Tag: SAS

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Kim Andreaus. Next week I will be facing two major milestones in my life.  I turn 55 ...and the next day I take my only son to college.  These simultaneous occurrences have led me to some soul searching.   At times like this I often turn to my favorite authors/speakers for insight and wisdom.  I found that many of these have developed various lists:  Oprah has her "Things I know for Sure" at the end of each magazine, Anne Lamott just presented a TED talk on "12 things I"ve learned from life and writing", and even Ali ... Read More

Feed: Hortonworks Blog – Hortonworks. Author: Syed Mahmood. Data science is inherently an exploratory and creative process because there is usually neither a definitive answer to the problem at hand nor a well-defined approach to reaching one. Data scientists research problems, explore data, visualize patterns across data and use their experience and judgment to choose parameters and processes that may be relevant to the specific problem at hand. This makes sharing and collaboration a critical activity that enables teams of data scientists to build on each other’s knowledge and to produce the overall best results. As data science has evolved ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Gert Nissen. Even though the calendar says it is summer time , the weather is not on the same page - at least not here in Copenhagen. That makes me think of the approaching winter and how animals prepare for it by gathering food stocks. We humans should fill our knowledge stock to stay comfortable at work all year long. Perhaps you were one of the many who tuned in on our webinars in freezing January when we started introducing them to Nordic SAS FANS. They provided short tips and tricks to inspire SAS users to gain more value from their SAS ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Eric Cai - The Chemical Statistician. I often create character variables (i.e. variables with strings of text as their values) in SAS, and they sometimes don’t render as expected.  Here is an example involving the built-in data set SASHELP.CLASS. Here is the code: data c1;      set sashelp.class;      * define a new character variable to classify someone as tall or short; if height > 60 then height_class = 'Tall'; else height_class = 'Short'; run; * print the results for the first 5 rows; proc print data = c1 (obs = 5); run; Here is the result: ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Charlie Chase. Analytics-driven forecasting means more than measuring trend and seasonality. It includes all categories of methods (e.g. exponential smoothing, dynamic regression, ARIMA, ARIMA(X), unobserved component models, and more), including artificial intelligence, but not necessarily deep learning algorithms. That said, deep learning algorithms like neural networks can also be used for demand forecasting, depending on the situation.        When it comes to demand forecasting and planning these days, many people believe demand-driven and market-driven are interchangeable. There are some basic similarities - you need to forecast true demand, and use more advanced analytics to sense and ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Mark Bailey. This question has been asked repeatedly for decades by anyone facing a new system. That system might be a new product, a new piece of equipment, a new process, or anything really that is new and not well understood. Ultimately, you might need to change this system but first you need to know which variables will affect the desired changes. That is to say, an answer to the question, “Which of my factors are important?” is called for. You need a screening experiment. (Notice that this use of the word ‘screening’ may have different ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Lucy Kosturko. As in years past, the South by Southwest Edu annual conference truly values the opinions of the community. To this end, the conference uses Panel Picker to gather input on what sessions should make it into the final program. The SXSWEdu mission is to drive innovation in everything related to teaching and learning, which you will see is reflected in the many program submissions. We at Curriculum Pathways have been very busy this year, we're excited for the opportunity to share our own innovations with the SXSWEdu community. But in order to do that, we need your votes and social media ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Jeff Dudash. SAS as SaaS isn’t a typo. New initiatives are in place that allow SAS Partners to provide and resell Software as a Service solutions to customers looking for faster deployment and monthly subscription-based licensing for their analytics needs. What’s new with SaaSNow? SAS partnered with Amsio, a leader in SAS hosting, to provide SaasNow, a cloud-based portal environment that enables deployment of most SAS Viya products in under 2 hours. SaasNow partners can now resell a variety of Viya products as a service including SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Statistics, SAS Econometrics, SAS Optimization, ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Trent Smith. Veterans possess traits that can enrich any organization. There are many opportunities for companies to help them re-enter civilian life, and tap into their talent. Veterans transitioning back to civilian life face a number of challenges, many of which involve working in a non-military environment. The Honor Foundation helps Navy SEALs and other current and transitioning members of the U.S. Special Operations community enter civilian life. Last week, a group of former special operators visited several employers in North Carolina’s Triangle area, including SAS, to learn about the skills needed to land jobs in the ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Mayra Pedraza. At the SAS UK Office in Marlow we are very fortunate to have a number of interns working here. I’m always amazed at how professional, prepared and just downright smart these students are. I recently asked one of our interns: Josie Comber, who is a student at the University of Leeds to share a little about her experience and any advice she would have for students pursuing an internship. Here are her thoughts. Did you know that the planet is poised to create 180 trillion gigabytes of data in 2025? Did you also know ... Read More