Learning Sas in the Computer Lab

by Elliott, Rebecca J.

• ISBN13: 9780534359256
• ISBN10: 0534359256
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-17
• Publisher: Duxbury Press

Summary

LEARNING SAS IN THE COMPUTER LAB, Second Edition gets students up and running quickly with SAS. Using clear sets of steps, Rebecca Elliott provides the SAS basics so students can master computing in statistics and acquire an appreciation of data analysis. This brief, affordable manual will ensure that students can find their way around the many SAS reference manuals.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(2)
1. THE BASICS	3	(12)
DATA SET STRUCTURE	3	(1)
DATA STEPS AND PROC STEPS	4	(1)
THE DATA STEP	4	(1)
PROC PRINT	5	(2)
THE INPUT STATEMENT	7	(2)
COMPARISON OF CHARACTER FORMATS	9	(1)
SAS PROGRAM, LOG, AND LIST FILES	10	(2)
PROBLEMS	12	(3)
2. MORE SAS BASICS	15	(10)
SUBSETTING IF	15	(1)
IF... THEN... ELSE STATEMENTS	16	(1)
USING DATA FROM OUTSIDE FILES	17	(1)
MISSOVER OPTION ON INFILE STATEMENT	18	(1)
PROC SORT	18	(3)
SET STATEMENT	21	(1)
PROBLEMS	22	(3)
3. DATA MANAGEMENT	25	(10)
HOW SAS "THINKS"	25	(1)
LAG FUNCTION	26	(1)
DROP AND KEEP STATEMENTS	26	(1)
COMBINING DATA SETS	27	(3)
COMMENT LINES	30	(1)
LIMITING THE NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS READ FROM EXTERNAL FILES	31	(1)
SETTING THE SIZE OF THE OUTPUT	32	(1)
THE PUT STATEMENT	32	(1)
PROBLEMS	33	(2)
4. SAS FUNCTIONS	35	(4)
NUMERIC FUNCTIONS	35	(1)
CHARACTER FUNCTIONS	36	(1)
PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS	36	(2)
PROBLEMS	38	(1)
5. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS I	39	(10)
LABEL STATEMENTS	39	(1)
TITLE STATEMENTS	39	(1)
PROC UNIVARIATE	40	(6)
PROBLEMS	46	(3)
6. PROC CHART	49	(8)
PROC CHART	49	(4)
PROBLEMS	53	(4)
7. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS II	57	(8)
PROC MEANS	57	(1)
PROC FREQ	58	(4)
PROBLEMS	62	(3)
8. GENERATING RANDOM OBSERVATIONS	65	(10)
SAS DISTRIBUTIONAL FUNCTIONS	65	(1)
DO LOOPS	66	(6)
PROBLEMS	72	(3)
9. X-Y PLOTS	75	(6)
PROC PLOT	75	(4)
PROBLEMS	79	(2)
10. ONE-SAMPLE TESTS FOR Mu, P	81	(6)
ONE-SAMPLE T-TESTS	81	(2)
PROBLEMS	83	(4)
11. TWO-SAMPLE T-TESTS	87	(6)
PROC TTEST	87	(2)
T-TESTS: TWO-SAMPLE, POOLED, AND PAIRED	89	(2)
PROBLEMS	91	(2)
12. ONE-WAY ANOVA	93	(8)
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE--PROC GLM and PROC ANOVA	93	(5)
PROBLEMS	98	(3)
13. TWO-WAY ANOVA AND MORE	101	(10)
TWO-WAY ANOVA	101	(4)
GENERAL ANOVA ANALYSIS	105	(4)
PROBLEMS	109	(2)
14. MODEL CHECKING IN ANOVA	111	(10)
PLOTS FOR MODEL CHECKING	111	(1)
MORE ON PROC GLM	111	(8)
PROBLEMS	119	(2)
15. CORRELATIONS	121	(6)
PROC CORR	121	(3)
PROBLEMS	124	(3)
16. SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION	127	(12)
PROC REG	127	(9)
PROBLEMS	136	(3)
17. MODEL CHECKING IN REGRESSION	139	(8)
PLOTS FOR MODEL CHECKING	139	(1)
MORE ON PROC REG	139	(6)
PROBLEMS	145	(2)
18. MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION	147	(6)
MULTIPLE REGRESSION	147	(4)
PROBLEMS	151	(2)
19. MULTIPLE REGRESSION: AIDS FOR SELECTING AND ASSESSING MODELS	153	(18)
STATISTICS USED IN MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL CHECKING	153	(8)
PROC REG SELECTION= OPTION	161	(7)
PROBLEMS	168	(3)
20. STATISTICS FOR TWO-WAY TABLES	171	(8)
CHI-SQUARE TESTS	171	(4)
PROBLEMS	175	(4)
21. NONPARAMETRIC TESTS	179	(4)
ONE-SAMPLE TESTS	179	(1)
TESTS FOR TWO OR MORE SAMPLES	179	(3)
PROBLEMS	182	(1)
22. ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE	183	(6)
USING PROC GLM FOR ANCOVA	183	(4)
PROBLEMS	187	(2)
23. LOGISTIC REGRESSION	189	(14)
PROC LOGISTIC	189	(12)
PROBLEMS	201	(2)
APPENDIX: DESCRIPTION OF DATA SETS	203	(24)
INDEX	227