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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 
    

Acknowledgments At various stages in the process of converting the MCHP SAS manual to an online Web-based version, including the major changes incorporated in the version 9.1 of SAS, Charles Burchill, Sumit Gupta, Stephen Dueck, Ruth Bond, and Jill MacGregor were most helpful with their suggestions and feedback. The three sample data sets referenced in this tutorial are from three different sources: The htwt data set used in the example programs is from SAS Language and Procedures - Introductory Guide (SAS Institute Inc., 1990). The simulated Manitoba Health data set (fivet93m.raw) was prepared by Carmen Steinbach of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation. The clinical data set (clinical.dat) is from The SAS Workbook (Ron Cody, 1996). References Certain SAS titles represent useful standard reference books for developing SAS programs; the following are just a few from the massive library of the SAS Institute (this list is for Version 6; Version 8 manuals are becoming available): SAS Procedures Guide, 1990. SAS Language: Reference, 1990. SAS Language and Procedures (both Usage 1 and Usage 2), 1991. SAS STAT User's Guide (both Volume 1 and 2), 1990. Additional Suggested References for the New User Cody, Ronald P and Jeffrey K. Smith: Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1991. Cody, Ron: The SAS Workbook. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc., 1996. Cody, Ron and Ray Pass: SAS Programming by Example. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc., 1995. Delwiche, Lora D. and Slaughter Susan J.: The Little SAS Book: A Primer., Third Edition. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc., 2003 DiIorio, Frank C: SAS Applications Programming: A Gentle Introduction. PWS-Kent Publishing Company., 1991 Spector, Paul E.: SAS Programming for Researchers and Social Scientist. Sage Publications Ltd.