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SAS Programming in 7 Steps [Video]

By : Aditi Pratap Sampat
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SAS Programming in 7 Steps [Video]

By: Aditi Pratap Sampat

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SAS is a programming language designed specifically to analyze statistical data. SAS transforms data into insights, which can give you a fresh perspective on business. This course teaches you about SAS studio to write SAS code. In this course, you’ll learn how to get your data into SAS by reading data through various methods. You’ll see how to create and import SAS data. You’ll work with data by using conditional statements and functions in SAS. You’ll also learn about various SAS procedures to work with your data. All of the concepts are covered using a structured, practical implementation through mini-projects. You’ll learn by coding in a hands-on way, working in a SAS programming environment, and getting a detailed step-by-step explanation and implementation of each concept. The code bundle for this video course is available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/SAS-Programming-for-Beginners

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SAS Programming in 7 Steps [Video]
Aditi Pratap Sampat
Apr, 2019 | 2 hours 29 minutes
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Table of Contents (7 chapters)
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1
Basic SAS programming in SAS
The Course Overview
Types of SAS
Components of the SAS System
Understand the Program Editor and Log Window
Concept of Library – Permanent and Temporary Libraries
Writing Semicolon and Run Commands in SAS
Importing Files in SAS
2
Getting a Feel of the Data
CONTENTS Procedure to Find the Variables and Its Types in the Data
Printing a Few Observations in the Data
Find Missing Values Using the Frequency Procedure
Using Means Procedure to Find Average, Max, and Min Values
Using Univariate Procedure to Obtain Various Statistical Results in SAS
3
Using Data and Proc Commands in SAS
Using the SORT Procedure of SAS
Merging Datasets on the Basis of Common Variable
Appending Datasets
Using Conditional Statements and Deriving New Variable
Using If-Then-Else Statement as Conditional Operators
4
Arithmetic Logical and Comparison Operators
Introduction to the Arithmetic Operators
Introduction to Logical Operators – “AND” and “OR”
Using Comparison Operators – “IN”
Using Comparison Operators – Equal To, Not Equal To
Using Comparison Operators – Greater Than, Less Than
5
Enhancing the Output Using Graphs, Tabulate, and ODS HTML
Using Label, ODS HTML, and Title to Enhance the Output in SAS
Graphs – Creating Vertical and Horizontal Bar Charts in SAS
Graphs – Creating Pie Charts in SAS
Understanding the Syntax of Proc Tabulate
Comparison of Proc Tabulate to Pivot Table of Excel
6
Using SQL in SAS
PROC SQL Command Usage in SAS
Pulling Certain Variables from the Database
Using the Group By Statement
7
Using Dates in SAS
Date Values in SAS
Usage of MDY Function to Create Dates in SAS
Finding Days/Years between Two Dates in SAS
Chapter 4
Arithmetic Logical and Comparison Operators
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Section 2
Introduction to Logical Operators – “AND” and “OR”
In this video, you’ll learn about the logical operator – AND and OR. - Use logical operators to construct logical sequence of comparisons - Create a new dataset based on underlying criteria applied to existing variables
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