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Accessing Data: Understanding SAS Libraries and Importing Data
- Accessing Data in SAS Libraries (Video)
- Accessing a SAS Library
- Using Data Libraries
- LIBNAME Statement Syntax
- LIBNAME Statement Syntax for the V9 Engine
- Overview: PROC IMPORT
- PROC IMPORT Statement Syntax
- Example: Importing a Comma-Delimited File with a CSV Extension
- Using the Import Data Utility in SAS Studio (Video)
- Creating a SAS Table from a CSV File (Video)
- How to Automatically Generate XMLMap Files (Video)
- How to Generate Custom XMLMap Files (Video)
Exploring and Validating Your Data Using SAS Procedures and Built-in Tasks
- Overview: PRINT Procedure
- About the List Data Task
- Overview: FREQ Procedure
- About the One-Way Frequencies Task
- The One-Way Frequencies Task in SAS Studio (Video)
- Overview: MEANS Procedure
- About the Summary Statistics Task
- The Summary Statistics Task in SAS Studio (Video)
- About the Data Exploration Task
- Example: Exploring the SASHELP.CARS Data
Preparing and Manipulating Your Data
- About SAS DATA Step Statements
- How the DATA Step Works: A Basic Introduction
- Merging SAS Tables in a DATA Step (Video)
- Filtering a SAS Table in a DATA Step (Video)
- Creating a New Column in SAS (Video)
- Performing Conditional Logic in SAS (Video)
- Formatting Values in SAS (Video)
- Getting Started with the Macro Facility
- Using %IF-%THEN-%ELSE in SAS Programs
- Introduction to the SQL Procedure
- Comparing PROC SQL with the SAS DATA Step
- PROC SQL - Joining Two Tables
- Recoding Values
- Recoding Ranges of Values
Analyzing and Reporting on Your Data
- Overview: FREQ Procedure
- Example: One-Way Frequencies of Unit Sales
- Overview: MEANS Procedure
- Example: Summary Statistics of Unit Sales
- Overview: SGPLOT Procedure
- Example: Bar Chart
- Overview: CORR Procedure
- Example: Correlation Analysis of Cars Data
- Overview: REG Procedure
- Example: Regression Analysis on Student Data
- Overview: TIMEDATA Procedure
- Example: Time Series Exploration on Price Data
Base SAS tip sheets
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