Hands-On SAS for Data Analysis: A practical guide to performing effective queries,data visualization,and reporting techniques
Authors: Harish Gulati
ISBN-10: 178883982X
ISBN-13: 9781788839822
Publication Date 出版日期: 2019-09-27
Print Length 页数: 346 pages
Book Description
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Leverage the full potential of SAS to get unique,actionable insights from your data
SAS is one of the leading enterprise tools in the world today when it comes to data management and analysis. It enables the fast and easy processing of data and helps you gain valuable business insights for effective decision-making. This book will serve as a comprehensive guide that will prepare you for the SAS certification exam.
After a quick overview of the SAS architecture and components,the book will take you through the different approaches to importing and reading data from different sources using SAS. You will then cover SAS Base and 4GL,understanding data management and analysis,along with exploring SAS functions for data manipulation and transformation. Next,you’ll discover SQL procedures and get up to speed on creating and validating queries. In the concluding chapters,you’ll learn all about data visualization,right from creating bar charts and sample geographic maps through to assigning patterns and formats. In addition to this,the book will focus on macro programming and its advanced aspects.
By the end of this book,you will be well versed in SAS programming and have the skills you need to easily handle and manage your data-related problems in SAS.
What you will learn
Explore a variety of SAS modules and packages for efficient data analysis
Use SAS 4GL functions to manipulate,merge,sort,and transform data
Gain useful insights into advanced PROC SQL options in SAS to interact with data
Get to grips with SAS Macro and define your own macros to share data
Discover the different graphical libraries to shape and visualize data with
Apply the SAS Output Delivery System to prepare detailed reports
contents
1 Introduction to SAS Programming
2 Data Manipulation and Transformation
3 Combining,Indexing,Encryption,and Compression Techniques Simplified
4 Power of Statistics,Reporting,Transforming Procedures,and Functions
5 Advanced Programming Techniques – SAS Macros
6 Powerful Functions,Options,and Automatic Variables Simplified
7 Advanced Programming Techniques Using PROC SQL
8 Deep Dive into PROC SQL
9 Data Visualization
10 Reporting and Output Delivery System
