Learning SAS in the Computer Lab [Paperback]

Rebecca J. Elliott (Author)

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Publication Date: September 17, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0534359256 | ISBN-13: 978-0534359256 | Edition: 2

LEARNING SAS IN THE COMPUTER LAB, Second Edition gets students up and running quickly with SAS. Using clear sets of steps, Rebecca Elliott provides the SAS basics so students can master computing in statistics and acquire an appreciation of data analysis. This brief, affordable manual will ensure that students can find their way around the many SAS reference manuals.

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1. THE BASICS. Data Set Structure. Data Steps and PROC Steps. The Data Step. PROC PRINT. The Input Statement. Comparison of Character Formats. SAS Program, Log, and List Files. Problems. 2. MORE SAS BASICS. Subsetting If. If... Then ... Else Statements. PROC FORMAT. Subsetting Where. Using Data from Outside Files. Missover Option on Infile Statement. PROC IMPORT for Microsoft(r) Excel Files. PROC SORT. Set Statement. Problems. 3. DATA MANAGEMENT. How SAS "Thinks." Lag Function. Drop and Keep Statements. Combining Data Sets. Comment Lines. Limiting the Number of Observations Read from External Files. Setting the Size of the Output. The Put Statement. PROC EXPORT for Microsoft Excel Files. Problems. 4. SAS FUNCTIONS. Numeric Functions. Character Functions. Probability Functions. Descriptive Statistics Functions. Problems. 5. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS I. Label Statements. Title Statements. PROC UNIVARIATE. PROC BOXPLOT. Problems. 6. PROC GCHART. PROC GCHART. Problems. 7. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS II. PROC MEANS. PROC FREQ. Problems. 8. GENERATING RANDOM OBSERVATIONS. SAS Distributional Functions. Do Loops. Problems. 9. X-Y PLOTS. PROC GPLOT. Problems. 10. ONE-SAMPLE TESTS FOR , P. One-Sample t-Tests. One-Sample Test for P. Problems. 11. TWO-SAMPLE T-TESTS. PROC TTEST. T-Tests: Two-Sample, Pooled, and Paired. Problems. 12. ONE-WAY ANOVA. Analysis of Variance-PROC GLM and PROC ANOVA. Problems. 13. TWO-WAY ANOVA AND MORE. Two-Way ANOVA. General ANOVA Analysis. Problems. 14. MODEL CHECKING IN ANOVA. Plots for Model Checking. More on PROC GLM. Problems. 15. CORRELATIONS. PROC CORR. Problems. 16. SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION PROC REG. Problems. 17. MODEL CHECKING IN REGRESSION. Plots for Model Checking. More on PROC REG. Problems. 18. MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION. Multiple Regression. Problems. 19. MULTIPLE REGRESSION: AIDS FOR SELECTING AND ASSESSING MODELS. Statistics Used in Multiple Regression Model Checking. PROC REG Selection = Option. Problems. 20. TESTS FOR CATEGORICAL DATA. Chi-Square Tests. Problems. 21. NONPARAMETRIC TESTS. One-Sample Tests. Tests for Two or More Samples. Problems. 22. ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE. Using PROC GLM for ANCOVA. Problems. 23. LOGISTIC REGRESSION PROC LOGISTIC. Problems. 24. MATRIX COMPUTATIONS. PROC IML. Problems. 25. MACRO VARIABLES AND PROGRAMS. Macro Variables. Macro Programs. Problems. DESCRIPTION OF DATA SETS. INDEX. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Duxbury Press; 2 edition (September 17, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534359256
• ISBN-13: 978-0534359256
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #450,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book for beginners, February 5, 1998

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This review is from: Learning Sas in the Computer Lab (Statistics Software) (Paperback)

I did not know a thing about SAS programming before I got hold of this book. This book is very simple to read. You learn the basics of SAS programming with the minimum of effort. It comes with a data disk that contains all the data sets you need to do the exercises in the book. This saves you the trouble of typing in the data. I strongly recommend this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Datasets all present now, September 6, 2000

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Robert Rogers (Stevens Point, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learning SAS in the Computer Lab (Paperback)

The problem with some datasets being not available has been taken care of by Duxbury. This is a good reference for those beginning students who need to use SAS and who want some guidance by example of how to implement selected statistical procedures using SAS.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for SAS dummies, September 8, 2005

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amy c (Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learning SAS in the Computer Lab (Paperback)

it's user-friendly esp. for beginners or for those who have limited experience with SAS.