Data Analytics –
Using the right tool for the job
Dr. Kathleen Maitland
kathleen.maitland@bcu.ac.uk
Director SAS Student Academy
This workshop
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Discover what statistical analysis do you
perform?
Discover what tools do you use?
Discuss what is the right tool for the job
Demo of data analytics tools
- SAS JMP (small data sets up to 1TB
locally stored data)
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- SAS University Edition (Big Data)
Questions
What statistical analysis do you perform?
 Descriptive analysis
 Hypothesis testing
 Regression
 Correlation
 Forecasting
Barriers to learning
What is important?
 The results of the data analytics
 Learning a software tool
Software – Robert Stine comment
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• Must do statistics to learn statistics
• Modern computing provides
• New ways to look at old things, like regression
• New approaches to data analysis
http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~stine/
Discover what tools do you use?
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Microsoft Excel
SPSS
Minitab
SAS
R
other
what is the right tool for the job?
There is no right answer but you should consider:
 Data format
 Size of data set
 Type of analysis that you expect to perform.
Data Type
Numeric/Character
Nominal
Ordinance
Continuous
Size of Data
Small – data lines to 1 TB
Big Data greater than 1 TB
Type of Analysis
Descriptive
 Histograms,
 Pie charts
 Moziacs, Etc
Analysis/Analytics
 Summary Statistics
 Regression
 Correlation
 Anova, etc
SAS Software Demo
SAS JMP – Data Analytics with data stored locally on PC
or Mac
More details: http://www.jmp.com/academic/academicresources.shtml
SAS University Edition – Data Analytics with any side
dataset
http://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition.html
SAS On Demand Academic
http://support.sas.com/ondemand/index.html
SAS Curriculum Pathways
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/
What is the SAS Student Academy?
The Student Academy has been designed to achieve the following
objectives:
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Reduce the skill shortage of SAS programmers/specialists
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Produce graduates with SAS knowledge
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Improve student employability (our customers are always looking for SAS
skilled Graduates)
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Increase awareness of SAS
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Create national/ global special interest group in applied analytics
SAS & Academia
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SAS has always had a very strong connection with Academia since it
was created at North Carolina State University by Dr Jim Goodnight.
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SAS has dedicated millions of Pounds worth of software and support for
Academic institutions around the world.
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In the UK alone we have agreements in place with over 70 Universities
Teaching SAS or using SAS for Research.
Any Questions?
Thank you.