In a previous blog I suggested that many readers in many applied areas are reading statistics texts under duress for a course or project, and are in truth somewhere between disinterested and terrified. In my new SAS Press book Business Statistics Made Easy in SAS® I make use of various […]
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When the Toyota Prius first came out, the gas mileage claims astonished everyone. But now that almost every manufacturer offers their own hybrid, is the Prius mpg really all that great? Let’s analyze the data … But before we get to the analytics, let me tell you a little about […]
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If you’re a SAS administrator, you probably know that you can use SAS Management Console to view active SAS processes. These are the SAS sessions that have been spawned by clients such as SAS Enterprise Guide or SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, or those running SAS stored processes. But did […]
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Did you ever wonder how much fuel all the jets in the world use? Perhaps these graphs will help you get a handle on it… Before we get started, here’s a jet-fuel related picture to entertain you. This is a picture I took from the airplane when I went to […]
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You know when you visit Las Vegas you’ll have an experience you can only find in this one of a kind city. Where else can you gamble around the clock, get married in a drive-through, or see the Eiffel Tower without visiting Paris? So in the spirit of Vegas, SAS […]
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Did you know you could drive 74 million cars using the wasted natural gas that is flared from oil wells and refineries? Learn more details in this blog post! Flaring (burning) is commonly used to dispose of natural gas produced at oil and gas facilities that lack the infrastructure to capture it […]
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Eating donuts, burning calories, and raising money for a good cause — that’s what the annual Krispy Kreme Challenge is all about. If this intrigues you, read on to find out more… But first, here’s a picture of me eating a donut, preparing for a race. I bet you didn’t […]
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TL;DR The next time that you find yourself writing a PROC SORT step, verify that you’re working with the SAS Base engine and not a database. If your data is in a database, skip the SORT! The details: When to skip the PROC SORT step Many SAS procedures allow you […]
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