Learning SAS by Example

Contents

List of Programs

Preface

About This Book

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Part 1: Getting Started

Chapter 1: What Is SAS?

1.1      Introduction

1.2      Getting Data into SAS

1.3      A Sample SAS Program

1.4      SAS Names

1.5      SAS Data Sets and SAS Data Types

1.6      The SAS Windowing Environment, SAS Enterprise Guide, and the SAS University Edition

1.7      Problems

Chapter 2: Writing Your First SAS Program

2.1      A Simple Program to Read Raw Data and Produce a Report

2.2      Enhancing the Program

2.3      More on Comment Statements

2.4      How SAS Works (a Look inside the “Black Box”)

2.5      Problems

Part 2: DATA Step Processing

Chapter 3: Reading Raw Data from External Files

3.1      Introduction

3.2      Reading Data ...