ISSR Methodology Workshop | Introduction to SAS

Instructor: Christian Daniele

This workshop serves as an introduction to SAS for users of all levels. Whether you’ve never opened the application before or are looking for a general refresh, this workshop will introduce core concepts for working with SAS including:

1. The SAS environment (Cloud)
2. Importing and formatting data
   1. DATA, PROC IMPORT, PROC FORMAT
3. Generating basic descriptive statistics and cross-tabulations 
   1. PROC FREQ, PROC MEANS, PROC UNIVARIATE, etc.
4. Regression basics (time-permitting)
   1. PROC LOGISTIC, PROC GLM

No prior experience is required to participate in this workshop. Please make sure you have access to a computer with SAS installed prior to the workshop. There are multiple ways of accessing SAS:

• UMass library computers
• Request a license for free from UMass IT (https://www.umass.edu/it/services/software)
• Register for SAS OnDemand for Academics to access a free cloud-based version (https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/on-demand-for-academics.html)

No prior experience is expected. This workshop will use the cloud-based environment of SAS (OnDemand for Academics), which has a slightly different user interface from the desktop version. Use of both is permitted, as script-writing and syntax is identical.