SAS in Practice

SAS in Practice

by Ekta Saraogi
Released April 2019
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781838824921

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Video description

Learn and master the skills required for SAS proficiency and SAS Base certification, including SQL procedures and macros

About This Video

  • Coverage of the technical and analytical concepts of SAS, from beginner to expert level
  • Learn the fundamental principles and benefits of SAS to perform tasks ranging from data exploration to data manipulation and report generation
  • Understand advanced concepts such as macro programming and running SQL queries in SAS

In Detail

Are you looking to become a data analyst or data scientist? If so, there are various tools and techniques to implement data analytics, but SAS offers many benefits as your first programming language to master: it’s easy to learn and has a user-friendly GUI. To date, it holds the highest market share of all the analytics tools available. If you have little or no programming background and want to get started with SAS, then this is the right course for you!

This course will help you become a confident and proficient data analyst and SAS programmer by giving you the hands-on knowledge and in-depth understanding of the SAS programming suite and how to utilize it effectively. Additionally, it will help you master different techniques in SAS to manipulate your data. You’ll learn how to work with SQL queries and generate effective data reports. Moreover, this course will provide all the content you’re looking for to prepare for the SAS Base certification exam.

By the end of this course, you’ll have a thorough understanding of the fundamental SAS concepts, along with rich hands-on experience of the SAS suite.

Audience

This course is suitable for analysts who have little or no programming background and want to work with SAS, or who are new to SAS programming and wish to learn how best to utilize it. If you’re a professional and want to add SAS programming skills to your portfolio for future growth, or are a graduate and want to build your career in data analytics and data science, this course will also provide key information to support your SAS skills development.

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Product information

  • Title: SAS in Practice
  • Author(s): Ekta Saraogi
  • Release date: April 2019
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781838824921