SAS ESSENTIALS
Valuable step-by-step introduction to using SAS(R)
statistical software as a foundational approach to data analysis and
interpretation
Presenting a straightforward introduction from the ground up,
SAS(R) Essentials illustrates SAS using hands-on learning
techniques and numerous real-world examples; keeping different
experience levels in mind, the highly qualified author team has
developed the book over 25 years of teaching introductory SAS courses.
This book introduces data manipulation, statistical techniques, and the
SAS programming language, including SAS macros, reporting results in
tables, and factor analysis, as well as sections on character functions,
variable manipulation, and merging, appending, and updating files. It
features self-contained chapters to enhance the learning process and
includes programming approaches for the latest version of the SAS
platform.
The Third Edition has been updated with expanded examples, a new chapter
introducing PROC SQL as well as new end-of-chapter exercises. The Third
Edition also includes a companion website with data sets, additional
code, notes on SAS programming, functions, ODS, PROC SQL, and SAS
Arrays, along with solutions for instructors.
Specific sample topics covered in SAS(R) Essentials
include:
- Getting data into SAS, reading, writing, and importing data, preparing
data for analysis, preparing to use SAS procedures, and controlling
output using ODS
- Techniques for creating, editing, and debugging SAS programs, cleaning
up messy data sets, and manipulating data using character, time, and
numeric functions
- Other essential computational skills that are utilized by business,
government, and organizations alike, and DATA step for data management
- Using PROC to analyze data, including evaluating quantitative data,
analyzing counts and tables, comparing means using T-Tests,
correlation and regression, and analysis of variance, nonparametric
analysis, logistic regression, factor analysis, and creating custom
graphs and reports.
SAS(R) Essentials is a fundamental study resource for
professionals preparing for the SAS Base Certification Exam, as well as
an ideal textbook for courses in statistics, data analytics, applied SAS
programming, and statistical computer applications.
