The Little Sas Book,9781555442156

The Little Sas Book

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ISBN13: 9781555442156
ISBN10: 1555442153
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-03-01
Publisher(s): Sas Inst
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii(1)
Introducing SAS Software viii
Chapter 1 Who, What, and How
2(8)
1.1 What This Book Covers and Who Needs It
2(2)
1.2 How This Book Works
4(2)
1.3 Layout of Sample Programs
6(4)
Chapter 2 Getting Started Using SAS Software
10(22)
2.1 The SAS Language
10(2)
2.2 SAS Data Sets
12(2)
2.3 The Two Parts of a SAS Program
14(2)
2.4 The DATA Step's Built-in Loop
16(2)
2.5 Executing a SAS Program
18(2)
2.6 Reading the SAS Log and Output
20(2)
2.7 Using Display Manager Commands and Windows
22(2)
2.8 Editing Programs in Display Manager
24(2)
2.9 Executing Programs in Display Manager
26(2)
2.10 Using SAS System Options
28(4)
Chapter 3 Getting Your Data into the SAS System
32(34)
3.1 Telling SAS Where to Find Your Raw Data
32(2)
3.2 Reading Raw Data Separated by Spaces
34(2)
3.3 Reading Raw Data Arranged in Columns
36(2)
3.4 Reading Raw Data Not in Standard Format
38(2)
3.5 Selected Informats
40(2)
3.6 Mixing Input Styles
42(2)
3.7 Reading Multiple Lines of Raw Data per Observation
44(2)
3.8 Reading Multiple Observations per Line of Raw Data
46(2)
3.9 Reading Part of a Raw Data File
48(2)
3.10 Using Options on the INFILE Statement
50(2)
3.11 Listing the Contents of a SAS Data Set
52(2)
3.12 Temporary versus Permanent SAS Data Sets
54(2)
3.13 Using LIBNAME Statements with Permanent SAS Data Sets
56(2)
3.14 Importing Data from Other Sources
58(2)
3.15 Transporting SAS Data Sets between Computers
60(2)
3.16 Writing Raw Data Files
62(4)
Chapter 4 Working with Your Data
66(24)
4.1 Creating and Redefining Variables
66(2)
4.2 Using SAS Functions
68(2)
4.3 Selected SAS Functions
70(2)
4.4 Using IF-THEN Statements
72(2)
4.5 Grouping Observations with IF-THEN/ELSE Statements
74(2)
4.6 Subsetting Your Data
76(2)
4.7 Working with SAS Dates
78(2)
4.8 Selected Date Informats, Functions, and Formats
80(2)
4.9 Using the RETAIN and Sum Statements
82(2)
4.10 Simplifying Programs with Arrays
84(2)
4.11 Using Shortcuts for Lists of Variable Names
86(4)
Chapter 5 Sorting, Printing, and Summarizing Your Data
90(26)
5.1 Using SAS Procedures
90(2)
5.2 Subsetting in Procedures with the WHERE Statement
92(2)
5.3 Sorting Your Data with PROC SORT
94(2)
5.4 Printing Your Data with PROC PRINT
96(2)
5.5 Changing the Appearance of Printed Values with Formats
98(2)
5.6 Selected Standard Formats
100(2)
5.7 Creating Your Own Formats Using PROC Format
102(2)
5.8 Writing Simple Custom Reports
104(2)
5.9 Summarizing Your Data Using PROC MEANS
106(2)
5.10 Writing Summary Statistics to a SAS Data Set
108(2)
5.11 Using PROC FREQ to Examine Your Data
110(2)
5.12 Using PROC PLOT to Visualize Your Data
112(4)
Chapter 6 Modifying and Combining SAS Data Sets
116(30)
6.1 Modifying a Data Set Using the SET Statement
116(2)
6.2 Stacking Data Sets Using the SET Statement
118(2)
6.3 Interleaving Data Sets Using the SET Statement
120(2)
6.4 Combining Data Sets Using a One-to-One Match Merge
122(2)
6.5 Combining Data Sets Using a One-to-Many Match Merge
124(2)
6.6 Merging Summary Statistics with the Original Data
126(2)
6.7 Combining a Grand Total with the Original Data
128(2)
6.8 Updating a Master Data Set with Transactions
130(2)
6.9 Using SAS Data Set Options
132(2)
6.10 Tracking and Selecting Observations with the IN=Option
134(2)
6.11 Writing Multiple Data Sets Using the OUTPUT Statement
136(2)
6.12 Using the OUTPUT Statement to Make Several Observations from One
138(2)
6.13 Changing Observations to Variables Using PROC TRANSPOSE
140(2)
6.14 Using SAS Automatic Variables
142(4)
Chapter 7 Using Basic Statistical Procedures
146(14)
7.1 Examining the Distribution of Data with PROC UNIVARIATE
146(2)
7.2 Examining Correlations with PROC CORR
148(2)
7.3 Using PROC REG for Simple Regression Analysis
150(2)
7.4 Reading the Output of PROC REG
152(2)
7.5 Using PROC ANOVA for One-Way Analysis of Variance
154(2)
7.6 Reading the Output of PROC ANOVA
156(4)
Chapter 8 Debugging Your SAS Programs
160(30)
8.1 Writing SAS Programs that Work
160(2)
8.2 Fixing Programs that Don't Work
162(2)
8.3 Searching for the Missing Semicolon
164(2)
8.4 Note: INPUT Statement Reached Past the End of the Line
166(2)
8.5 Note: Lost Card
168(2)
8.6 Note: Invalid Data
170(2)
8.7 Note: Missing Values Were Generated
172(2)
8.8 Note: Numeric Values Have Been Converted to Character (or Vice Versa)
174(2)
8.9 DATA Step Produces Wrong Results but No Error Message
176(2)
8.10 Error: Invalid Option, Error: The Option is Not Recognized, or Error: Statement Is Not Valid
178(2)
8.11 Note: Variable Is Uninitialized or Error: Variable Not Found
180(2)
8.12 SAS Truncates a Character Variable
182(2)
8.13 SAS Stops in the Middle of a Job
184(2)
8.14 SAS Runs Out of Memory or Disk Space
186(4)
Appendices 190(21)
A Where to Go from Here 190(2)
B An Overview of SAS Products 192(2)
C Coming to SAS from SPSS 194(6)
D Coming to SAS from a Programming Language 200(4)
E Coming to SAS from SQL 204(7)
Index 211

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