Sas System for Elementary Statistical Analysis

, by Schlotzhauer, Sandra D.; Littell, Ramon C.

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ISBN: 9781580250184 | 1580250181
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Copyright: 1/1/1998

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Basics	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Purpose	p. 5
Audience	p. 5
What This Book Is and Isn't	p. 5
How This Book Is Organized	p. 6
How to Use This Book	p. 11
What SAS Software Do You Need?	p. 12
Getting Started	p. 13
Knowing about Your Computer	p. 15
Knowing About SAS Software and Your Computer	p. 17
Getting Started with SAS Software	p. 19
Summary	p. 31
Further Reading	p. 33
Creating SAS Data Sets	p. 35
What Is a Data Set?	p. 37
Understanding the SAS DATA Step	p. 37
Creating the Speeding Ticket DATA Set	p. 45
Printing a Data Set	p. 46
Sorting a Data Set	p. 49
Summaries	p. 51
Advanced Topics	p. 53
Advanced Topics Summaries	p. 66
Further Reading	p. 70
Summarizing Data	p. 73
Levels of Measurement	p. 75
Examining Data for Errors	p. 78
Descriptive Statistics	p. 79
Frequency Tables	p. 88
Bar Charts	p. 92
Exploratory Data Analysis: Simple Plots	p. 108
Using SAS/INSIGHT Software	p. 112
Summaries	p. 118
Further Reading	p. 123
Statistical Background	p. 125
Understanding Some Basic Statistical Concepts	p. 127
Populations and Samples	p. 129
The Normal Distribution	p. 133
Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Methods	p. 137
Testing for Normality	p. 137
Building a Hypothesis Test	p. 149
Statistical and Practical Significance	p. 152
Summaries	p. 156
Further Reading	p. 158
Estimating the Mean	p. 161
Using One Number to Estimate the Mean	p. 163
Effect of Sample Size	p. 163
Effect of Population Variability	p. 166
The Distribution of Sample Averages	p. 168
Confidence Intervals for the Mean	p. 173
Summaries	p. 177
Further Reading	p. 179
Comparing Groups	p. 181
Comparing Two Groups	p. 183
Deciding between Independent and Paired Groups	p. 185
Summarizing Data from Two Independent Groups	p. 185
Summarizing Data from Paired Observations	p. 194
Building Hypothesis Tests to Compare Two Groups	p. 199
Performing the Two-Sample t-test	p. 202
Performing the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test	p. 206
Performing the Paired-Difference t-test	p. 211
Performing the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test	p. 214
Comparing Two Groups by Using PROC INSIGHT	p. 215
Summaries	p. 223
Further Reading	p. 228
Comparing More Than Two Groups	p. 229
Summarizing Data from More Than Two Groups	p. 231
Building a Hypothesis Test to Compare More Than Two Groups	p. 238
Performing a One-Way Analysis of Variance	p. 241
Performing a Kruskal-Wallis Test	p. 247
Multiple Comparison Procedures	p. 250
Comparing More than Two Groups Using PROC INSIGHT	p. 267
Summary	p. 271
Further Reading	p. 276
Fitting Lines to Data	p. 279
Correlation and Regression	p. 281
Creating a Data Set	p. 283
Plotting Two Variables	p. 284
Calculating the Correlation Coefficient	p. 286
Performing Straight-Line Regression	p. 289
Regression with Two or More Independent Variables	p. 306
Fitting Curves	p. 311
Correlation and Regression when Using PROC INSIGHT	p. 318
Summaries	p. 324
Further Reading	p. 333
Basic Regression Diagnostics	p. 335
Diagnostic Tools	p. 337
Characteristics of Residuals	p. 337
Using Plots of Residuals against Predicted Values	p. 341
Finding Out if More Terms Are Needed in a Model	p. 343
Using Plots of Residuals against Independent Variables	p. 346
Checking for Outliers in the Data	p. 353
Residual Plots in Time Sequence	p. 357
Summary of Diagnostics for KILOWATT and ENGINE Data	p. 359
Summaries	p. 361
Further Reading	p. 365
Data in Tables	p. 367
Creating and Analyzing Crosstabulations	p. 369
Creating Tables	p. 371
Testing for Independence between Classification Variables	p. 379
Measures of Association with Ordinal Variables	p. 384
PROC INSIGHT and Crosstabulations	p. 389
Summaries	p. 389
Further Reading	p. 393
Appendices	p. 395
Display Manager Basics	p. 397
Windows in DMS	p. 399
Typing in and Running a SAS Program	p. 401
Printing and Saving Output	p. 405
Troubleshooting	p. 407
Solving Common Program Problems	p. 409
Can't Get SAS Software to Run	p. 409
Received Message about Syntax Error	p. 409
Received Error Message about Invalid Data	p. 410
Formatted Values Incomplete	p. 410
Received "Wrong" Summaries and an Error Message	p. 411
Received One Summary Instead of Several	p. 412
"Wrong" Chart Produced	p. 412
Didn't Get an Analysis of Variance	p. 413
Didn't Get Multiple Comparison Procedures	p. 413
Couldn't Add Variable to Regression	p. 413
Different Regression Results for Same MODEL Statements	p. 414
Table Doesn't Show All Levels of a Variable	p. 414
Additional Information	p. 415
Publications Catalog	p. 417
Consulting Services and Training	p. 417
News Magazine	p. 417
Technical Journal	p. 417
Technical Support	p. 418
SAS Users Group International (SUGI)	p. 418
Licensing SAS Software	p. 418
Syntax Summary	p. 419
Glossary of SAS Terms	p. 425
Index	p. 429
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