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    SAS Institute Inc.

    SAS Institute Inc. is a software vendor that specializes in advanced and predictive analytics software applications, as well as business intelligence and data visualization offerings.

  • Scala (Scalable Language)

    Scala is a software programming language that mixes object-oriented methods with functional programming capabilities. It was used to create the scalable Spark analytics engine.

  • self-service analytics

    Self-service analytics is a type of business intelligence (BI) that enables business users to access, manipulate, analyze and visualize data, as well as generate reports based on their discoveries.

  • self-service business intelligence (self-service BI)

    Self-service business intelligence (BI) is an approach to data analytics that enables business users to access and explore data sets even if they don't have a background in BI or related functions such as data mining and statistical analysis.

  • sentiment analysis (opinion mining)

    Sentiment analysis systems help organizations gather insights into real-time customer sentiment, customer experience and brand reputation.

  • social analysis

    Social analysis is the practice of systematically examining a social problem, issue or trend, often with the aim of prompting changes in the situation being analyzed.

  • social media analytics

    Social media analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing audience data shared on social networks to improve an organization's strategic business decisions.

  • standard operating procedure (SOP)

    A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of written instructions that describes the step-by-step process that must be taken to properly perform a routine activity.

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