Thanks for all of your kind comments and wonderful feedback! I will try to get back to as many of you as the last few weeks of writing the book allows! Visual Data Mining: Finding Patterns and Key Insights in Online Marketing Data Date/Time: Already Occured- 6/11/2009 Presented by: American Marketing Association Sponsored by: … Read more
Download the full paper by Eileen McDaniel, Ph.D., “A Practical Framework for Green Policy Decision-Makers: Maximizing Sustainability by Incorporating Consumer Behavior and Environmental Expert Opinion” (PDF.) Executive Summary Which “green” activities are consumers performing in their everyday lives? Activities that- – Save them money? – Are easy to … Read more
After reading several articles, I decided to add my help for wayward singles seeking the right city to call home. Following in the footsteps of work in the New York Times and Sperling’s BestPlaces, I seek to create a visually intuitive presentation about the “best” place to be single. In particular, I seek … Read more
Why don’t you just show me the numbers? Poor presentation of data can make informative interpretation difficult or even impossible. We spend years diagramming sentences & solving equations but have minimal exposure to telling stories with data! The ability to explore, understand and utilize real-world data is a rare skill that can dramatically improve your … Read more
I love exploring the possible intersections of technology and information, with the intent to improve or expedite knowledge sharing. One of my recent epiphanies was related to the difficulty of efficiently reviewing resumes, especially technical resumes. Recruiters and managers spend huge amounts of time reviewing resumes (at least they used too) and automated tools have … Read more
My Background in Data Warehousing I have been involved in the creation, development, and maintenance of seven data warehouses through the years- one of them before I even knew about the term “data warehousing”! I have built them with SAS and Oracle, SAS alone, Informatica and Oracle, Oracle alone, and SQL Server. I have … Read more
Effectively Communicating Survey Data: Beyond Text Tables and Pie Charts A review of an article from Investor’s Business Daily and recommended improvements is covered in this presentation. The topic of the article is “Obama Terrorism Grade”, a summary of a survey conducted in early April, 2009 by Technometrica Market Intelligence. The Results are summarized … Read more
Whether you are a grad student, business analyst, statistician, or even a long time user of SAS software- SAS for Dummies (available at Amazon) offers quick access to a vast survey of practical knowledge using the new and exciting world of SAS 9. If you are using the latest version of SAS Learning Edition (version … Read more
To all you long-time users of SAS out there, why are you continuing to write the arcane code required to make graphs with SAS programming? I remember the pain of scanning the nearly 1,000 pages of GRAPH manuals to locate just the right options to tweak my graphs for business presentations. Many days, … Read more
A recent post on SAS-L asks about using EG in a group that has used SAS for quite some time. Here are my thoughts, if you have others feel free to post them as comments! Share the power of R shiny apps across the entire team with YakDataThe team at Freakalytics has built YakData … Read more