SAS Base Certification

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SAS

• Lets Get Started!

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Objectives

• Definition of SAS
• Application of SAS
• Why learn SAS?
• How to learn SAS?
• Target Audience for the SAS training

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Definition of SAS

• SAS (Statistical Analysis System), is a business
  analysis tool that processes the huge amount of
  data and turn it into informed decision that
  helps in improving the business performance of
  organizations. A combined knowledge of SAS Base
  as well as Advanced allows the user to make
  efficient utilization of this tool and provides
  the best way to enter the field of business
  analytics.

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Application of SAS

• SAS software is used to perform the following
  tasks within an organization
• Statistical Analysis
• Data Management
• Project Management
• Business Planning
• Data extraction
• Data transformation
• Quality Improvement
• Application Development
• Report formation
• Operations Research

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Why learn SAS?

• There are so many reasons why learning SAS can be
  advantageous, some of these are given below
• It is fun learning SAS. With just the basic
  knowledge of SQL, SAS can be learnt very easily.
• SAS can read data files created by other
  statistical packages.
• SAS provides a variety of input and output
  formats.
• As per now, it is the most versatile, powerful
  and flexible tool for data analysis.
• It can be easily interlinked with many
  technologies which enhances its usability.

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How to learn SAS?

• An online training can be the best way to learn
  SAS just by sitting at home. The SAS online
  training provides you the skills to use this
  software to process the large volume of data to
  produce insights for business. In addition to
  this, the training also allows you to understand
  SAS, the role of the GUI, Library statements and
  solving complex problems using advanced data step
  programming statements. This training provides
  deep understanding of SAS, ranging from base to
  the advanced level of SAS data concepts.

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Target Audience for the SAS training

• The following are considered as the best audience
  for this training
• Individuals with a keen interest in Business
  Analytics and Data Mining, along with an urge to
  learn how to write SAS programs
• Individuals aiming to build proficiency in data
  manipulation techniques

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