Learning Sas in the Computer Lab

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.

INTRODUCTION

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1. THE BASICS

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DATA SET STRUCTURE

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DATA STEPS AND PROC STEPS

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THE DATA STEP

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PROC PRINT

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THE INPUT STATEMENT

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COMPARISON OF CHARACTER FORMATS

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SAS PROGRAM, LOG, AND LIST FILES

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PROBLEMS

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2. MORE SAS BASICS

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SUBSETTING IF

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IF... THEN... ELSE STATEMENTS

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USING DATA FROM OUTSIDE FILES

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MISSOVER OPTION ON INFILE STATEMENT

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PROC SORT

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SET STATEMENT

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PROBLEMS

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3. DATA MANAGEMENT

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HOW SAS "THINKS"

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LAG FUNCTION

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DROP AND KEEP STATEMENTS

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COMBINING DATA SETS

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COMMENT LINES

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LIMITING THE NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS READ FROM EXTERNAL FILES

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SETTING THE SIZE OF THE OUTPUT

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THE PUT STATEMENT

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PROBLEMS

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4. SAS FUNCTIONS

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NUMERIC FUNCTIONS

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CHARACTER FUNCTIONS

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PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS

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PROBLEMS

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5. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS I

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LABEL STATEMENTS

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TITLE STATEMENTS

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PROC UNIVARIATE

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PROBLEMS

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6. PROC CHART

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PROC CHART

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PROBLEMS

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7. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS II

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PROC MEANS

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PROC FREQ

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PROBLEMS

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8. GENERATING RANDOM OBSERVATIONS

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SAS DISTRIBUTIONAL FUNCTIONS

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DO LOOPS

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PROBLEMS

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9. X-Y PLOTS

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PROC PLOT

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PROBLEMS

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10. ONE-SAMPLE TESTS FOR Mu, P

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ONE-SAMPLE T-TESTS

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PROBLEMS

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11. TWO-SAMPLE T-TESTS

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PROC TTEST

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T-TESTS: TWO-SAMPLE, POOLED, AND PAIRED

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PROBLEMS

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12. ONE-WAY ANOVA

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ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE--PROC GLM and PROC ANOVA

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PROBLEMS

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13. TWO-WAY ANOVA AND MORE

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TWO-WAY ANOVA

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GENERAL ANOVA ANALYSIS

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PROBLEMS

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14. MODEL CHECKING IN ANOVA

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PLOTS FOR MODEL CHECKING

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