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Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Jim Harris. Most enterprises employ multiple analytical models in their business intelligence applications and decision-making processes. These analytical models include descriptive analytics that help the organization understand what has happened and what is happening now, predictive analytics that determine the probability of what will happen next, and prescriptive analytics that focus on finding the best course of action for predicted future business scenarios. The common denominator of all analytical models is data. And, as the TDWI Best Practices Report Improving Data Preparation for Business Analytics explained, regardless of the model used, analytics can only be ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Rick Wicklin. Rotation matrices are used in computer graphics and in statistical analyses. A rotation matrix is especially easy to implement in a matrix language such as the SAS Interactive Matrix Language (SAS/IML). This article shows how to implement three-dimensional rotation matrices and use them to rotate a 3-D point cloud. Define a 3-D rotation matrix In three dimensions there are three canonical rotation matrices: The matrix Rx(α) rotates points counterclockwise by the angle α about the X axis. Equivalently, the rotation occurs in the (y, z) plane. ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Melinda Thielbar. As a developer, I try to make sure all the most-used features of JMP are where you can find them easily. That’s why the options to change the statistics shown in the crosstab are at the top of Categorical’s red triangle menu. That’s why the new “Redo” and “Save Script” buttons are always in the same spot. But there are always some neat features that I wish I could make more prominent. This blog series will show off a few of them, starting with Aligned Responses. Many surveys have questions about ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Anne Milley. Galit Shmueli, National Tsing Hua University’s Distinguished Professor of Service Science, will be visiting the SAS campus this month for an interview for an Analytically Speaking webcast. Her research interests span a number of interesting topics, most notably her acclaimed research, To Explain or Predict, as well as noteworthy research on statistical strategy, bio-surveillance, online auctions, count data models, quality control and more. In the Analytically Speaking interview, we’ll focus on her most interesting Explain or Predict work as well as her research on Information Quality and Behavioral Big Data, which ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Robert Allison. Elections in the US are a 'target rich environment' for data analysts. There are surveys and forecasts before the election, and the presentation of results during and after the voting. What's your favorite election-related graph of all time? For the current (2016) presidential election, my favorite graphs are on the fivethirtyeight.com website. They have a nice map, and a really nice line plot (see partial screen-captures below, and click on the images to see the real thing). They put a lot of thought into these graphs, and they contain a lot of ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Brady Brady. JMP supports many date/time formats, but some less conventional (or downright esoteric) formats still crop up from time to time. To many users, converting an oddly formatted date/time from string to numeric form is a frustrating endeavor, requiring custom formulas and an assortment of seldom-used string and numeric operations. With the Custom Date Formula Writer, you can simply point-and-click your date/time troubles away, generating the necessary formula without writing code. To begin, install the Data Table Tools Add-in and navigate to the formula writer: Now the new date column is just ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Mark Wilkinson. The digital age has fundamentally changed how brands and organisations interact with consumers. This shift has been a crucial part of the Third Industrial Revolution and helped spark the era of consumers sharing their data with different organisations. But now organisations are heralding the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and data is the raw material that will power it. But the Fourth Industrial Revolution requires further development of consumers’ willingness to share data. That data is needed to fuel the hyper-personalised services that technology can deliver. As our research with Future Foundation indicates, ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Charu Shankar. My river walk last week turned into a spectacular fall show. But if it rains this week in San Antonio, like the weatherman predicts, what will I do? In the coming days, I’ll be presenting at two user groups,  one in eastern Canada in Halifax, and the other all the way south west in San Antonio, Texas. I’m really praying for great weather. I’ll carry an umbrella if I have to, and wear a scarf if I have to. But I don’t’ really want to, at least not in San Antonio ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Wayne Levin. Business and production systems have become much more capable at collecting data. Equipment collects a variety of sensor and parametric data, and today all kinds of information on buying habits and consumer preferences is available. This level of detail cannot be analyzed and comprehended with static, conventional reporting. Instead, business analysts, engineers and scientists can unlock insights and make discoveries with leverage provided by interactive, visual analytical software. Analytical software has surfaced a new world of analytics that is characterized by these important traits: Data are “self-provisioned.” Users are able to ... Read More

Feed: SAS BlogsRSS – SAS Blogs. Author: Larry LaRusso. The job market for individuals with analytical skills is hot, and it’s only getting hotter. A recent study by the McKinsey Global Institute puts the situation in perspective, citing a shortfall of nearly 200,000 professionals with strong analytical skills by the year 2018. Businesses are looking to colleges and universities to help fill that gap, asking them to provide their students with the analytical skills they need to fill many of these currently vacant analytical roles. How students can prepare for a career in analytics, and the role universities play in ... Read More