If you need to calculate the mean, sum, standard deviation, or frequency count for a variable, you’ll find it pretty easy to accomplish in SAS Enterprise Guide. The corresponding tasks in the menus have names like “Summary Statistics” or “One-way Frequencies”. Obvious, right? Often, researchers or students have a quest […]
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Performance-enhancing SAS notes
With the London 2012 Olympics around the corner, there are sure to be reports or rumors of performance-enhancing drug use among some athletes. It turns out that using manufactured chemicals to give yourself an edge is frowned upon in the athletic community. However, as a SAS user you should avail […]
SAS Insight Series in Australia and New Zealand (August 2011)
I feel privileged to have been invited back to meet with SAS customers throughout New Zealand and Australia. I also feel lucky to escape the North Carolina summer (with temperatures trending in the 90s Fahrenheit) in exchange for the “winter” wea…
SAS Insight Series in Australia and New Zealand (August 2011)
I feel privileged to have been invited back to meet with SAS customers throughout New Zealand and Australia. I also feel lucky to escape the North Carolina summer (with temperatures trending in the 90s Fahrenheit) in exchange for the “winter” weather D…
Computing age in SAS 9.3
It seems like such a simple problem: how can you reliably compute the age of someone or something? Susan lamented the subtle issues using the YRDIF function exactly 1.0356164384 years ago.
Sure, you could write your own function for calculating …
Computing age in SAS 9.3
It seems like such a simple problem: how can you reliably compute the age of someone or something? Susan lamented the subtle issues using the YRDIF function exactly 1.0356164384 years ago. Sure, you could write your own function for calculating such th…
What SAS administrators should know about libraries, metadata, and SAS Enterprise Guide
We sometimes take it for granted, but the concept of the “SAS library” is just about one of the most awesome aspects of The SAS System.
You can give your library a name (a library reference, or libref), tell the system how to get to your data (…
What SAS administrators should know about libraries, metadata, and SAS Enterprise Guide
We sometimes take it for granted, but the concept of the “SAS library” is just about one of the most awesome aspects of The SAS System. You can give your library a name (a library reference, or libref), tell the system how to get to your data (options …