Category: SAS

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Cindy Wang. Time-series decomposition is an important technique for time series analysis, especially for seasonal adjustment and trend strength measurement. Decomposition deconstructs a time series into several components, with each representing a certain pattern or characteristic. This post shows you how to use SAS® Visual Analytics to visually show the decomposition of a time series so that you can understand more about its underlying patterns. Characteristics of time series decomposition Time series decomposition generally splits a time series into three components: 1) a trend-cycle, which can be further decomposed into trend and cycle components; 2) seasonal; ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Joseph Kneen. Showing 1 of 3 Earlier this year I was lucky enough to attend the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition with my colleague Alan McGlinn at the RDS in Dublin. If you’re in Dublin in January, I thoroughly recommend a visit. The event is vast, and I was humbled by the level of expertise, skill and passion the young people have for their projects. “The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition is the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people in Ireland. With close to 50,000 attendees, it is ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Gloria Cabero. A nivel mundial, la matrícula de mujeres en áreas como Tecnología de la Información y Comunicaciones (TIC) es particularmente baja, con un tres por ciento, al igual que en otras como Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas y Estadística, con un cinco por ciento, e Ingeniería, Manufactura y Construcción, con un 8 por ciento. En México, de acuerdo con datos de la UNAM, esta situación es muy parecida. Cifras de la UNESCO señalan que hoy en día alrededor del 30 por ciento de todas las estudiantes elije estudios superiores dentro del campo de las Ciencias, la Tecnología, la Ingeniería ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Mike Gilliland. The SAS Forecasting R&D team has an open position for a Forecasting and Machine Learning Specialist (apply here). What you’ll do As a Forecasting and Machine Learning Specialist on the SAS Forecasting R&D  team, you will help create innovative software to apply cutting-edge statistical methods to automated enterprise-scale business forecasting processes. You will: Work closely in a team-oriented environment with experts in computing and forecasting fields to develop state-of-the-art software for high-performance distributed multitier forecasting. Implement advanced analytical algorithms to solve business problems. Research computational algorithms. Design the software architecture based on product management requirements and present ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Page Cvelich. April Query, PhD, is the Regional and Community Services Manager for the College Foundation of North Carolina...otherwise known as CFNC. Dr. Query has a strong desire to make college a reality for all, and for the past thirteen years has assisted students and their families with college and career planning as well as financial aid and financial literacy information. In the two podcasts below, you will learn: How to get a student loan from the federal government; Where to get help to fill out the FAFSA form; How much money to consider borrowing; Options ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Alex Kwiatkowski. How do we make the world a better place? It’s a question that’s tickled many a worthy brain over the centuries – and now the answer is closer than ever. Data can make the world a better place. Data is why we don’t live in caves anymore, why we moved from fields to factories to silicon chips, from plague doctors to CAT scanners. Data benefits everybody. Look at the finance industry. Maybe you’re an angel investor on the lookout for your next investment. Data can tell you what stocks and shares are looking hot ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Thomas Keil. Wenn sich Experten über Künstliche Intelligenz unterhalten, wird es schnell technisch und häufig auch euphorisch. Eine positive Grundstimmung dominiert, vor allem unter den Experten, die mit dem technischen Fortschritt auf irgendeine Art und Weise Geld verdienen. Anders ist es, wenn ganz normale Menschen zu diesem Thema ins Gespräch kommen. Dann dominieren die Ängste vor dem, was da wohl auf die Menschheit, den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland und konkret jeden Einzelnen so zukommt. Gut beobachten konnte ich das Ende August auf der „MS Wissenschaft“, einer sehr löblichen Kommunikationsinitiative des Bundesbildungsministeriums. Dieses ehemalige Frachtschiff ist zu einer fahrenden ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Robert Allison. Yesterday we had a 'special election' here in NC, to elect new members to the House of Representatives for Congressional Districts 3 and 9. The election got a lot of national news coverage, therefore I thought people might like seeing the results plotted on a map. Before I decided to create my own map, I first looked around to see what maps already existed. I found several where the winning party was shown by color on each county (or portion of the county in the district). This type of map was ~OK if you ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Rick Wicklin. Portion of Figure 3 by Bull et al. (Nature, 2019) I often use axis tables in PROC SGPLOT in SAS to add a table of text to a graph so that the table values are aligned with the data. But axis tables are not the only way to display tabular data in a graph. You can also use the TEXT statement, which supports many features that are not available in axis tables, such as rotating the text. Recently I saw some graphs by Bull, et al. (Fig 3, Nature, 2019) in which a table ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Jen Sohl-Marion, MPH, RDN, LDN. If you sometimes sneak in a quick dinner while driving your kids to practice or a hold a sandwich in your left hand while typing the last few lines of your project with your right, then you are no stranger to distracted eating. Or maybe the big surprise ending to your TV show is that only a few crumbs are left in the party size bag of potato chips in your lap. When you engage in other activities as you eat, you increase your chance of weight gain, heartburn, indigestion, and ... Read More