SAS software is a combination of a statistical package, a database management
system, and a high-level programming language. SAS software can be used to describe a collection of data and produce a variety of statistical analyses. Many companies and educational institutions use SAS software as a high-level data management system and programming language. It can be used to organize and transform data and to create reports of all kinds. Also, you may use the SAS system for interactive data entry or an online system for order entry or retrieval.

Getting Started Using SAS Software

   SAS interface
   Windows and Commands in the Programs
   The SAS Language
   Syntax and naming conventions
   Data sets, variables and observations
   Programming logic
   Data library
   SAS data Sets
   The Two Parts of a SAS program
   Reading the SAS Log
   Using System Options  

Getting Data into the SAS System

   Basic statements
   Methods for getting data into the SAS System
   Reading raw data
   Hierarchical files and mixed records types
   Packed-decimal data
   Mix input styles (column, formatted, pointer control)
   Random sample
           

Working with SAS Data Sets

   Creating and redefining variables (numeric, character,
   and date)
   Functions                           Date values
   Grouping observations        Subsetting the data
   Informats                           Formats
   Arrays
   Checking the structure and the attributes of  SAS data set

Modifying and Combining Data Sets

   Modifying a data set using the SET statement
   Stacking and interleaving data sets
   One-to-one match merge
   One-to-many match merge
   Merging summary statistics with the original data
   Updating master data set with transactions
   Proc transpose
   Automatic variables

Debugging SAS Programs

   Data step debugger
   PUT statement

Using Utility, Reporting, and Basic Statistical Procedures

   Proc Sort                        Proc Print
   Proc Means                     Proc Freq
   Proc Tabulate                  Proc Report
   Proc SQL                        Proc Gchart
   Proc Format                    Proc Datasets
   Proc Tabulate                  Proc Rank
   Proc Univariate               Proc Summary
   Proc Corr                       Descriptive statistics

SAS Macro (introduction)

   Macro concepts
   Macro variable
   Substituting text with Macro variables
   Creating Module Code with Macros
   Adding parameters
   Macros with conditional logic
   CALL SYMPUT   Debugging Macro Errors