SAS® Coding Primer and Reference Guide

Name: SAS® Coding Primer and Reference Guide
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

A primer for learning SAS and analytics quickly, the book makes use of real-world data analysis steps. Filled with line-by-line code explanations, it is packed with fully functional and easily modifiable code covering both data manipulation as well as statistical analyses. > \nAlthough the web and online SAS\u00AE communities can provide volumes of information for programmers, these resources are often overwhelming and lack a simple path to guide coding SAS. This reference, however, does provide such a path from a data user\u2019s standpoint vs. seeing things as a code writer. Written by an experienced SAS programmer, this book lets SAS coders easily find explanations and clarification to typical programming problems. This book presents practical real-world data analysis steps encountered by analysts in the field. These steps include the following: \n--Getting to know raw data \n--Understanding variables \n--Getting data into SAS \n--Creating new data variables \n--Performing data.