After talking with folks during this past month, it has come to my attention that maintaining Friday noon sessions will be tough on everyone doing their research. So SASsy Fridays will return in the Fall!
Author: Michelle
SASsy Fridays: Will resume in May
In case folks were wondering there will be NO SASsy Fridays session this coming Friday, April 13. SASsy Fridays will resume in May. Stay tuned for dates and topics
More than just Statistics – Can we Map in SAS?
PDF copy of the SAS syntax file used for this session. We say SAS - we think statistics! We think statistics - we say SAS! We think maps and GIS - SAS is probably the last program you think to use. There are so many other options out there, why would you use SAS? Well... … Continue reading More than just Statistics – Can we Map in SAS?
Calculating differences using DIF( ) and LAG( ) functions
This may be a short post but I think one that folks will find may come in handy. I was recently asked how to calculate a difference of a variable listed in 2 rows. As a made-up example. I have 2 weight observations on some unit and I want to calculate the difference between the … Continue reading Calculating differences using DIF( ) and LAG( ) functions
Revisit: How do we use @ and @@ to enter data
I've been reminded of how we can take advantage of the @ and @@ in SAS when entering data. There have been a few students using this code, which I think is wonderful, and something I'd like to revisit and maybe remind folks on what these symbols do and how we can use them. We … Continue reading Revisit: How do we use @ and @@ to enter data
Revisit Subsetting in SAS
With new students learning SAS on campus, sometimes it is handy to revisit some of the posts we created a few years ago. One such post is Subsetting data with the IF and WHERE statement. In this week's SAS workshop we're looking at Merging data and creating new variables, so revisiting Subsetting is a nice … Continue reading Revisit Subsetting in SAS
ODS Excel – saving results directly into an Excel spreadsheet
I think it is very safe for me to say that most of us use Excel to enter our data. We may need to massage it to bring it into SAS for analysis, but that's what we do. So now let's sit back and think.... how many times have you wanted to move your analysis … Continue reading ODS Excel – saving results directly into an Excel spreadsheet
SASsy Fridays – Nov 24 – CANCELLED
Please note that this Friday’s SASsy Fridays meeting is cancelled. Sorry for the inconvenience and we will see you in the New Year! Stay tuned for dates and locations.
Proc MEANS (November 10)
So how many of us use Proc Means on a regular basis? I'm willing to guess a fair number of us. I'm also willing to put out there, because I know people do this - how many of you run the MEANS in SAS and then transcribe them to another dataset or another program? Yup! … Continue reading Proc MEANS (November 10)
Let’s talk SAS Data basics
For this Friday's SASsy session (October 27, 2017) let's talk about some of the basics of the DATA step. DATA statement Since most people use Excel to enter their data I like to draw comparisons between the two programs: Excel and SAS. As many of you know I LOVE examples, and yes, I will take … Continue reading Let’s talk SAS Data basics
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