SAS Programming
General
Prefix
STAT
Course Number
304
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
SAS statistical package; basic data manipulations and procedures; formatting, if-then-else, merge, arrays, do-loops, macros, functions, table look-up, custom reports.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Identify and use the structures of a SAS program.
Outcome
Write typical SAS programs made up of DATA and PROC steps.
Outcome
Use the SAS programming environment and employ various tools therein for writing, and debugging SAS programs.
Outcome
Produce, critically examine, and interpret output of a SAS program.
Outcome
Manipulate raw data internally in SAS and manipulate raw data from external files into SAS to create SAS data sets.
Outcome
Read data into SAS using various INFORMATS and INPUT styles.
Outcome
Write SAS variables using various FORMATS.
Outcome
Manipulate (i.e. subset) SAS data sets at different stages using various programming tools such as logical expressions in the DATA step.
Outcome
Manipulate data properly in the DATA STEP which includes DATA manipulations using SAS functions and the DROP or KEEP options.
Outcome
Identify proper overall syntactic calls for various SAS procedures as well as options and ancillary statements within their syntaxes.
Outcome
Use ARRAYS in SAS to perform table-look-ups, rotate data sets and perform repeated iterations using indexed variables.
Outcome
Export SAS data sets as external data useful to other applications.
Outcome
Import data from other applications using dynamic data exchange.
Outcome
Join and merge SAS data sets under different conditions.
Outcome
Perform basic statistical analysis and produce reports using various SAS procedures.
Outcome
Manage data with SAS by creating permanent libraries and moving data from one library to another.
Dependencies
Courses
STAT304
is a
prerequisite
for:
Programs
STAT304
is a
completion requirement
for: