SAS

 
This is a four-part course.
 
SAS part 1 of 4 will give an introduction to the SAS system and SAS windows. Topics to be covered include:

• creating and saving SAS programs
• reading in data from simple and complex text data sets
• typing variables
• obtaining frequencies, contents, and univariate statistics

SAS 2/4 will cover:

• formatting variable venues
• creating SAS libraries for storing and retrieving SAS data sets and format files
• reading raw data from external files
• creating new SAS data sets from existing SAS data sets, subsetting by observation and by variable

SAS 3/4 will cover:

• how to create new SAS data sets combining information from multiple existing SAS data sets
• how to sort, concatenate, interleave, and merge data sets
• how to perform the t-test, and test for no association in a contingency table

For SAS 4/4, attendants will be allowed to suggest topics. Past topics include variable retyping, creating SAS datasets from SAS output; creating html and Microsoft Word tables, ANOVA, importing and exporting Excel files.
 

No registration required. UNC students, faculty, and staff will need to show their UNC OneCard.

Instructor: Chris Wiesen

• This class normally fills so be sure to arrive before the class start time. There are only 21 seats with computers, but a limited number of those who have laptops with SAS loaded will be allowed to sit in.
• Students should bring a flash-drive to class.