CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT & SAS TRAINING FOR B PHARMACY AND IN INDIA

BASE SAS MODULES Day 1: Introduction to the SAS System Components of Base SAS Software Output Produced by the SAS System Ways to Run SAS Programs Running Programs in the SAS Windowing Environment Introduction to DATA Step Processing The SAS Data Set introduction How the DATA Step Works: A Basic Introduction Supplying Information to Create a SAS Data Set Introduction to Raw Data Examine the Structure of the Raw Data: Factors to Consider Reading Unaligned Data Reading Data That Is Aligned in Columns Reading Data That Requires Special Instructions Reading Unaligned Data with More Flexibility Mixing Styles of Input Day 2: Introduction to Beyond the Basics with Raw Data Using INFILE statement and various options. Testing a Condition before Creating an Observation Creating Multiple Observations from a Single Record Reading Multiple Records to Create a Single Observation Problem Solving: When an Input Record Unexpectedly Does Not have enough values Day 3: Introduction to Starting with SAS Data Sets Understanding the Basics Input SAS Data Set for Examples Reading Selected Observations Reading Selected Variables Creating More Than One Data Set in a Single DATA Step Using the DROP=, KEEP= and WHERE= Data Set Options for Efficiency Introduction to DATA Step Processing Input SAS Data Set for Examples Adding Information to a SAS Data Set Defining Enough Storage Space for Variables Conditionally Deleting an Observation Day 4: Introduction to Working with Numeric Variables About Numeric Variables in SAS Input SAS Data Set for Examples Calculating with Numeric Variables Comparing Numeric Variables Storing Numeric Variables Efficiently Numeric Functions. Day 5: Introduction to Working with Character Variables Input SAS Data Set for Examples Identifying Character Variables and Expressing Character Values Handling Missing Values Creating New Character Values Saving Storage Space by Treating Numbers as Characters Character Functions Day 6: Introduction to Acting on Selected Observations Input SAS Data Set for Examples Selecting Observations Constructing Conditions Comparing Characters Introduction to Creating Subsets of Observations Input SAS Data Set for Examples Selecting Observations for a New SAS Data Set Conditionally Writing Observations to One or More SAS Data Sets Day 7: Introduction to Working with Grouped or Sorted Observations Input SAS Data Set for Examples Working with Grouped Data Working with Sorted Data Introduction to Using More Than One Observation in a Calculation Input File and SAS Data Set for Examples Accumulating a Total for an Entire Data Set Obtaining a Total for Each BY Group Writing to Separate Data Sets Using a Value in a Later Observation Day 8: Introduction to Using More Than One Observation in a Calculation Input File and SAS Data Set for Examples Accumulating a Total for an Entire Data Set Obtaining a Total for Each BY Group Writing to Separate Data Sets Using a Value in a Later Observation Introduction to Working with Dates Understanding How SAS Handles Dates Input File and SAS Data Set for Examples Entering Dates Displaying Dates Using Dates in Calculations Using SAS Date Functions Comparing Durations and SAS Date Values Day 9: Introduction to Combining SAS Data Sets Definition of Concatenating Definition of Interleaving Definition of Merging Definition of Updating Definition of Modifying 237 Comparing Modifying, Merging, and Updating Data Sets Day 10: Introduction to Concatenating SAS Data Sets Concatenating Data Sets with the SET Statement Concatenating Data Sets Using the APPEND Procedure Choosing between the SET Statement and the APPEND Procedure. Introduction to Interleaving SAS Data Sets Understanding BY-Group Processing Concepts Interleaving Data Sets Day 11: Introduction to Merging SAS Data Sets Understanding the MERGE Statement One-to-One Merging Match-Merging Choosing between One-to-One Merging and Match-Merging Introduction to Updating SAS Data Sets Understanding the UPDATE Statement Understanding How to Sel