new books to go back to school with SAS

Whether you’re a high school student, a college student, a working professional looking to step up their SAS® game, or a lifelong learner who wants to explore analytics, statistics, and learn new skills, SAS Press has something for everyone this back-to-school season. A Recipe for Success Using SAS(R) University Edition: […]

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Free POC, on the latest SAS technology, in your own office

Ever wanted to test out the latest SAS® technology on your own data, but lacked the time or administrative backing of IT to make that happen?  Ever wanted to test drive Hadoop with your own data and SAS® but are lacking the support or skills to do that?  If I piqued […]

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If we didn’t start the fire, then who did?

If you’re into 1980s pop music, then I bet you love Billy Joel’s song We Didn’t Start the Fire. But do you know every word, and the significance of every reference? Let’s use SAS software to create an interactive visualization that will help you fully understand this song! I first saw […]

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The perfect classroom companion for teaching SAS

It’s back to school time again. If you’re working to get your lesson plans in place, we have something that might help you and your students – Exercises and Projects for The Little SAS Book. This book is perfect for instructors and students in a classroom setting, especially when used […]

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What were your #FirstSevenLanguages?

My computer geek colleagues are boasting about their humble beginnings by sharing lists of their first seven programming languages. You can find these under the hashtag #FirstSevenLanguages. COBOLPL/1SASIFPSAPL370 AssemblerCSQLLisp#FirstSevenLanguages — Paul Kent (@hornpolish) August 16, 2016 From what I’ve seen of these lists, the programming languages that appear are very […]

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Female voters outnumber males in North Carolina

Since this is an election year, I’ve been scrutinizing the voter registration data. One thing that surprised me is there are more female voters registered in NC than males. I wondered if this was consistent across all 100 counties, and created some charts to help visualize the data… First I went […]

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What’s your stress score?

There’s an old expression “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” – and while that expression probably isn’t universally true (as pointed out in this interesting article), I think having a way to quantify your stress could be useful. I recently read an interesting article about the Holmes-Rahe Life […]

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