SAS Training and Certification Courses (Toronto)

SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is widely used as the main data manipulation and statistical analysis tools across multiple industries such as finance, marketing, telecommunication and health care and clinical trials.

Getting certified as a SAS base programmer opens up a wide range of job opportunities in the field of data analytics including:

Credit Risk Analyst

Clinical SAS Programmer

Quantitative Analyst

Data Scientist

Data Analyst

Programmer Analyst

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About This Course

In this course, you will learn the base and advanced SAS programming topics including:

Introduction to SAS

SAS interface
Library
Descriptor and data portions of data sets
Components of SAS program
Data step and Proc step

Data Import

Input and Infile statements
Reading in raw data files
Reading in CSV and text files
Reading in Excel spreadsheet

SAS Functions

Basics of SAS functions
Functions lookup
Numeric functions
Character functions

Variable Properties

Six properties of SAS variables
Converting variable types
SAS formats
Dealing with missing values and processing errors

Data Manipulations

Merge and concatenate data sets
Interleave data sets
Transpose data sets
Compute cumulative summation

Data Analysis

Proc Means and Proc Freq
Compute summary statistics
Compute counting statistics
Compute student's t-test

Data Reporting

Proc Print and Proc Report
ODS (Output Delivery System)
Modifying and customizing statistical tables

Proc SQL

Proc SQL basics
Extracting and reviewing data from database
Joining tables
Compute simple summary statistics

SAS Macros

Introduction to SAS macros
Macro and macro variables
Automate repetitive steps using macros
Examine possible errors and perform program audit

Efficient SAS Programming Techniques

Advanced data step techniques for efficient SAS programming
Track resources and control usage
Efficient sorting techniques
Table lookup and matching

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Who is this class for?

This course is for:

Students looking to get their career started in the field of data analytics.
Working professionals looking to get certified as a SAS base and advanced programmer.
Career changer who is passionate about learning the programming skills required to be a competent data analyst.

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Requirements

There is no prior programming experiences required for this course.

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Instructor, Course Outline and Schedule

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IMPORTANT: this class is only available if you are physically present in Toronto, Ontario.

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