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Data processing in SAS 4GL:
Data- and Proc-steps, SAS statements and functions
Sequence of SAS code running, variable attributes and PDV.
Important procedures for data processing:
Sorting and transposition of row data
Data aggregations.
Valuable processing techniques:
Processing by groups
Arrays of data
Tables joining including SAS SQL.
Tabular reports and basic of ODS:
Data listing, tabular reports
ODS: HTML, PDF, RTF and OUTPUT.
Processing of text data:
Text functions in SAS
Data cleaning elements
Regular expressions and Levenshtein distance
Outlier detection.
Data visualization:
Bar, line and pie graphs
ODS GRAPHICS and ODS MARKUP
Vector graphics and LaTeX interchange.
Macro-programming:
SAS code parameterization by macro-variables
Macro-loop and macro-if-then statements
Array of macro-variables.
Automatizing of data processing and reporting:
Interactive reports
SAS - Excel - interchange - DDE tool.
Advance programming elements:
Access to various data sources (ODBC, Oracle etc.)
SQL Pass Through Facility
Complicated text files and PIPE source
SAS/IML and connection to R software
Data processing optimization.
Structure analyse:
Descriptive statistics calculation
Box and probability plots
Goodness-of-Fit tests for distributions
Distribution analyses.
Statistical estimation:
Confidence intervals for a mean
Test for location for population mean
T tests for one sample and two samples
One-side t tests
Random generators and approximately distributions in practice.
Variable dependency:
Correlation analyses and scatter plots
Dependency for categorical variables
Visualisation of dependency
Regression analyse elements.
Automatizing of statistical analyses:
Box-cox transformation
Partial correlation
Outlier detection, robust means
Multidimensional reduction, Principle Component Analyse.
Advance usage of SAS/IML:
Linear programming
Non-linear optimization
Genetic algorithms.
User friendly graphical interface - simple code making in SAS:
SAS Enterprise Guide
Review of SAS tools useful for BIG DATA.
Examples of analyses in R.
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