Statistics I: Introduction to ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression
Classroom duration: 3.0 days Live Web duration: 6 half-day sessions CEU: 1.8
This course teaches SAS users how to generate analyses using either continuous or categorical response (dependent) variables.
Learn how to
- generate descriptive statistics and explore data with graphs
- perform analysis of variance and apply multiple comparison techniques
- perform linear regression and assess the assumptions
- identify potential outliers in multiple regression
- detect associations among categorical variables
- fit a multiple logistic regression model.
Who should attend
Statisticians, researchers, and business analysts who use SAS programming to analyze data
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, you should
- have completed an undergraduate course in statistics covering p-values, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, and regression.
- be able to execute SAS programs and create SAS data sets. You can gain this experience by completing the SAS Programming I: Essentials course.
Course Contents
Introduction to Statistics
- examining data distributions
- obtaining and interpreting sample statistics using the UNIVARIATE and MEANS procedures
- constructing confidence intervals
- performing simple tests of hypothesis
Analysis of Variance
- performing one-way ANOVA with the GLM procedure
- performing multiple comparisons
- performing two-way ANOVA with and without interactions
Regression
- producing scatter plots with the GPLOT procedure
- producing correlations with the CORR procedure
- fitting a simple linear regression model with the REG procedure
- understanding the concepts of multiple regression
- building and interpreting models
Regression Diagnostics
- examining residuals
- investigating influence and collinearity
Categorical Data Analysis
- describing categorical data
- producing frequency tables with the FREQ procedure
- examining tests for general and linear association
- understanding the concepts of logistic regression
Software Addressed
This course addresses the following software product(s): SAS/STAT. This course also addresses Base SAS software and touches on SAS/GRAPH software. You benefit from this course even if SAS/GRAPH software is not installed at your location.
Classroom Course Materials
Students receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.
Live Web Course Materials
Students attend Live Web classes using a Web browser and a telephone and interact with
their instructor and fellow classmates in real time. Each student receives an e-mail
with instructions on how to join the class three business days before the class begins.
The instructions e-mail includes a link to download the course materials, including the
exercise files. Students need to download and print the course materials prior to class.
System Requirements
For Live Web, you must
- review and follow the general system requirements.
- complete the course exercises through our virtual lab. The virtual lab
allows you to access the software used in class over the Internet, so
that you do not need this software on your local machine.
- run this
test to connect to a virtual lab session. If firewall problems prevent you from connecting to the virtual lab, then you will need the following software installed and configured in your environment to participate in the course exercises:
- Base SAS 9 or 8.2 under a Windows operating system;
SAS/STAT software; and SAS/GRAPH software; or
SAS Learning Edition.
Important:
- Students using SAS Learning Edition will need to create a shortcut to the SAS windowing environment (SAS Explorer, Enhanced Editor, Log, and Output windows) for use during the class. Follow these instructions for creating a shortcut to SAS prior to class.
- If you are using Enterprise Guide rather than writing SAS programs in the Enhanced Editor, this class is not an appropriate offering.
U.S. Schedule
29OCT2008 Live Web, 03DEC2008 Live Web, 28JAN2009 Live Web, 03MAR2009 Live Web, 01APR2009 New York, NY 06MAY2009 Chicago, IL 10JUN2009 Live Web,
| 29OCT2008 Cary, NC 16DEC2008 San Francisco, CA 11FEB2009 Rockville, MD 11MAR2009 Atlanta, GA 15APR2009 Boston, MA 13MAY2009 Rockville, MD 24JUN2009 New York, NY
| 12NOV2008 Rockville, MD 21JAN2009 Irvine, CA 25FEB2009 Cary, NC 18MAR2009 San Francisco, CA 22APR2009 Live Web, 01JUN2009 San Francisco, CA
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Check for additional and updated schedule information online at
support.sas.com/courses/stat1.html.
Registration
To register for this course in the US, call 800-333-7660 or visit
support.sas.com/training.
This course is also available for on-site training, or you can create a custom course by combining material from several courses. For more details, contact SAS Education in Cary, NC at 919-531-7321 or send e-mail to
training@sas.com.