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SAS 8 Series (38 hours)
ONLINE SAS 8 TRAINING FEATURES
- Learn SAS 8 online with these interactive online SAS 8 courses.
- Affordable Pricing (Only $99.95 for the complete series)
- A full year to complete the SAS 8 courses
- Retake the SAS 8 courses as many times as you like
- Measure your progress with assessment tests after each course
- Earn completion certificates after passing each assessment test
1. SAS 8:1 Introduction
Time: 3 hours
This course provides a preview of the SAS System and describes some of its software features and components. It also covers basic data concepts and the structure of the SAS programming language.
Objectives
- Describe the SAS System
- Examine data to be used with SAS
- Define terms related to SAS
- Describe the structure and language of SAS
Topics
- SAS Preview
- Data Basics
- SAS Language
2. SAS 8:2 Using SAS
Time: 4 hours
This course discusses the basic statements used when coding SAS programs and explains how to use the SAS log to troubleshoot coding errors. It also presents the different modes for executing SAS.
Objectives
- Code basic DATA and PROC steps in a SAS program
- Interpret a basic SAS log
- Select a mode for executing SAS
- Use Display Manager mode to write and submit a SAS program
- Save and access SAS programs in Display Manager
Topics
- Using SAS Statements
- Analyzing SAS Logs
- Executing the SAS System
3. SAS 8:3 Data Manipulation
Time: 4 hours
This course covers optional SAS statements used to modify data so that more complex data analysis tasks can be performed.
Objectives
- Select variables for the output data set
- Use an assignment statement to create variables
- Code SAS expressions
- Work with dates
- Process selected observations
- Create subsets of observations
- Troubleshoot problems using SAS logs
Topics
- Reviewing the Course Program
- Using Variables
- Using Expressions
- Working with Dates
- Working with Observations
- Analyzing SAS Logs
4. SAS 8:4 DATA Step Programming
Time: 4 hours
This course describes statements and options available to program various features in the DATA step.
Objectives
- Sort a data set and establish sorted variable groups
- Use a previously created SAS data set
- Use observations in calculations
- Create total variables
- Use DO groups to control processing
- Produce reports using the DATA step
- Analyze SAS logs with problems
Topics
- Working with Sorted Data
- Accumulating Totals
- Writing Output
- Analyzing SAS Logs
5. SAS 8:5 Results
Time: 5 hours
This course describes SAS procedures used to create more informative and specialized output as well as some basic statistical procedures.
Objectives
- Use printing procedures to tailor reports
- Employ plotting and charting procedures to graphically represent SAS data sets
- Use SAS procedures to perform statistical analysis
- Use PROC REPORT to prepare reports that combine both summary and detail data
- Analyze SAS logs with problems
Topics
- Printing Basic Output
- Simple SAS Statistics
- PROC REPORT
- Analyzing SAS Logs
6. SAS 8:6 Display Manager System
Time: 4 hours
This course explains how to use Display Manager, a full-screen facility that allows you to create and run SAS jobs interactively.
Objectives
- Describe the features and components of Display Manager
- Manipulate the window environment with commands and function keys
- Enter, edit and submit a SAS program
- Save and retrieve programs
- View and manipulate program output
- Use SAS Text Editor and Display Manager commands to modify text
- Manage SAS files using Display Manager windows
Topics
- Understanding Display Manager
- Managing the Windowing Environment
- Using Display Manager Windows
- Using the SAS Text Editor
- Managing SAS Files
7. SAS 8:7 Data Libraries
Time: 5 hours
This course explains the model that SAS uses to store and access data in SAS files. It shows how to use SAS procedures and Display Manager windows to manage SAS data libraries and their members.
Objectives
- Describe the model SAS uses to organize, reference and store SAS files
- Explain the SAS data set model and the use of indexes and passwords
- Use SAS procedures and Display Manager windows to manage and modify SAS data library files
- Use SAS procedures and Display Manager windows to copy, move and delete SAS data library members
Topics
- Data Library Model
- SAS Data Sets
- Getting Information
- Modifying Data Library Files
- Managing Data Library Members
8. SAS 8:8 Inputting Data and PROC SQL
Time: 4 hours
This course describes ways to create and manipulate SAS data sets, including an introduction to using the SQL procedure in SAS.
Objectives
- Describe various input styles used with the INPUT statement
- Use the INPUT and INFILE statements to handle external files
- Explain the basics of using SQL with SAS
- Use PROC SQL to query data sets and generate reports
Topics
- Input Styles
- Reading External Files
- Introduction to SQL
- Using PROC SQL
9. SAS 8:9 Combining and Updating Data Sets
Time: 5 hours
This course presents various methods for combining and updating existing SAS data sets.
Objectives
- Create new data sets through concatenating, interleaving or merging observations
- Update a master data set with values from a transaction data set
- Manipulate a SAS data set in place
- Read a data set twice
- Determine the source of an observation
- Combine portions of data sets
- Read only certain observations
- Access observations nonsequentially
Topics
- Concatenating Data Sets
- Interleaving and Merging Data Sets
- Updating with UPDATE
- Updating with MODIFY
- Using Other Techniques
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