Target group
SAS programmers, statisticians, econometricians, engineers, or others who want to use matrix algebra, simulate data, write custom statistical analyses, or work with R from IML
Course structure
Fundamentals of IML
- Creating and manipulating matrices.
- Assignment statements and operators
- accessing submatrices.
Modules, Logic, and Data
- Transferring data between matrices and data sets.
- Using IML modules.
- Loops and conditional logic.
Program Development
- Writing IML modules.
- Storage and memory.
- Efficiency and error handling.
- Calling SAS procedures from IML.
Simulating Data
- Random number generators.
- Monte Carlo simulation.
Working with R
- Setting up SAS and R.
- Transferring data between SAS and R.
- Running R analyses from IML.
- Creating R graphics from IML.
