Little SAS Book : A Primer, Third Edition,9781590473337

Little SAS Book : A Primer, Third Edition

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781590473337
ISBN10: 1590473337
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-11-01
Publisher(s): SAS INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED
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Summary

Getting started with SAS is easy with The Little SAS Book. This friendly, easy-to-read guide gently introduces you to the most commonly used features of SAS software plus a whole lot more! The book has been revised to include concepts of the Output Delivery System; the STYLE= option in the PRINT, REPORT, and TABULATE procedures; ODS HTML, RTF, PRINTER, and OUTPUT destinations; PROC REPORT; more on PROC TABULATE; exporting data; and the colon modifier for informats. You'll find clear and concise explanations of basic SAS concepts (such as DATA and PROC steps), inputting data, modifying and combining data sets, summarizing and presenting data, basic statistical procedures, and debugging SAS programs. Each topic is presented in a 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!

Author Biography

Lora D. Delwiche brings over 20 years of expertise in working with SAS Susan J. Slaughter discovered SAS software in graduate school, over 20 years ago

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introducing SAS Software x
About This Book xi
What's New xiv
Chapter 1 Getting Started Using SAS® Software
1.1 The SAS Language
2(2)
1.2 SAS Data Sets
4(2)
1.3 The Two Parts of a SAS Program
6(2)
1.4 The DATA Step's Built-in Loop
8(2)
1.5 Choosing a Mode for Submitting SAS Programs
10(2)
1.6 Windows and Commands in the SAS Windowing Environment
12(2)
1.7 Submitting a Program in the SAS Windowing Environment
14(2)
1.8 Reading the SAS Log
16(2)
1.9 Viewing Your Results in the Output Window
18(2)
1.10 Creating HTML Output
20(2)
1.11 SAS Data Libraries
22(2)
1.12 Viewing Data Sets with SAS Explorer
24(2)
1.13 Using SAS System Options
26(4)
Chapter 2 Getting Your Data into SAS®
2.1 Methods for Getting Your Data into SAS
30(2)
2.2 Entering Data with the Viewtable Window
32(2)
2.3 Reading Files with the Import Wizard
34(2)
2.4 Telling SAS Where to Find Your Raw Data
36(2)
2.5 Reading Raw Data Separated by Spaces
38(2)
2.6 Reading Raw Data Arranged in Columns
40(2)
2.7 Reading Raw Data Not in Standard Format
42(2)
2.8 Selected Informats
44(2)
2.9 Mixing Input Styles
46(2)
2.10 Reading Messy Raw Data
48(2)
2.11 Reading Multiple Lines of Raw Data per Observation
50(2)
2.12 Reading Multiple Observations per Line of Raw Data
52(2)
2.13 Reading Part of a Raw Data File
54(2)
2.14 Controlling Input with Options in the INFILE Statement
56(2)
2.15 Reading Delimited Files with the DATA Step
58(2)
2.16 Reading Delimited Files with the IMPORT Procedure
60(2)
2.17 Reading PC Files with the IMPORT Procedure
62(2)
2.18 Reading PC Files with DDE
64(2)
2.19 Temporary versus Permanent SAS Data Sets
66(2)
2.20 Using Permanent SAS Data Sets with LIBNAME Statements
68(2)
2.21 Using Permanent SAS Data Sets by Direct Referencing
70(2)
2.22 Listing the Contents of a SAS Data Set
72(4)
Chapter 3 Working with Your Data
3.1 Creating and Redefining Variables
76(2)
3.2 Using SAS Functions
78(2)
3.3 Selected SAS Functions
80(2)
3.4 Using IF-THEN Statements
82(2)
3.5 Grouping Observations with IF-THEN/ELSE Statements
84(2)
3.6 Subsetting Your Data
86(2)
3.7 Working with SAS Dates
88(2)
3.8 Selected Date Informats, Functions, and Formats
90(2)
3.9 Using the RETAIN and Sum Statements
92(2)
3.10 Simplifying Programs with Arrays
94(2)
3.11 Using Shortcuts for Lists of Variable Names
96(4)
Chapter 4 Sorting, Printing, and Summarizing Your Data
4.1 Using SAS Procedures
100(2)
4.2 Subsetting in Procedures with the WHERE Statement
102(2)
4.3 Sorting Your Data with PROC SORT
104(2)
4.4 Printing Your Data with PROC PRINT
106(2)
4.5 Changing the Appearance of Printed Values with Formats
108(2)
4.6 Selected Standard Formats
110(2)
4.7 Creating Your Own Formats Using PROC FORMAT
112(2)
4.8 Writing Simple Custom Reports
114(2)
4.9 Summarizing Your Data Using PROC MEANS
116(2)
4.10 Writing Summary Statistics to a SAS Data Set
118(2)
4.11 Counting Your Data with PROC FREQ
120(2)
4.12 Producing Tabular Reports with PROC TABULATE
122(2)
4.13 Adding Statistics to PROC TABULATE Output
124(2)
4.14 Enhancing the Appearance of PROC TABULATE Output
