The Little Sas Book: A Primer,9781580252393

The Little Sas Book: A Primer

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781580252393
ISBN10: 1580252397
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Pub. Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher(s): Sas Inst
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Summary

This friendly, easy-to-read guide gently introduces you to the most commonly used features of SAS software plus a whole lot more! Topics range from basic SAS concepts such as getting your data into SAS (Proc Import and Proc Export) to introductions to SAS/STAT software. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-use, self-contained two-page layout complete with examples and graphics. This format enables new users to get up and running quickly, while the examples allow you to type in the program and see it work! They're back! They enjoyed writing The Little SAS Book: A Primer so much, and it is so popular with users that they returned to the Books by Users program with the Second Edition! Book jacket.

Author Biography

Lora D. Delwiche over 16 years of expertise. She is an applications software consultant with Information Technology at the University of California at Davis Susan J. Slaughter an independent computing consultant, discovered SAS software over 16 years ago in graduate school

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introducing SAS Software viii
About This Book ix
What's New xii
Getting Started Using SAS Software
The SAS Language
2(2)
SAS Data Sets
4(2)
The Two Parts of a SAS Program
6(2)
The DATA Step's Built-in Loop
8(2)
Choosing a Mode for Submitting SAS Programs
10(2)
Windows and Commands in the SAS Windowing Environment
12(2)
Submitting a Program in the SAS Windowing Environment
14(2)
Reading the SAS Log
16(2)
Viewing and Printing the SAS Output
18(2)
Using SAS System Options
20(4)
Getting Your Data into the SAS System
Methods for Getting Your Data into the SAS System
24(2)
Telling SAS Where to Find Your Raw Data
26(2)
Reading Raw Data Separated by Spaces
28(2)
Reading Raw Data Arranged in Columns
30(2)
Reading Raw Data Not in Standard Format
32(2)
Selected Informats
34(2)
Mixing Input Styles
36(2)
Listing the Contents of a SAS Data Set
38(2)
Temporary versus Permanent SAS Data Sets
40(2)
Using LIBNAME Statements with Permanent SAS Data Sets
42(2)
Entering Data with the Viewtable Window
44(2)
Reading Multiple Lines of Raw Data per Observation
46(2)
Reading Multiple Observations per Line of Raw Data
48(2)
Reading Part of a Raw Data File
50(2)
Controlling Input with Options in the INFILE Statement
52(2)
Reading Delimited Files with the DATA Step
54(2)
Reading Delimited Files with the IMPORT Procedure
56(2)
Reading PC Database Files with DDE or the IMPORT Procedure
58(2)
Writing Delimited Files with the EXPORT Procedure
60(2)
Writing Raw Data Files with the DATA Step
62(4)
Working with Your Data
Creating and Redefining Variables
66(2)
Using SAS Functions
68(2)
Selected SAS Functions
70(2)
Using IF-THEN Statements
72(2)
Grouping Observations with IF-THEN/ELSE Statements
74(2)
Subsetting Your Data
76(2)
Working with SAS Dates
78(2)
Selected Date Informats, Functions, and Formats
80(2)
Using the RETAIN and Sum Statements
82(2)
Simplifying Programs with Arrays
84(2)
Using Shortcuts for Lists of Variable Names
86(4)
Sorting, Printing, and Summarizing Your Data
Using SAS Procedures
90(2)
Subsetting in Procedures with the WHERE Statement
92(2)
Sorting Your Data with PROC SORT
94(2)
Printing Your Data with PROC PRINT
96(2)
Changing the Appearance of Printed Values with Formats
98(2)
Selected Standard Formats
100(2)
Creating Your Own Formats Using PROC FORMAT
102(2)
Writing Simple Custom Reports
104(2)
Summarizing Your Data Using PROC MEANS
106(2)
Writing Summary Statistics to a SAS Data Set
108(2)
Counting Your Data with PROC FREQ
110(2)
Producing Tabular Reports with PROC TABULATE
112(2)
Adding Statistics to Tabular Reports
114(2)
Visualizing Your Data with PROC PLOT
116(2)
Formatting Procedure Output for Display on the Internet
118(2)
Creating SAS Data Sets from Procedure Output
120(4)
Modifying and Combining SAS Data Sets
Modifying a Data Set Using the SET Statement
124(2)
Stacking Data Sets Using the SET Statement
126(2)
Interleaving Data Sets Using the SET Statement
128(2)
Combining Data Sets Using a One-to-One Match Merge
130(2)
Combining Data Sets Using a One-to-Many Match Merge
132(2)
Merging Summary Statistics with the Original Data
134(2)
Combining a Grand Total with the Original Data
136(2)
Updating a Master Data Set with Transactions
138(2)
Using SAS Data Set Options
140(2)
Tracking and Selecting Observations with the IN= Option
142(2)
Writing Multiple Data Sets Using the OUTPUT Statement
144(2)
Making Several Observations from One Using the OUTPUT Statement
146(2)
Changing Observations to Variables Using PROC TRANSPOSE
148(2)
Using SAS Automatic Variables
150(4)
Writing Flexible Code with the SAS Macro Facility
Macro Concepts
154(2)
Substituting Text with Macro Variables
156(2)
Creating Modular Code with Macros
158(2)
Adding Parameters to Macros
160(2)
Writing Macros with Conditional Logic
162(2)
Writing Data-Driven Programs with CALL SYMPUT
164(2)
Debugging Macro Errors
166(4)
Using Basic Statistical Procedures
Examining the Distribution of Data with PROC UNIVARIATE
170(2)
Producing Statistics with PROC MEANS
172(2)
Testing Categorical Data with PROC FREQ
174(2)
Examining Correlations with PROC CORR
176(2)
Using PROC REG for Simple Regression Analysis
178(2)
Reading the Output of PROC REG
180(2)
Using PROC ANOVA for One-Way Analysis of Variance
182(2)
Reading the Output of PROC ANOVA
184(2)
Introducing the Analyst Application
186(4)
Debugging Your SAS Programs
Writing SAS Programs That Work
190(2)
Fixing Programs That Don't Work
192(2)
Searching for the Missing Semicolon
194(2)
Note: INPUT Statement Reached Past the End of the Line
196(2)
Note: Lost Card
198(2)
Note: Invalid Data
200(2)
Note: Missing Values Were Generated
202(2)
Note: Numeric Values Have Been Converted to Character (or Vice Versa)
204(2)
DATA Step Produces Wrong Results but No Error Message
206(2)
The DATA Step Debugger
208(2)
Error: Invalid Option, Error: The Option Is Not Recognized, or Error: Statement Is Not Valid
210(2)
Note: Variable Is Uninitialized or Error: Variable Not Found
212(2)
SAS Truncates a Character Variable
214(2)
SAS Stops in the Middle of a Job
216(2)
SAS Runs Out of Memory or Disk Space
218(4)
Appendices
A Where to Go from Here
222(2)
B Getting Help from SAS Institute Technical Support
224(2)
C An Overview of SAS Products
226(2)
D Coming to SAS from SPSS
228(6)
E Coming to SAS from a Programming Language
234(4)
F Coming to SAS from SQL
238(7)
Index 245

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