Category: SAS

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Lucas de Paula. Whether you like it or not, Microsoft Excel is still a big hit in the data analysis world. From small to big customers, we still see fit for daily routines such as filtering, generating plots, calculating items on ad-hoc analysis or even running statistical models. Whenever I talk to customers, there is always someone who will either ask: Can this be exported to excel or can we import data from excel?. Recently, other questions started to come up more often: Can we run Python within SAS? How do I allow my team to ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Suneel Grover. In February, SAS was recognized as a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science & Machine Learning Platforms report. SAS is the only vendor to be a leader in this report for all seven years of its existence. According to us, the topic of the research is at the heart of what SAS does, as well as representing the backbone of what differentiates SAS Customer Intelligence 360. Wait a minute. What does this have to do with marketing technologies?  Allow me to focus your thinking. Image 1: What do we really ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Charu Shankar. Would you like to know the secret of how I landed my job at SAS? Since I’m asked this question so frequently, I thought it might be useful to share six tips. Know yourself Are you a people person? Or are you an analytical person who enjoys the rush you get while working with logic and numbers? Or are you a combination person? What do you like to do? What are your skills? Take the time to understand your likes. You really need to know yourself to start positioning your resume in the right ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: rywand. I have always been an active person. From a young age I was taught to be curious and experience the world in whatever way I could. One of the most effective ways for me to experience the world is through movement -  sweating through a particularly intense workout, hiking through a beautiful park, or trekking through a city to a new restaurant.  No matter where I went, or who I spoke to, movement linked these experiences.  I've kept this curious view of the world throughout my life because I am often reminded that I get ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Grant Brooks. Being a state governor has never been more difficult than right at this moment, because the extreme steps governors are being forced to take in order to protect their citizens’ health are having an equally extreme impact on other critical aspects of our society. In the face of social distancing lockdowns, companies are laying off employees, small businesses are shuttering (perhaps permanently), churches and charities are seeing a precipitous decline in donations, and in some areas crime is rising. Governors and their staffs are acting with unprecedented speed, agility and focus in order to ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Rick Wicklin. During an epidemic, such as the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, the media often shows graphs of the cumulative numbers of confirmed cases for different countries. Often these graphs use a logarithmic scale for the vertical axis. In these graphs, a straight line indicates that new cases are increasing at an exponential rate. The slope of the line indicates how quickly cases will double, with steep lines indicating a short doubling time. The doubling time is the length of time required to double the number of confirmed cases, assuming nothing changes. This article shows one ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Héctor Cobo. La manera en que las organizaciones operan y hacen negocios ha dado un giro radical debido a la rápida propagación de COVID-19 a escala global. De un momento a otro, las prioridades y objetivos que se establecieron al inicio del año se están replanteando, sin perder el enfoque en la continuidad de las operaciones y en la atención a clientes, ni en el bienestar y salud de sus colaboradores. En este nuevo escenario la capacidad de respuesta,adaptación, así como su resiliencia, se están poniendo a prueba. Lo mismo sucede con sus iniciativas para convertirse ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Andrea Deinert. Wenn Ranga Yogeshwar eine Meinung über ein Thema in der Öffentlichkeit vertritt, gehört es irgendwie zur gesellschaftlichen Pflicht, hinzuhören. Nicht nur, weil er das Talent des wissenschaftlichen Sprechgesangs besitzt. Sondern auch, weil er eines nie tut. Der Physiker polarisiert nicht. Er versucht, alle Ansichten über eine Sache wissenschaftlich zu vereinen. Seinen Zuhörerinnen ist Wissensgewinn deshalb gewiss. Seine Haltung zur Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) ist ein hübsches Beispiel für dieses selten gewordene rhetorische Stilmittel, das er anwendet. Im Juni vergangenen Jahres wagte er nämlich im Schweizer Fernsehen den Blick in die Zukunft. Er postulierte die KI ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Jim Harris. Read about the 5 D's of data preparation. Over the years, I've written many posts about data, analytics and humans and how all three combine to deliver significant business insights. In this post, I’ll recap some key points I've made about each of these (along with key points from others, too). Along the way, I'll show how the three work together to form what I call the insight equation. Data We love data. And we love putting words like master, big and meta before it – and adding words like management, quality and governance ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Danielle Pavliv. At SAS, we have a multidimensional culture that blends our different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives from employees around the globe. We want everyone to feel confident in expressing their ideas and know that they will be respected for their unique contributions and abilities. We seek out diverse talent, because at SAS, it’s not about fitting into the culture – it’s about adding to it.   Our own Bennett McAuley is an Associate Technical Writer and leadership council member of our PRIDE employee inclusion group. He’s also transgender, and affirms himself as a man. Read on to learn more about Bennett’s personal and professional journey and why he loves working at SAS!  From college ... Read More