126(2)
4.15 Changing Headers in PROC TABULATE Output
128(2)
4.16 Specifying Multiple Formats for Data Cells in PROC TABULATE Output
130(2)
4.17 Producing Simple Output with PROC REPORT
132(2)
4.18 Using DEFINE Statements in PROC REPORT
134(2)
4.19 Creating Summary Reports with PROC REPORT
136(2)
4.20 Adding Summary Breaks to PROC REPORT Output
138(2)
4.21 Adding Statistics to PROC REPORT Output
140(4)
Chapter 5 Enhancing Your Output with ODS
5.1 Concepts of the Output Delivery System
144(2)
5.2 Tracing and Selecting Procedure Output
146(2)
5.3 Creating SAS Data Sets from Procedure Output
148(2)
5.4 Using ODS Statements to Create HTML Output
150(2)
5.5 Using ODS Statements to Create RTF Output
152(2)
5.6 Using ODS Statements to Create PRINTER Output
154(2)
5.7 Customizing Titles and Footnotes
156(2)
5.8 Customizing PROC PRINT Output with the STYLE= Option
158(2)
5.9 Customizing PROC REPORT Output with the STYLE= Option
160(2)
5.10 Customizing PROC TABULATE Output with the STYLE= Option
162(2)
5.11 Adding Traffic-Lighting to Your Output
164(2)
5.12 Selected Style Attributes
166(4)
Chapter 6 Modifying and Combining SAS® Data Sets
6.1 Modifying a Data Set Using the SET Statement
170(2)
6.2 Stacking Data Sets Using the SET Statement
172(2)
6.3 Interleaving Data Sets Using the SET Statement
174(2)
6.4 Combining Data Sets Using a One-to-One Match Merge
176(2)
6.5 Combining Data Sets Using a One-to-Many Match Merge
178(2)
6.6 Merging Summary Statistics with the Original Data
180(2)
6.7 Combining a Grand Total with the Original Data
182(2)
6.8 Updating a Master Data Set with Transactions
184(2)
6.9 Using SAS Data Set Options
186(2)
6.10 Tracking and Selecting Observations with the IN= Option
188(2)
6.11 Writing Multiple Data Sets Using the OUTPUT Statement
190(2)
6.12 Making Several Observations from One Using the OUTPUT Statement
192(2)
6.13 Changing Observations to Variables Using PROC TRANSPOSE
194(2)
6.14 Using SAS Automatic Variables
196(4)
Chapter 7 Writing Flexible Code with the SAS® Macro Facility
7.1 Macro Concepts
200(2)
7.2 Substituting Text with Macro Variables
202(2)
7.3 Creating Modular Code with Macros
204(2)
7.4 Adding Parameters to Macros
206(2)
7.5 Writing Macros with Conditional Logic
208(2)
7.6 Writing Data-Driven Programs with CALL SYMPUT
210(2)
7.7 Debugging Macro Errors
212(4)
Chapter 8 Using Basic Statistical Procedures
8.1 Examining the Distribution of Data with PROC UNIVARIATE
216(2)
8.2 Producing Statistics with PROC MEANS
218(2)
8.3 Testing Categorical Data with PROC FREQ
220(2)
8.4 Examining Correlations with PROC CORR
222(2)
8.5 Using PROC REG for Simple Regression Analysis
224(2)
8.6 Reading the Output of PROC REG
226(2)
8.7 Using PROC ANOVA for One-Way Analysis of Variance
228(2)
8.8 Reading the Output of PROC ANOVA
230(2)
8.9 Graphical Interfaces for Statistical Analysis
232(4)
Chapter 9 Exporting Your Data
9.1 Methods for Exporting Your Data
236(2)
9.2 Writing Files Using the Export Wizard
238(2)
9.3 Writing Delimited Files with the EXPORT Procedure
240(2)
9.4 Writing PC Files with the EXPORT Procedure
242(2)
9.5 Writing Raw Data Files with the DATA Step
244(2)
9.6 Writing Delimited and HTML Files using ODS
246(2)
9.7 Sharing SAS Data Sets with Other Types of Computers
248(4)
Chapter 10 Debugging Your SAS® Programs
10.1 Writing SAS Programs That Work
252(2)
10.2 Fixing Programs That Don't Work
254(2)
10.3 Searching for the Missing Semicolon
256(2)
10.4 Note: INPUT Statement Reached Past the End of the Line
258(2)
10.5 Note: Lost Card
260(2)
10.6 Note: Invalid Data
262(2)
10.7 Note: Missing Values Were Generated
264(2)
10.8 Note: Numeric Values Have Been Converted to Character (or Vice Versa)
266(2)
10.9 DATA Step Produces Wrong Results but No Error Message
268(2)
10.10 The DATA Step Debugger
270(2)
10.11 Error: Invalid Option, Error: The Option Is Not Recognized, or Error: Statement Is Not Valid
272(2)
10.12 Note: Variable Is Uninitialized or Error: Variable Not Found
274(2)
10.13 SAS Truncates a Character Variable
276(2)
10.14 SAS Stops in the Middle of a Job
278(2)
10.15 SAS Runs Out of Memory or Disk Space
280(4)
Appendices
A Where to Go from Here
284(2)
B Getting Help from SAS Technical Support
286(2)
C An Overview of SAS Products
288(3)
D Coming to SAS from SPSS
291(7)
E Coming to SAS from a Programming Language
298(4)
F Coming to SAS from SQL
302(7)
Index 309

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