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SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Institute, SAS, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- SAS (Computer file).
- Database management--Examinations--Study guides.
- Database management.
- Computer programming--Examinations--Study guides.
- Computer programming.
- Electronic data processing personnel--Certification--Study guides.
- Electronic data processing personnel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 794 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Other Title:
- Base programming for SAS 9
- At foot of t.p.: SAS documentation
- Statistical Analysis System certification prep guide
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] SAS Publishing 2011
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- New and experienced SAS users who want to prepare for the Base Programming for SAS 9 exam will find the SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9 to be an invaluable, convenient, and comprehensive resource that covers all of the objectives tested on the exam. Major topics include importing and exporting raw data files, creating and modifying SAS data sets, and identifying and correcting data syntax and programming logic errors. You will also become familiar with the enhancements and new functionality that are available in SAS 9. Each chapter includes a quiz on the chapter's contents. This guide provides you with a solid study resource as well as a go-to reference for your library.
- Contents:
- Basic concepts
- Referencing files and setting options
- Editing and debugging SAS programs
- Creating list reports
- Creating SAS data sets from external files
- Understanding DATA step processing
- Creating and applying user-defined formats
- Producing descriptive statistics
- Producing HTML output
- Creating and managing variables
- Reading SAS data sets
- Combining SAS data sets
- Transforming data with SAS functions
- Generating data with DO loops
- Processing variables with arrays
- Reading raw data in fixed fields
- Reading free-format data
- Reading date and time values
- Creating a single observation from multiple records
- Creating multiple observations from a single record
- Reading hierarchical files
- Quiz answer keys.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9781607645641
- 1607645645
- OCLC:
- 811557293
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