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SAS® Fundamentals Course

Audience
This course is designed for computer users as an introduction to the SAS System.

Objectives
This course is our Essential Introduction to the SAS System. The course covers all you need to know to get started with SAS quickly and easily. After the course, attendees will be able to use SAS software to read their data, access, manage and manipulate their data, solve problems, save programs and datasets, use conditional logic, combine files, produce tables and listings of data, and use data analysis techniques.

Prerequisites
Attendees will need some knowledge of their own computer systems and be able to use a keyboard and a mouse.

Duration
3 days.

Course Topics

Introduction to SAS

  • What is SAS?
  • SAS System Walkthrough
  • The SAS Environment
  • Workshop
  • SAS Libnames

  • What is Libname?
  • How to Assign Libnames
  • Accessing Other Data
  • Workshop
  • Writing SAS Programs

  • Background to Steps
  • Statements
  • Naming Conventions
  • SAS Programs
  • Table Structures
  • Saving Work
  • Workshop
  • Importing Data Into SAS

  • Program Method
  • Different Text File Structures
  • Viewing Data Using Explorer
  • Accessing Other Data
  • Workshop
  • Manipulating Data

  • Overview of Data Step Statements
  • How the Data Step Works
  • Programming with the Data Step
  • Where, Keep, Drop and Rename
  • Functions
  • Accumulators
  • Macro Variables
  • Workshop
  • Formats and Labels

  • Formats
  • Informats
  • Labels
  • Workshop
  • Combining SAS Tables

  • Sorting
  • Concatenating
  • Merging
  • Workshop
  • Dates and Times

  • How Dates and Times are Stored in SAS
  • Date and Times Informats / Formats
  • Date and Time Functions
  • Workshop
  • Reporting (optional)

  • Controlling SAS
  • Proc Print
  • Proc Format
  • Proc Tabulate
  • Proc Report
  • Workshop
  • Enhancing Output Using ODS

  • Introduction to ODS
  • Capturing SAS Output
  • Workshop
  • Data Analysis (optional)

  • Proc Freq
  • Proc Means
  • Proc Univariate
  • Workshop
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    Scorpio can organise this course at your site or using training venues in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin or Hobart. For additional information, please contact us: info@scorpio.net.au

    Training
    - On-site courses
    - On-site courses fees
    - On-the-job training
    Courses
    - Getting Started SAS
    - SAS Fundamentals
    - SAS Programming
    - SAS Report Writing
    - Advanced SAS
    - SAS Macro
    - SAS SQL
    - Using SAS/STAT
    - Using SAS/GRAPH
    - V6 to V8 Base SAS

     
     
     
     
     

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