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SAS Statistical Software

The SAS System is an integrated statistical package that allows you to do statistical analyses--such as descriptive statistics, multivariate techniques and time series--using a consistent set of commands. SAS for Windows is available on the computers in the DSS lab, and SAS for unix is installed on the Arizona server.

DSS Resources

Overview

• Year 2000 Issues
• Overview and Components

SAS on UNIX

• Running SAS on UNIX
• Non-Interactive (Batch) Mode
• Interactive (Windowed) Mode

SAS Data Files

• Saving SAS Data Files
• Moving SAS Files Between Platforms
• A Note for DBMS/COPY Users

If you are new to UNIX, see Getting Started with UNIX.

Resources at Other Sites

• Introduction to SAS
  A detailed SAS tutorial.
• SAS OnlineTutor 9.1: Programming
  
• SAS OnlineDoc for SAS 8
  
• SAS Documentation for SAS 9
  Complete online SAS documentation.
• What you need to know to write a SAS program (Columbia University)
• Introduction to Data Handling (University of Chicago)
• SAS Institute web site
• SAS Tech Support
• SAS Transport files
• Saving SAS output for use in word processors