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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 10:09 Friday,August 26, 2005 1 The CONTENTS Procedure Data Set Name: WORK.HTWT_REG Observations: 18 Member Type: DATA Variables: 2 Engine: V9 Indexes: 0 Created: Friday,10:11:07 AM Observation Length: 22 August 26, 2005 Last Modified: Friday,10:11:07 AM Deleted Observations: 0 August 26, 2005 Protection: Compressed: NO Data Set: Type Sorted: NO Label: Data Representation: WINDOWS_32 Encoding: wlatin1 Western (Windows) -----Engine/Host Dependent Information----- Data Set Page Size: 4096 Number of Data Set Pages: 1 First Data Page: 1 Max Obs per Page: 184 Obs in First Data Page: 18 Number of Data Set Repairs: 0 File Name: C:\DOCUME~1\JillM\LOCALS~1\Temp\SAS Temporary Files\_TD336\htwt_reg.sas7bdat Release Created: 9.0101M2 Host Created: WIN_PRO Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes # Variable Type Len Informat 1 name Char 10 $10. 2 region Char 12 $12. The SAS System 10:09 Friday, August 26, 2005 2 Obs name region 1 Aubrey Winnipeg 2 Ron Winnipeg 3 Carl Winnipeg 4 Antonio Winnipeg 5 Deborah Non-Winnipeg 6 Jacqueline Winnipeg 7 Helen Winnipeg 8 David Winnipeg 9 James Non-Winnipeg 10 Michael Winnipeg