85194 - Statistical Software

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Docente: Paolo Morelli
  • Credits: 4
  • Language: English
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Statistical Sciences (cod. 9222)

    Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Statistical Sciences (cod. 9222)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student acquires the operational tools for the analysis of case studies and is able to prepare reports by using R/SAS and Microsoft Power Point.

Course contents

Overview of SAS, introduction to SAS data sets, introduction to SAS libname, Sintax of SAS, Data Importi, Dataset structure, Proc Contents, Proc Print and Data Types, where and if statement, SAS functions, proc sort, first. and last. statement, Format, Informat,  Proc Format, Proc Freq, Proc Univariate, Proc means, Merge, Proc Transpose, ANOVA, Regression Analysis in SAS, Logistic Analysis in SAS. Creation of Customised Report withla proc Report, the use of ODS

Readings/Bibliography

The Little SAS® Book: A Primer, Fifth EditionLora D. Delwiche Susan J. Slaughter,Publisher: SAS Institute

Teaching methods

Presentation of slides and classroom exercises

Assessment methods

Creation of a statistical report using SAS software and presentation of the code used

Teaching tools

Materiale fornito:

SAS® Programming 1: Essentials

SAS® Programming 2: Data Manipulation Techniques

SAS® Enterprise Guide® ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression

Office hours

See the website of Paolo Morelli