The World Health Organization recently declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency. This virus is spread by certain mosquitoes, and therefore if we know where those mosquitoes are located, then we’ve got a pretty good idea of where the virus might spread. Before we get to the numbers, here […]
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What do you think is the most important new feature in SAS/STAT? Well it depends! In this video, SAS developers talk about their new work and which customers will be excited about it and why. Healthcare professionals may lean toward the new rare events control charts in QC, which allows […]
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You’ve probably seen headlines about the recent jail break in California. Do you think they’ll catch those guys? Is there any data available about recapturing escapees? You betcha! … And do they need some help graphing that data? It appears so! But before we get started on the graphs, here’s […]
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A honey bee can live for 8 years … but a black garden ant can live even 20 years longer than that! Learn more details, and other interesting trivia, in this blog on “the longevity of things.” I recently found The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database, and was fascinated by […]
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The East Coast of the US got quite a snowstorm this past weekend, but did your area get enough snow to brag about? Let’s see what the data says… Before we get started, here are a couple pictures of the snow. The first one is from my driveway – we didn’t […]
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When he filmed the scene in the summer of ’69, my Dad did not foresee his moment of fame in 2016. But in the last two days, Dad has seen his 47-year-old work appear in the local Buffalo, NY media, on DailyMail.com, and on FOX News*. In August of 1969, […]
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The East Coast is having lots of snow and ice storms today, and SAS headquarters is officially closed. But I thought it would be a great day to get a few things done! And among those few things is “write a snow-related blog”. Hope you enjoy it! After 21 years of […]
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Are you from Yankeedom, The Far West, or somewhere in between? In this blog, I use SAS maps to explore some fun data about regional cultures in the U.S. I recently ran across an interesting article about Colin Woodward’s book “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures […]
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