Tag: SAS tips

Process Explorer: tools for the SAS admin on Windows

It was over two years ago that I shared the tip of using Process Explorer to look under the covers at which SAS processes were running on your Windows environment.

Process Explorer recently received a refresh, and it’s worth downloading the new v…

Look before you buy: peek at your data details before opening

Are you afraid of big commitments? Do you like to shop around thoroughly before making a purchase decision? I can’t help you with most of Life’s Big Choices, but I can help you in one way: I can show you how to learn more about your data set bef…

PROC REPORT versus TABULATE: two SAS heavyweights

The question came up on the SAS Enterprise Guide discussion forum: which do you prefer, List Report Wizard (PROC REPORT) or Summary Tables (PROC TABULATE)?

And as with most SAS-related questions, the proper response is: “it depends.” If you put …

PROC LOGISTIC: Concordant and discordant

Description of concordant and discordant in SAS PROC LOGISTIC Part of the default output from PROC LOGISTIC is a table that has entries including`percent concordant’ and `percent discordant’. To me, this implies the percent that would corre…