Target group
Statisticians and business analysts who want to use a point-and-click interface to SAS
Course structure
Course Overview and Data Setup
- Introducing the course.
- Setting up the course data.
Getting Started in SAS Enterprise Guide 8
- Introducing the SAS Enterprise Guide 8 environment.
Introduction to Statistics
- Discussing fundamental statistical concepts.
- Examining distributions.
- Describing categorical data.
- Constructing confidence intervals.
- Performing simple tests of hypothesis.
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Performing one-way ANOVA.
- Performing multiple comparisons.
- Performing two-way ANOVA with and without interactions.
Regression
- Using exploratory data analysis.
- Producing correlations.
- Fitting a simple linear regression model.
- Understanding the concepts of multiple regression.
- Building and interpreting models.
- Describing all regression techniques.
- Exploring stepwise selection techniques.
Regression Diagnostics
- Examining residuals.
- Investigating influential observations and collinearity.
Categorical Data Analysis
- Describing categorical data.
- Examining tests for general and linear association.
- Understanding the concepts of logistic regression and multiple logistic regression.
- Performing backward elimination with logistic regression.
Resources
- Exploring additional resources.
