Formation/Cours

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
– be knowledgeable about the commercial analytical tools in business
– extract, manipulate, analyze and report data using SAS/Base & SAS/Macro
– detect the advantages and disadvantages of using an open source analytical tool
– find solutions for complex (coding) tasks within intercultural teams

These competencies and/or skills contribute to the following learning objectives
– 1.B Successfully collaborate within a intercultural team
– 3.A Breakdown complex organizational problems using the appropriate methodology
– 5.B Construct expert knowledge from cutting-edge information
– 7.A Demonstrate an expertise on key concepts, techniques and trends in their professional field
– 7.B Formulate strategically-appropriate solutions to complex and unfamiliar challenges in their professional field
– 7.D Be a reference point for expertise-related questions and ambiguities

– Run SAS programs in a PC environment
* Read raw input files in various formats and create SAS datasets
* Create new variables in the data step
* Use SAS procedures to describe data numerically and graphically
* Annotate SAS output with informative titles, labels, and formats
* Work with SAS datasets: sort, subset, merge, and re-format SAS datasets
* Use SAS procedures scripts for basic statistical inference
* Export SAS data and output to other computers and software