This blog post discusses the use of a black background in a graph. But before we get started, I invite you to have a listen to one of my favorite songs – “Paint it Black” by the Rolling Stones. Perhaps this song subliminally persuaded people to use black backgrounds in […]
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Having spent many years in graduate school, and living in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina, I have a lot of friends from other countries. Therefore when I recently saw some stories & graphs about EB-5 visas (where you invest a cool half-million US $ to bypass the […]
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Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory – hopefully you’ll enjoy mine about the number of US E1 visas! I was perusing some of the US government charts, and found one on US immigration visas that caught my attention. It was a 3D bar chart, and since I always mistrust 3D […]
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The best graphs are both beautiful and informative – a smooth blend of art and analytics. But more often than not, the two collide rather than blending smoothly… Here is a link to a artistic infographic I recently saw posted by Vendavo on twitter. Their message (80% of your profit is generated […]
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I recently read a Washington Post article about the euro versus the dollar, and I wanted to analyze the data myself to see whether the article was simply stating the facts, or “sensationalizing” things. The washingtonpost.com article started with the headline, “This is historic: The dollar will soon be worth […]
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Is daylight saving time the ultimate in efficiency, or is it living a lie? Here are some graphs that might help facilitate a discussion on this topic … With daylight saving time (DST), a whole geo/political area (such as a country) decides to set their clocks forward an hour during […]
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“Dear Cat, I got an email from my IT department that says: [We are nearing capacity on the Flotsam Drive. Please clear data from any folders you are no longer using so we can save disk space. Thanks, The IT Department] Doesn’t this strike you as a bit old-fashioned? I […]
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Two popular SAS custom tasks have recently been updated for SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1. Most custom tasks that I’ve shared will work without modification across releases, but these two required a special rebuild due to some internal product API changes. The Project Reviewer task allows you to see a detail […]
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