Fundamentals of Using SAS (part I)

• Introduction to SAS
• Descriptive information and statistics
• An overview of statistical tests in SAS
• Exploring data with graphics

Fundamentals of Using SAS (part II)

• Using where with SAS procedures
• Missing values in SAS
• Common SAS options
• Overview of SAS syntax of SAS procedures
• Common error messages in SAS

Reading Raw Data into SAS

• Inputting raw data into SAS
• Reading dates into SAS and using date variables

Basic Data Management in SAS

• Basic Data Management in SAS
• Creating and recoding variables
• Using SAS functions for making/recoding variables
• Subsetting variables and observations
• Labeling data, variables and values
• Using Proc Sort and the BY statement
• Making and using permanent SAS data files (version 8)

Classic Data Management Problems

• Merging Data Files via Data Step, Proc SQL
• Concatenating (stacking) SAS data files
• Working across variables
• Collapsing across observations in SAS via Proc Means, Proc SQL , Data Step I , Data Step II
• Reshaping data from wide to long via Proc Transpose , Data Step
• Reshaping data from long to wide via Proc Transpose , Data Step

Other

• Comparing SAS and Stata side by side