Data Analysis Papers
An Introduction to SAS Stat Studio: A Programmable Successor to SAS/INSIGHT
Rick Wicklin, SAS Institute, 2007
Abstract
SAS Stat Studio is a new statistical software product: a programmable successor to SAS/INSIGHT. Stat Studio runs on a PC in the Microsoft Windows operating environment and connects with one or more SAS servers. Stat Studio is available in SAS 9.2.
Like SAS/INSIGHT, Stat Studio provides dynamically linked graphics for exploring multivariate data and a point-and-click interface for standard statistical analyses. However, Stat Studio extends the functionality of SAS/INSIGHT by providing a programming environment in which you can run SAS/STAT or SAS/IML analyses, and display the results in dynamically linked graphics and data tables.
Stat Studio is intended for high-end data analysts. These are innovative problem solvers who routinely analyze complex data by writing programs, and who also need dynamically linked graphics.
This paper uses financial data to illustrate both point-and-click and programming features of Stat Studio. The paper consists of four main sections. Section 1 discusses the intended audience for Stat Studio and introduces the main features of Stat Studio. Section 2 presents the financial data, and uses exploratory data analysis to discover features of the data and relationships between variables. Section 3 applies a standard logistic regression model. Section 4 presents two examples of writing a program to extend Stat Studio functionality. An appendix contains frequently asked questions about Stat Studio.
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