SAS Programming 1: Essentials (SAS PG1)

Days: 6 day
Price: $1650

Course Details

This course is for users who want to learn how to write SAS programs. It is the entry point to learning SAS programming and is a prerequisite to many other SAS courses. If you do not plan to write SAS programs and you prefer a point-and-click interface, you should attend the SAS Enterprise Guide 1: Querying and Reporting course.

Certification:

SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer Using SAS 9

Course Agenda

1. Introduction

  • Overview of SAS Foundation
  • Course logistics
  • Course data files

2. SAS Programs

  • Introduction to SAS programs
  • Submitting a SAS program
  • SAS program syntax

3. Accessing Data

  • Examining SAS data sets
  • Accessing SAS libraries

4. Producing Detail Reports

  • Subsetting report data
  • Sorting and grouping report data
  • Enhancing reports

5. Formatting Data Values

  • Using SAS formats
  • Creating user-defined formats

6. Reading SAS Data Sets

  • Reading a SAS data set
  • Customizing a SAS data set

7. Reading Spreadsheet and Database Data

  • Reading spreadsheet data
  • Reading database data

8. Reading Raw Data Files

  • Introduction to reading raw data files
  • Reading standard delimited data
  • Reading nonstandard delimited data
  • Handling missing data

9. Manipulating Data

  • Using SAS functions
  • Conditional processing

10. Combining Data Sets

  • Concatenating data sets
  • Merging data sets one-to-one
  • Merging data sets one-to-many
  • Merging data sets with nonmatches

11. Creating Summary Reports

  • Using the FREQ procedure
  • Using the MEANS and UNIVARIATE procedures
  • Using the Output Delivery System

12. Learning More

  • SAS resources
  • Next steps

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