Profile of Tricia Aanderud
Senior SAS Consultant for Zencos
News & Commentary Posts: 15
Tricia Aanderud, Director, Data Visualization Practice at Zencos Consulting, provides SAS Consulting services to organizations that need assistance understanding how to transform their data into meaningful reports and dashboards. She has co-authored three books with her most recent title "Introduction to SAS Visual Analytics". She regularly shares data visualization tips and SAS knowledge through her BI Notes blog (http://www.bi-notes.com). Tricia has a background in technical writing, process engineering, and customer service. She has been an enthusiastic SAS user since 2002 and has presented papers at the SAS Global Forum and other industry conferences.
Articles by Tricia Aanderud
1/9/2018
Should data stories persuade or inform? We did some research about the best way to tell a data story.
10/5/2017
What's to blame for the failure of some analytics programs, and how can organizations increase their rate of success? Here's a closer look.
8/24/2017
How do you predict the popularity of a one-time event? A look at different ways to forecast road traffic along the path of the eclipse.
7/18/2017
AS Shark WEEK approaches, we've got SOME DATA visualizations TO HELP you determine WHERE It's safe TO get IN the water AND WHERE you will need a bigger boat.
7/6/2017
Choosing the right data visualization for your information is the key to letting your data tell a story.
4/6/2017
How you present your data can make the difference between whether your recommended action is accepted and executed or not. Here's how to improve your rate of success.
1/5/2017
Using Excel as an enterprise reporting solution will always put you on a path to failure.
11/9/2016
Where did all the election predictions go so wrong? And, what does the failure of analytics TO predict the Trump victory mean to the future of big data?
11/3/2016
Election blather just might be turning people off from their social media use. Do you read? Do you turn off? Do you blather?
10/14/2016
When presenting data It's easy TO stay focused on the number. But remember that there are real people with real concerns and emotions behind those numbers.
6/20/2016
While pretty pictures as reports look nice -- and easy to understand -- for an analyst, the consumer of that data might sit there and say, "Huh?"
10/9/2015
Imagine the possibilities if something like the Peeple app actually let us know how cranky we appear to others and they could rate us.
8/25/2015
When it comes to managing and motivating employees too much data might be a bad thing. Maybe the discussions about Amazon's focus on metrics and competitiveness highlights the need for balancing data and gut decisions.
6/3/2015
What you can learn from reader comments about how data is collected and who people can trust with their data.
3/2/2015
Hiring and getting hired is pretty tricky in an era when data professionals don't even know what to call themselves.