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GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Windows in SAS
File management

The SAS Program
Program syntax
Debugging tips

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 USING SAS PROGRAMMING TO: 
   

1. Prepare the data set 
   Types of data 
   Example programs    
    
2. View the data
   SAS Procedures
  
3. Explore the data  
   Numeric statistics    
   Frequency tables    
    
4. Manipulate the data  
   Basic techniques    
   New variables
  
5. Adding Variables and 
Observations to Data Sets
   The SET Statement
   The MERGE Statement

6. Data Processing
   ARRAY Statement
   Do Loops
   By-Group Processing
   RETAIN Statement

  
NON-PROGRAMMING 
      Alternatives

 
SAMPLE DATA SETS: 
 Height/weight
 Height/weight/region
 Simulated clinical data 
 Simulated Manitoba Health 
    

Several tools have been developed at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation (in pdf format) to explore alternatives to programming offered by SAS: SAS Analyst: general guidelines to acquaint the user with this environment, its terminology, and its commands. A tutorial has also been developed to illustrate how to use Analyst to perform the same basic data analyses shown in the "Using SAS Programming To." section of this website. SAS Insight: a manual to introduce the user to this component of SAS Assist (another menu-driven interface to the SAS System). Another general tutorial is also available from SAS System Help. Home VId. Data Processing: RETAIN Statement END OF TUTORIAL