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		<title>Creating a data-driven culture in your company</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2010/05/28/creating-a-data-driven-culture-in-your-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great summary of key requirements to build a data-driven culture, by Chris Stolte, Tableau co-founder: 1. Don’t fear the user, 2. Encourage corporate curiosity, 3. Manage to the outliers, 4. Measure, experiment and then measure again, and 5. Build trust and understanding. I would add two more points, one of which Chris is too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming April presentations and books by Freakalytics</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2010/04/05/april-2010-presentations-by-freakalytics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have several presentations and a book release in the the month of April! We will be at the SAS Global Forum author party Monday afternoon, April 12th. &#8220;SAS for Dummies&#8221; is being released today, April 5th. I will be at the author party at the SGF conference with Chris Hemedinger (co-author) meeting other authors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Election Results with SAS Maps and Tile Charts</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2010/01/08/map_tile_sfd92/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAS 9.2 is a big leap forward in many areas. One of them is a variety of new graph types and easy access to creation in SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2. I think these two charts offer a fascinating look at the 2008 Presidential Election Results using SAS Maps and Tile Charts from the upcoming book, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your favorite Freakalytics blog posts of 2009!</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2010/01/04/2009_favorite_posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Number 6 Waterfall chart examples with detailed instructions on creating them with your own data in Tableau Waterfall Chart in Tableau and a Superior Alternative… Number 5 Do your New Year&#8217;s resolutions have you wondering where your money goes? Here&#8217;s a snapshot of the average American and their spending habits How the average American spends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended Books for Analytics and Visual Analytics</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2009/12/02/recommended-books-for-analytics-and-visual-analytics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reviews of Stephen&#8217;s latest book, &#8220;Rapid Graphs with Tableau&#8221; “A great work – this is going to be a much loved book.” Marc Rueter- Director of Sales Consulting, Tableau Software &#8220;A must read for anyone interested in Tableau. Clear explanations, practical advice and beautiful examples&#8230;” Elissa Fink &#8211; Vice President of Marketing, Tableau Software Back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to the Analytic Talk Show with Stacey Barr</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2009/09/30/analyticstar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A Week in the Life of an Analyst Rock Star: Using Analytics to Dramatically Boost Bottom Lines&#8221; You can download the examples discussed here (Adobe PDF file). Once you have the examples downloaded, click here to listen to the recorded webcast (download as an MP3 file). The case studies and topics discussed on this webcast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Data warehousing success- 100% Vision / 80% Tactical / 20% of the Work</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2009/05/09/data-warehousing-success-100-vision-80-tactical-20-of-the-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freakalytics.com/2009/05/09/data-warehousing-success-100-vision-80-tactical-20-of-the-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 04:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;data warehousing&#8221;!  I have built them with SAS and Oracle, SAS alone, Informatica and Oracle, Oracle alone, and SQL Server. I have also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS for Dummies</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2008/06/04/sas-for-dummies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make my day&#8230; obtain insights with SAS graphs in minutes!</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2008/02/20/make-my-day-take-advantage-of-graphical-insights-with-sas-in-under-an-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EG- the new home for long-time SAS users</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2008/01/10/eg-the-new-home-for-long-time-sas-users/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freakalytics.com/2008/01/10/eg-the-new-home-for-long-time-sas-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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! 1) EG can be used to write code and submit it much like a batch SAS job.  You can totally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Joy of SAS Enterprise Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/09/26/the-joy-of-sas-enterprise-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/09/26/the-joy-of-sas-enterprise-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAS Enterprise Guide is hard to describe, difficult to pigeonhole, a very powerful tool that is the &#8220;Excel&#8221; of SAS, and the closest thing there is to an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for SAS.  Since the release of SAS 9, Enterprise Guide is the new face of SAS for general purpose use in a variety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS Continues Strong BI Market Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/08/31/sas-continues-strong-bi-market-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/08/31/sas-continues-strong-bi-market-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAS is the 2nd largest BI vendor in the world, just behind Business Objects, according to this report posted at http://www.sas.com/news/analysts/idc_bi_0607.pdf It&#8217;s interesting to note that Business Objects growth rate slowed by half this past year (down from 14% to 7% growth/year.) SAS&#8217;s rate accelerated (up from 13 to 17%) and Microsoft (up from 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can LE 2.0 or EG 2.1 be used with SAS for Dummies?</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/08/13/can-le-20-or-eg-21-be-used-with-sas-for-dummies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/08/13/can-le-20-or-eg-21-be-used-with-sas-for-dummies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: from a reader in Sweden &#160; Just saw on Amazon that this new book is available. I know the examples in it are from using Enterprise Guide 4.1, but I have the Learning edition 2.0 which includes Enterprise Guide 2.1. Can I still use the book, or are these versions of Enterprise Guide very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS for Dummies a new textbook at Duke Med School</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/08/10/wow-dummies-books-get-some-respect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/08/10/wow-dummies-books-get-some-respect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenmcdaniel.us/2007/08/10/wow-dummies-books-get-some-respect/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAS for Dummies is being used at Duke University Medical School as one of two texts for a course on Introduction to Statistical Methods.  See http://crtp.mc.duke.edu/content.asp?page=courseinfo.  The program the book is being used in is described as: &#8220;&#8230; provides academic training in the quantitative and methodological principles of clinical research. Designed primarily for clinical fellows who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little SAS Book: A Primer</title>
		<link>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/08/02/the-little-sas-book-a-primer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freakalytics.com/2007/08/02/the-little-sas-book-a-primer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen McDaniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book is a well written and succinct introduction to SAS programming and basic statistical analysis.  Using just PC SAS with BASE and STAT, you can pick up the basics of programming with SAS for data access, data manipulation with the DATA step and functions, basic SAS PROCs, controlling output appearance, leveraging MACRO capabilities of SAS, basic [...]]]></description>
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