TY - BOOK AU - Cody, Ronald P. ED - SAS Institute TI - Learning SAS by example : a programmer's guide SN - 978-1-59994-165-3 U1 - 005.74 C63 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Estados Unidos de América PB - SAS Institute KW - Econometría KW - Programas para computadora KW - Econometrics KW - Computer programs KW - SAS (Archivo de computadora) KW - Manuales KW - SAS (Computer file) KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc. KW - SAS/GRAPH KW - SAS/STAT. N1 - "This book covers most SAS programming techniques, from the basics to ... advanced. ... Solutions to the odd-numbered problems are included in the book, while a complete set of solutions are available online for instructors"--Pref; Pt. Getting started : What is SAS? -- Writing your first SAS program -- Pt. 2. DATA step processing : Reading raw data from external files -- Creating permanent SAS data sets -- Creating formats and labels -- Reading and writing data from an Excel spreadsheet -- Performing conditional processing -- Performing iterative processing: looping -- Working with dates -- Subsetting and combining SAS data sets -- Working with numeric functions -- Working with character functions -- Working with arrays -- Pt. 3. Presenting and summarizing your data : Displaying your data -- Creating customized reports -- Summarizing your data -- Counting frequencies -- Creating tabular reports -- Introducing the output delivery system -- Generating high-quality graphics -- Pt. 4. Advanced topics : Using advanced INPUT techniques -- Using advanced features of user-defined formats and informats -- Restructuring SAS data sets -- Working with multiple observations per subject -- Introducing the SAS macro language -- Introducing the structured query language ER -