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Title

The little SAS book : a primer : a programming approach / Lora D. Delwiche and Susan J. Slaughter.

Author

Delwiche, Lora D.

Publication

Cary, NC : SAS Institute, [2012], ©2012.

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Additional Authors

• Slaughter, Susan J.
• SAS Institute.

Description

xvi, 357 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Lora Delwiche and Susan Slaughter offer a user-friendly approach so readers can quickly and easily learn the most commonly used features of the SAS language. Each topic is presented in a self-contained, two-page layout complete with examples and graphics. The fifth edition has been completely updated to reflect the new default output introduced with SAS 9.3. In addition, there is a now a full chapter devoted to ODS Graphics including the SGPLOT and SGPANEL procedures. Other changes include expanded coverage of linguistic sorting and a new section on concatenating macro variables with other text. It s a resource not just to get you started, but one you ll return to as you continue to improve your programming skills.

Subject

• SAS (Computer file)
• Mathematical statistics > Data processing
• Statistics as Topic
• Mathematical Computing
• Electronic Data Processing
• Software

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Getting Started Using SAS Software -- 1.1. The SAS Language -- 1.2. SAS Data Sets -- 1.3. DATA and PROC Steps -- 1.4. The DATA Step's Built-in Loop -- 1.5. Choosing a Mode for Submitting SAS Programs -- 1.6. Windows and Commands in the SAS Windowing Environment -- 1.7. Submitting a Program in the SAS Windowing Environment -- 1.8. Reading the SAS Log -- 1.9. Viewing Your Results -- 1.10. SAS Data Libraries -- 1.11. Viewing Data Sets in the Viewtable Window -- 1.12. Viewing the Properties of Data Sets with SAS Explorer -- 1.13. Using SAS System Options -- ch. 2 Getting Your Data into SAS -- 2.1. Methods for Getting Your Data into SAS -- 2.2. Entering Data with the Viewtable Window -- 2.3. Reading Files with the Import Wizard -- 2.4. Telling SAS Where to Find Your Raw Data -- 2.5. Reading Raw Data Separated by Spaces -- 2.6. Reading Raw Data Arranged in Columns -- 2.7. Reading Raw Data Not in Standard Format -- 2.8. Selected Informats
• 2.9. Mixing Input Styles -- 2.10. Reading Messy Raw Data -- 2.11. Reading Multiple Lines of Raw Data per Observation -- 2.12. Reading Multiple Observations per Line of Raw Data -- 2.13. Reading Part of a Raw Data File -- 2.14. Controlling Input with Options in the INFILE Statement -- 2.15. Reading Delimited Files with the DATA Step -- 2.16. Reading Delimited Files with the IMPORT Procedure -- 2.17. Reading Excel Files with the IMPORT Procedure -- 2.18. Temporary versus Permanent SAS Data Sets -- 2.19. Using Permanent SAS Data Sets with LIBNAME Statements -- 2.20. Using Permanent SAS Data Sets by Direct Referencing -- 2.21. Listing the Contents of a SAS Data Set -- ch. 3 Working with Your Data -- 3.1. Creating and Redefining Variables -- 3.2. Using SAS Functions -- 3.3. Selected SAS Character Functions -- 3.4. Selected SAS Numeric Functions -- 3.5. Using IF-THEN Statements -- 3.6. Grouping Observations with IF-THEN/ELSE Statements -- 3.7. Subsetting Your Data
• 3.8. Working with SAS Dates -- 3.9. Selected Date Informats, Functions, and Formats -- 3.10. Using the RETAIN and Sum Statements -- 3.11. Simplifying Programs with Arrays -- 3.12. Using Shortcuts for Lists of Variable Names -- ch. 4 Sorting, Printing, and Summarizing Your Data -- 4.1. Using SAS Procedures -- 4.2. Subsetting in Procedures with the WHERE Statement -- 4.3. Sorting Your Data with PROC SORT -- 4.4. Changing the Sort Order for Character Data -- 4.5. Printing Your Data with PROC PRINT -- 4.6. Changing the Appearance of Printed Values with Formats -- 4.7. Selected Standard Formats -- 4.8. Creating Your Own Formats Using PROC FORMAT -- 4.9. Writing Simple Custom Reports -- 4.10. Summarizing Your Data Using PROC MEANS -- 4.11. Writing Summary Statistics to a SAS Data Set -- 4.12. Counting Your Data with PROC FREQ -- 4.13. Producing Tabular Reports with PROC TABULATE -- 4.14. Adding Statistics to PROC TABULATE Output -- 4.15. Enhancing the Appearance of PROC TABULATE Output
