SAS Statistics by Example

Contents

List of Programs

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1  An Introduction to SAS

Introduction

What is SAS

Statistical Tasks Performed by SAS

The Structure of SAS Programs

SAS Data Sets

SAS Display Manager

Excel Workbooks

Variable Types in SAS Data Sets

Temporary versus Permanent SAS Data Sets

Creating a SAS Data Set from Raw Data

Data Values Separated by Delimiters

Reading CSV Files

Data Values in Fixed Columns

Excel Files with Invalid SAS Variable Names

Other Sources of Data

Conclusions

Chapter 2  Descriptive Statistics – Continuous Variables

Introduction

Computing Descriptive Statistics Using PROC MEANS

Descriptive Statistics Broken Down by a Classification Variable

Computing a 95% Confidence Interval and the Standard Error

Producing Descriptive ...