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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Overview........................................................................................................................1-3
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Objectives
Define SAS.
Describe the functionality of Base SAS.
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What Is SAS?
SAS is a suite of business solutions and technologies
to help organizations solve business problems.
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Base SAS
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1.2 Course Logistics 1-5
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Objectives
Describe the data that is used in the course.
Specify the naming convention that is used
for the course files.
Define the three levels of exercises.
Explain the extended learning for this course.
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employees
150,000
orders 90,000
customers
64 suppliers
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❸ type
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d=demo
e=exercise
s=solution
❹ item # Programming 1, Chapter 4, Demo 1
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%let path=s:\workshop;
infile "&path\sales.csv";
infile "&path\payroll.dat";
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