• 4.16. Changing Headers in PROC TABULATE Output -- 4.17. Specifying Multiple Formats for Data Cells in PROC TABULATE Output -- 4.18. Producing Simple Output with PROC REPORT -- 4.19. Using DEFINE Statements in PROC REPORT -- 4.20. Creating Summary Reports with PROC REPORT -- 4.21. Adding Summary Breaks to PROC REPORT Output -- 4.22. Adding Statistics to PROC REPORT Output -- 4.23. Adding Computed Variables to PROC REPORT Output -- 4.24. Grouping Data in Procedures with User-Defined Formats -- ch. 5 Enhancing Your Output with ODS -- 5.1. Concepts of the Output Delivery System -- 5.2. Tracing and Selecting Procedure Output -- 5.3. Creating SAS Data Sets from Procedure Output -- 5.4. Creating Text Output -- 5.5. Creating HTML Output -- 5.6. Creating RTF Output -- 5.7. Creating PDF Output -- 5.8. Customizing Titles and Footnotes -- 5.9. Customizing PROC PRINT with the STYLE= Option -- 5.10. Customizing PROC REPORT with the STYLE= Option
• 5.11. Customizing PROC TABULATE with the STYLE= Option -- 5.12. Adding Traffic-Lighting to Your Output -- 5.13. Selected Style Attributes -- ch. 6 Modifying and Combining SAS Data Sets -- 6.1. Modifying a Data Set Using the SET Statement -- 6.2. Stacking Data Sets Using the SET Statement -- 6.3. Interleaving Data Sets Using the SET Statement -- 6.4.Combining Data Sets Using a One-to-One Match Merge -- 6.5.Combining Data Sets Using a One-to-Many Match Merge -- 6.6. Merging Summary Statistics with the Original Data -- 6.7.Combining a Grand Total with the Original Data -- 6.8. Updating a Master Data Set with Transactions -- 6.9. Writing Multiple Data Sets Using the OUTPUT Statement -- 6.10. Making Several Observations from One Using the OUTPUT Statement -- 6.11. Using SAS Data Set Options -- 6.12. Tracking and Selecting Observations with the IN= Option -- 6.13. Selecting Observations with the WHERE= Option -- 6.14. Changing Observations to Variables Using PROC TRANSPOSE
• 6.15. Using SAS Automatic Variables -- ch. 7 Writing Flexible Code with the SAS Macro Facility -- 7.1. Macro Concepts -- 7.2. Substituting Text with Macro Variables -- 7.3. Concatenating Macro Variables with Other Text -- 7.4. Creating Modular Code with Macros -- 7.5. Adding Parameters to Macros -- 7.6. Writing Macros with Conditional Logic -- 7.7. Writing Data-Driven Programs with CALL SYMPUT -- 7.8. Debugging Macro Errors -- ch. 8 Visualizing Your Data -- 8.1. Concepts of ODS Graphics -- 8.2. Creating Bar Charts -- 8.3. Creating Histograms and Density Curves -- 8.4. Creating Box Plots -- 8.5. Creating Scatter Plots -- 8.6. Creating Series Plots -- 8.7. Creating Fitted Curves -- 8.8. Controlling Axes and Reference Lines -- 8.9. Controlling Legends and Insets -- 8.10. Customizing Graph Attributes -- 8.11. Creating Paneled Graphs -- 8.12. Specifying Image Properties and Saving Graphics Output -- ch. 9 Using Basic Statistical Procedures
• 9.1. Examining the Distribution of Data with PROC UNIVARIATE -- 9.2. Creating Statistical Graphics with PROC UNIVARIATE -- 9.3. Producing Statistics with PROC MEANS -- 9.4. Testing Means with PROC TTEST -- 9.5. Creating Statistical Graphics with PROC TTEST -- 9.6. Testing Categorical Data with PROC FREQ -- 9.7. Creating Statistical Graphics with PROC FREQ -- 9.8. Examining Correlations with PROC CORR -- 9.9. Creating Statistical Graphics with PROC CORR -- 9.10. Using PROC REG for Simple Regression Analysis -- 9.11. Creating Statistical Graphics with PROC REG -- 9.12. Using PROC ANOVA for One-Way Analysis of Variance -- 9.13. Reading the Output of PROC ANOVA -- ch. 10 Exporting Your Data -- 10.1. Methods for Exporting Your Data -- 10.2. Writing Files Using the Export Wizard -- 10.3. Writing Delimited Files with the EXPORT Procedure -- 10.4. Writing Microsoft Excel Files with the EXPORT Procedure -- 10.5. Writing Raw Data Files with the DATA Step
• 10.6. Writing Delimited and HTML Files Using ODS -- ch. 11 Debugging Your SAS Programs -- 11.1. Writing SAS Programs That Work -- 11.2. Fixing Programs That Don't Work -- 11.3. Searching for the Missing Semicolon -- 11.4. Note: INPUT Statement Reached Past the End of a Line -- 11.5. Note: Lost Card -- 11.6. Note: Invalid Data -- 11.7. Note: Missing Values Were Generated -- 11.8. Note: Numeric Values Have Been Converted to Character (or Vice Versa) -- 11.9. DATA Step Produces Wrong Results but No Error Message -- 11.10. Error: Invalid Option, Error: The Option Is Not Recognized, or Error: Statement Is Not Valid -- 11.11. Note: Variable Is Uninitialized or Error: Variable Not Found -- 11.12. SAS Truncates a Character Variable -- 11.13. SAS Stops in the Middle of a Program -- 11.14. SAS Runs Out of Memory or Disk Space.

ISBN

• 1612903436
• 9781612903439

LCCN

2012538430

OCLC

• ocn816282312
• 816282312
• SCSB-9402831

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries