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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 
    

The SAS System 12 16:11 Thursday, June 24, 1999 The CONTENTS Procedure Data Set Name: WORK.HTWT Observations: 18 Member Type: DATA Variables: 5 Engine: V7 Indexes: 0 Created: 16:24 Thursday, Observation Length: 40 June 24, 1999 Last Modified: 16:24 Thursday, Deleted Observations: 0 June 24, 1999 Protection: Compressed: NO Data Set Type: Sorted: NO Label: -----Engine/Host Dependent Information----- Data Set Page Size: 4096 Number of Data Set Pages: 1 First Data Page: 1 Max Obs per Page: 101 Obs in First Data Page: 18 Number of Data Set Repairs: 0 File Name: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\SAS Temporary Files\_TD71645\htwt.sas7bdat Release Created: 7.00.00P Host Created: WIN_95 -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes----- # Variable Type Len Pos ----------------------------------- 3 age Num 8 0 4 height Num 8 8 1 name Char 10 24 2 sex Char 1 34 5 weight Num 8 16 The SAS System 13 16:11 Thursday, June 24, 1999 Obs name sex age height weight 1 Aubrey M 41 74 170 2 Ron M 42 68 166 3 Carl M 32 70 155 4 Antonio M 39 72 167 5 Deborah F 30 66 124 6 Jacqueline F 33 66 115 7 Helen F 26 64 121 8 David M 30 71 158 9 James M 53 72 175 10 Michael M 32 69 143