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SAS Learning Modules

• Fundamentals of Using SAS (part I)
  • Introduction to SAS
  • Descriptive information and statistics
  • An overview of statistical tests in SAS
  • Exploring data with graphics
• Fundamentals of Using SAS (part II)
  • Using where with SAS procedures
  • Missing values in SAS
  • Common SAS options
  • Overview of SAS syntax of SAS procedures
  • Common error messages in SAS
• Reading Raw Data into SAS
  • Inputting raw data into SAS
  • Reading dates into SAS and using date variables
• Basic Data Management in SAS
  • Creating and recoding variables
  • Using SAS functions for making/recoding variables
  • Subsetting variables and observations
  • Labeling data, variables and values
  • Using Proc Sort and the BY statement
  • Making and using permanent SAS data files (version 8)
• Classic Data Management Problems
  • Merging Data Files via Data Step, Proc SQL
  • Concatenating (stacking) SAS data files
  • Working across variables
  • Collapsing across observations in SAS via Proc Means, Proc SQL , Data Step I , Data Step II 
  • Reshaping data from wide to long via Proc Transpose , Data Step
  • Reshaping data from long to wide via Proc Transpose , Data Step
• Other
  • Comparing SAS and Stata side by side