STAT 3430
Statistical Computing with SAS and R
Course Description
The course covers database management, programming, elementary statistical analysis, and report generation in SAS. Topics include: managing SAS Data Sets; DATA-step programming; data summarization and reporting using PROCs PRINT, MEANS, FREQ, UNIVARIATE, CORR, and REG; elementary graphics; introductions to the Output Delivery System, the SAS Macro language, PROC IML, and PROC SQL. Conceptual discussion in lectures is supplemented with hands-on practice in applied data-analysis tasks using SAS or R statistical software.