<p>Table of Contents<br/>Course Description..................................................................................................................... vi<br/>To learn more…..........................................................................................................................vii<br/>Prerequisites ..............................................................................................................................viii<br/>General Conventions ................................................................................................................... ix<br/>Chapter 1 Introduction .......................................................................................... 1-1<br/>1.1 An Overview of the SAS System.....................................................................................1-3<br/>Chapter 2 Getting Started with the SAS® System ............................................... 2-1<br/>2.1 Introduction to SAS Programs .........................................................................................2-3<br/>2.2 Running SAS Programs ...................................................................................................2-8<br/>2.3 Mastering Fundamental Concepts..................................................................................2-31<br/>2.4 Diagnosing and Correcting Syntax Errors .....................................................................2-41<br/>2.5 Exploring Your SAS Environment (Self-Study) ............................................................2-52<br/>2.6 Solutions to Exercises....................................................................................................2-67<br/>Chapter 3 Getting Familiar with SAS® Data Sets................................................. 3-1<br/>3.1 SAS Data Libraries ..........................................................................................................3-3<br/>3.2 Solutions to Exercises....................................................................................................3-16<br/>Chapter 4 Producing List Reports........................................................................ 4-1<br/>4.1 Getting Started with the PRINT Procedure......................................................................4-3<br/>4.2 Sequencing and Grouping Observations........................................................................4-14<br/>4.3 Identifying Observations (Self-Study)...........................................................................4-22<br/>4.4 Special WHERE Statement Operators (Self-Study) ......................................................4-28<br/>iv For Your Information<br/>4.5 Solutions to Exercises....................................................................................................4-31<br/>Chapter 5 Enhancing Output ................................................................................ 5-1<br/>5.1 Customizing Report Appearance .....................................................................................5-3<br/>5.2 Formatting Data Values....................................................................................................5-8<br/>5.3 Creating HTML Reports ................................................................................................5-23<br/>5.4 Solutions to Exercises....................................................................................................5-29<br/>Chapter 6 Creating SAS® Data Sets...................................................................... 6-1<br/>6.1 Reading Raw Data Files: Column Input ..........................................................................6-3<br/>6.2 Reading Raw Data Files: Formatted Input.....................................................................6-20<br/>6.3 Examining Data Errors ..................................................................................................6-30<br/>6.4 Assigning Variable Attributes ........................................................................................6-40<br/>6.5 Changing Variable Attributes (Self-Study) ....................................................................6-47<br/>6.6 Reading Excel Spreadsheets (Self-Study)......................................................................6-62<br/>6.7 Solutions to Exercises....................................................................................................6-77<br/>Chapter 7 DATA Step Programming ..................................................................... 7-1<br/>7.1 Reading SAS Data Sets and Creating Variables ..............................................................7-3<br/>7.2 Conditional Processing ..................................................................................................7-16<br/>7.3 Dropping and Keeping Variables (Self-Study) ..............................................................7-32<br/>7.4 Reading Excel Spreadsheets Containing Date Fields (Self-Study)................................7-35<br/>7.5 Solutions to Exercises....................................................................................................7-40<br/>Chapter 8 Combining SAS® Data Sets ................................................................. 8-1<br/>8.1 Concatenating SAS Data Sets..........................................................................................8-3<br/>8.2 Merging SAS Data Sets .................................................................................................8-14<br/>For Your Information v<br/>8.3 Combining SAS Data Sets: Additional Features (Self-Study).......................................8-34<br/>8.4 Solutions to Exercises....................................................................................................8-37<br/>Chapter 9 Producing Summary Reports.............................................................. 9-1<br/>9.1 Introduction to Summary Reports....................................................................................9-3<br/>9.2 Basic Summary Reports...................................................................................................9-6<br/>9.3 The REPORT Procedure ................................................................................................9-25<br/>9.4 The TABULATE Procedure (Self-Study) ......................................................................9-40<br/>9.5 Solutions to Exercises....................................................................................................9-55<br/>Chapter 10 Introduction to Graphics (Optional).................................................. 10-1<br/>10.1 Producing Bar and Pie Charts ........................................................................................10-3<br/>10.2 Enhancing Output ........................................................................................................10-16<br/>10.3 Producing Plots ............................................................................................................10-24<br/>10.4 Solutions to Exercises..................................................................................................10-35<br/>Chapter 11 Additional Resources......................................................................... 11-1<br/>11.1 Resources .......................................................................................................................11-3<br/>Appendix A Index ..................................................................................................... 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