Data Analytics – Using the right tool for the job

Dr. Kathleen Maitlandkathleen.maitland@bcu.ac.ukDirector SAS Student Academy

This workshop

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) - 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 analyticsLearning a software tool

Software – Robert Stine comment

• 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?

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

DescriptiveHistograms, Pie chartsMoziacs, EtcAnalysis/AnalyticsSummary StatisticsRegressionCorrelationAnova, etc

SAS Software DemoSAS JMP – Data Analytics with data stored locally on PC or Mac More details: http://www.jmp.com/academic/academic-resources.shtml

SAS University Edition – Data Analytics with any side datasethttp://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition.html

SAS On Demand Academichttp://support.sas.com/ondemand/index.html

SAS Curriculum Pathwayshttp://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/

What is the SAS Student Academy?The Student Academy has been designed to achieve the following objectives:

•Reduce the skill shortage of SAS programmers/specialists

•Produce graduates with SAS knowledge

•Improve student employability (our customers are always looking for SAS

skilled Graduates)

•Increase awareness of SAS

•Create national/ global special interest group in applied analytics

SAS & Academia

•SAS has always had a very strong connection with Academia since it was

created at North Carolina State University by Dr Jim Goodnight.

•SAS has dedicated millions of Pounds worth of software and support for

Academic institutions around the world.

•In the UK alone we have agreements in place with over 70 Universities

Teaching SAS or using SAS for Research.

Any Questions?

Thank you.