STATS 701 Advanced SAS Programming

Below description edited in year: 2017

Points: 15

Prereqs: STATS 301, STATS 330

Credit: Assignments = 40%; workshops = 40% (10 workshops for five reports handed in, the best four of these will contribute 10 marks each.), and 20% for the final test. You must obtain at least 30% out of the 60% available in the assignments and test, and 20% in the weekly workshops to pass.

Textbooks: There is no required text, but the introductory SAS text, The Little SAS book: A Primer , by Delwiche and Slaughter, which was used for STATS 301 is highly recommended.

For Advice: Peter Mullins (Email: pr.mullins@auckland.ac.nz | extn: 88275)

Taught: First Semester City

Website: STATS 701 website

Introduction
One of the key purposes of STATS 701 is to advance your knowledge of SAS software for the purposes of data merging, transformation and re-shaping. SAS is a major commercial statistics package that is used at about 40,000 sites worldwide, and by 4 million users. We will use SAS as a programming language, and some more advanced features of SAS programming (arrays, macros, SQL etc ) will be covered.

STATS 701 is designed to be a practical course in the use of SAS in industries such as Medicine, Market Research and Finance

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Data steps Dealing with large datasets Macros SQL Data visualization Data mining Report generation

Disclaimer:
Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure accuracy, this information for the course year (2017), is provided as a general guide only for students and is subject to alteration. All students enrolling at the University of Auckland must consult its official document, the University of Auckland Calendar, to ensure that they are aware of and comply with all regulations, requirements and policies.