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Does anyone here know SAS?
Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:42 pm
What is the best way to go about learning it, online or by text? Are there any good books I can get at Barnes and Noble? SAS seems to be pretty in depth, so is there an outline I should use?
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Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:45 pm to MontyFranklyn
These guys might be able to help
Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:45 pm to MontyFranklyn
Don't get sassy with me.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:45 pm to MontyFranklyn
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What is the best way to go about learning it, online or by text? Are there any good books I can get at Barnes and Noble? SAS seems to be pretty in depth, so is there an outline I should use?
Little SAS Book.
If you are at a university, you should be able to get it free through the university. (not the book but the software)
Also UCLA has a stats department website that goes through some basic examples pretty well.
I self-taught myself a lot of things, but really didn't become extremely well until I took a class at LSU.
Also don't focus solely on SAS. Learn R, WinBUGs/JAGS, Julia, etc.
This post was edited on 3/9/16 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:45 pm to MontyFranklyn
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What is the best way to go about learning it, online or by text? Are there any good books I can get at Barnes and Noble? SAS seems to be pretty in depth, so is there an outline I should use?
You referring to the BI tool? When you say learn it, do you mean implementation, management, as an enduser? If you are looking to implement it, experience level will have much to do with it.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:46 pm to MontyFranklyn
The little book of SAS is the best book on it. The best way to learn it is to use it. Reading a book or watching some video guide is not going to be anywhere near as useful as actually working in SAS.
Just for the sake of full disclosure, I used SAS extensively in grad school at Alabama and hated it.
ETA: It looks like you are in Tuscaloosa. Not sure if you are still in school but Bishinsky (sp?) computers all have SAS on them. Also the "Help" function of SAS is another useful tool.
Just for the sake of full disclosure, I used SAS extensively in grad school at Alabama and hated it.
ETA: It looks like you are in Tuscaloosa. Not sure if you are still in school but Bishinsky (sp?) computers all have SAS on them. Also the "Help" function of SAS is another useful tool.
This post was edited on 3/9/16 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:48 pm to yellowhammer2098
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Just for the sake of full disclosure, I used SAS extensively in grad school at Alabama and hated it.
it's definitely a lower level programming language.
But amongst it's quirks, I've come to enjoy it.
R or WinBUGS or Python are still better to learn though
Posted on 3/9/16 at 1:52 pm to gaetti15
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But amongst it's quirks, I've come to enjoy it.
I guess I should say I came to realize I hated what SAS was used for. So instead of utilizing my graduate degree and working in data analysis, I now work in Real Estate.
Also to OP, there are some incredible teachers at Alabama when it comes to SAS. Dr. Wang and Dr. McManus are pretty much SAS Gods even though Dr. Wang hates SAS.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 2:10 pm to yellowhammer2098
quote:Isn't that the guy that teaches FI 389?
Dr. Wang
Posted on 3/9/16 at 2:11 pm to gaetti15
quote:Every analyst job I want is requiring SAS knowledge
Also don't focus solely on SAS. Learn R, WinBUGs/JAGS, Julia, etc.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 2:16 pm to yellowhammer2098
quote:Best reference books for practical use. Otherwise, enterprise guide is a drag and drop interface that doesn't require SAS coding knowledge, it does the coding for you and you can learn from that as well.
The little book of SAS is the best book on it.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 2:18 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Isn't that the guy that teaches FI 389?
I graduate from Alabama a couple years back. I think Dr. Kim is the name of the guy that teaches FI 389. When I was at Alabama I took Dr. Le Wang for EC 513 (Economic Forecasting and Analysis) and the Capstone class.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 2:22 pm to yellowhammer2098
quote:That guy made that class way harder than it should have been. Mainly because of me not understanding him
I think Dr. Kim is the name of the guy that teaches FI 389.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 2:27 pm to MontyFranklyn
you wanna be sassy?
Posted on 3/9/16 at 2:51 pm to gaetti15
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R or WinBUGS or Python are still better to learn though
Sas is fine for certain things. Sometimes it's easy to do complex modeling in their language than in R or Python.
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