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ECO 351 - Business Statistics II - SAS Terminology
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- 1SAS stands for...Statistical Analysis System
- 2SAS InterfaceEditor, Log, Output, Results Viewer, Results, Explorer
- 3EditorThis is where you write SAS programs. It includes color coding for the DATA and PROC steps, and allows you toe expand or collapse sections of code.
- 4LogThis window contains information about your SAS run and will list any errors that are encountered
- 5OutputBy default, nothing appears in this window, though you can specify it such that output is written here.
- 6Results ViewerThis window opens if there are printable results after running your program.
- 7ResultsThis window provides some navigation through the output in the results viewer window. This is especially useful if you have written a program that produces a lot of output
- 8ExplorerThis is a navigation window, giving you access to your files and data sets.
- 9What must be placed at the end of each statement to avoid errors in SAS?you end each statement with a semicolon
- 10The Two main building blocks of each program1) the DATA step
2) the PROC step - 11DATA stepThis is where the data are defined, directly inputted or loaded from an external source. The DATA step can also involve manipulating variables or creating new variables from existing ones.
- 12PROC stepThis step uses a number of procedures used to analyze data.
- 13PROC PRINTthis procedure is used to print data and intermediate or final results.
- 14PROC MEANSThis calculates sample means and variance, among other things
- 15PROC TTESTThis procedure conducts hypothesis tests.
- 16PROC REGThis procedure is used to estimate regression models
- 17PROC SGPLOTThis procedure can produce a wide range of graphs and data plots
- 183 ways to run a program in SAS1) Click the little "runner" button in the toolbar at the top of the screen
2) Go through the menus run --> submit
3) Type submit in the command line, left of the toolbar buttons
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- Some SAS terminology we have covered in my Spring 2015 ECO 351 - Business Statistics II course at UNCG
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