STSCI 5010

Applied Statistical Computation with SAS

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

This course teaches the basics of SAS (Statistical Analysis System) programming and the SAS Enterprise Miner software.  This course is composed two modules.  The first module, in the first 12 weeks, covers the objectives tested on the SAS Base Programming for SAS 9 Exam, including basic SAS programming concepts, producing reports, creating and modifying SAS data sets, reading various types of raw data and other data handling techniques. At the end of module 1, all the students will take the SAS Base Programming for SAS 9 Exam, which is administered by the MPS Program in Applied Statistics on the Cornell campus in conjunction with the SAS Institute, Inc. The second module, in the last three weeks, introduces the SAS Enterprise Miner software and cluster analysis. Students will learn how to use the SAS Enterprise Miner software and SAS procedures to do cluster analysis.

When Offered Fall.

Comments This course is reserved for the students in Master of Professional Studies (MPS) degree program in Applied Statistics for the first week. If there is space after that, it is open to other students.

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