Category: SAS

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Meredith Rakowski. My “why” has always been my animals. They are the reason I drag myself out of bed every morning before the sun comes up to feed, water, and check them over before heading to school. And once there, my “why” becomes my job as I share my passion for animals with young minds. Because the material is so close to our hearts, Career and Technical Education teachers strive to convey our knowledge in unique ways. Many CTE courses are built around hands-on, experiential learning. At their core, these courses are meant to prepare students ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Andy Ravenna. Even though I’ve worked at SAS for nearly 30 years, I still get excited when great things come together for our customers! This year we are hosting the very first hackathon at our Analytics Experience conference in San Diego - the AnalyticsX Hackathon. Analytics Experience is in its third year (under this name). It is a great place to catch up on the latest and greatest in analytic techniques from the industry’s finest. I always come back with my brain hurting from overload. I have also attended several hackathons, aka DataDives, from an awesome ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Aneshan Ramaloo. In my previous blog post, I talked about how both retailers and consumers can benefit from applications of artificial intelligence and discussed some compelling use cases. I would like to take this post a step further and delve into a particular bugbear of mine: the struggle to find the right size. In addition, I would like to discuss how analytically driven solutions can play an integral role in solving this problem. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I avoid spending a lot of time shopping. So when I do go out, I really hope I ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Lisa Allred. Happy brother and sister using digital tablet in back seat of car This summer I have been eyeballs deep in creating content for parenting classes. I LOVE talking about parenting and have had a lot of fun creating these classes. Coming up...In September, I am releasing a 6 week class (on demand) for parents of children with ADHD. Also in September, I am offering a 4-week class for Parents of Preschoolers. (It will meet in-person in Bldg W.)In October, I am offering a 4-week class for Parents of Young Children. (It will also meet ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Natalia Summerville. Are You The One? Season 7 CR: Brian Bielmann/MTV I bet you were not expecting a photo of 22 youngsters in swimsuits in a math blog, were you? First time I heard about this reality TV show called "Are You The One?", my nerdiness and love for OR yelled at me: "There is so much math in this show!!!" I'm sure producers did not mean it that way, but I saw mathematical optimization in it and just HAD to code it. Season 7 is premiering August 15th, and if you are as nerdy as I ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Lexi Hawks. Data in the cloud makes it easily accessible, and can help businesses run more smoothly. SAS Viya runs its calculations on Cloud Analytics Service (CAS). David Shannon of Amadeus Software spoke at SAS Global Forum 2018 and presented his paper, Come On, Baby, Light my SAS Viya: Programming for CAS. (In addition to being an avid SAS user and partner, David must be an avid Doors fan.) This article summarizes David's overview of how to run SAS programs in SAS Viya and how to use CAS sessions and libraries. If you're using SAS Viya, ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: David Pope. In the oil industry you can make or lose money based on how good your forecasts are, so I’ve pulled together six papers that discuss different ways in which you can leverage analytics to optimize your output and more accurately predict your production performance. Written by employees at oil and gas companies about real projects, these papers provide a good sense of what works in the real world to improve production. And there's no registration required! I they'll not only inspire you to apply analytics at your company, but provide you with a guide ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Molly Farrow. With the start of the new school year, you may be looking for ways to ease students back into social studies. Here are a few ways that Curriculum Pathways can help. Check out Crio! Use our brand new drag-and-drop editor to transform your static, paper-based lesson plans into online resources; and you don't need any programming skills. Imagine, create, and share lessons that inspire students' natural curiosity. Include audio, text, images, video, and interactive content. Your best ideas can now reach students around the world! Use this Crio sample social studies lesson to quickly get ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Rick Wicklin. My colleague, Robert Allison, recently published an interesting visualization of the relationship between chess ratings and age. His post was inspired by the article "Age vs Elo — Your battle against time," which was published on the chess.com website. ("Elo" is one of the rating systems in chess.) Robert Allison's article indicates how to download the 2014 Elo ratings for 70,963 active players into a SAS data set. You can use PROC SGPLOT to create a scatter plot of the rating and age of each player. Because the graph displays so many observations, I ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Josh Morgan. Whole person analytics can improve access to care by decreasing stigma and discrimination and empowering person-centered care. People across the country (and world) are not getting the care they need. There are many data efforts to address that, but I personally believe traditional analytics are short-sighted, too illness-focused, and remarkably negative. We need to take a more holistic approach to data, policy, and health care, including traditional medical as well as behavioral health. Whole person analytics can improve access to care by decreasing stigma and discrimination and empowering person-centered care. A whole person approach ... Read More