Practical Data Management and Statistical Computing (BioEp691F)

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Homework 2

Due:9/16/98

• WEB: Read WEB pages on SAS1 -Basic, Intro and Data In
• Chapter 2. Introduction to DATA Step Processing pp 17-38, SAS Language and Procedures, Usage Version 6 1st edition.
• Use the On Line SAS Documentation (or the SAS Language Manual, Reference Version 6) to read about the following:
  • CARDS
  • DATA
  • INPUT
    • Column
    • List
  • RUN

• Type into SAS the program in the BASIC Simple Example
• Add a Comment statement at the top of the program with your name and date.
  • ie. * My Name Date: 9/16/99 ;
• Add a TITLE statement:
  • ie. TITLE1 "Source: dmes99p2.sas 9/16/99 by Ed Stanek ";
• Add a statement to PRINT the the data prior to the RUN statment
  • ie. PROC PRINT;
• Run the program, and Copy the Program and OUTPUT to a Wordprocessing Document, and save the WordProcessing Document. You need not print the document or hand anything in.

• Type into SAS the program given on Page 7 of Cody and Smith.
• Save the program.
• Run the program.
• Insert a TITLE1 statement that indicates your program name, the name of the programmer, and date (similar to #2 as above). Insert additional title statements (i.e. TITLE2, etc) for each panel of output. Save the modified program. Print a copy of the program and the output to hand in.