Introduction to SAS/Enterprise Guide (EG)

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Introduction to SAS/Enterprise Guide (EG)

• Welcome to ITs seminar on statistical packages
• Sam Gordji, ccsam_at_olemiss.edu
• Weir 107

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SAS, SAS/EG

• 50 copies are available for faculty use
• For each copy purchased, a faculty member can get
  a free copy (to be installed on a student PC)
• The cost is 200 per copy per year (Starting Aug.
  09)
• To obtain a copy of SAS please email
• assist_at_mcsr.olemiss.edu
• ccsam_at_olemiss.edu

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Installation of SAS/EG

• SAS/EG comes in separate CDs
• SAS/EG should be installed after SAS is installed
  and tested
• To get the CDs for SAS/EG, please contact
• assist_at_olemiss.edu

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General Information

• Email your questions to
• assist_at_mcsr.olemiss.edu
• ccsam_at_olemiss.edu
• Please fill out the performance report and leave
  your email address so we may contact you for
  follow up questions

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General Information

• This seminar covers SAS and the SAS Enterprise
  Guide (EG)
• SPSS, SAS, and Mathematica are available in Weir
  Student Lab, Weir 107, and several other labs
  around campus
• SAS may be started with or without EG
• We will look at a few short examples of SAS
  SAS/EG

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General Information

• IT staff will assist users to access these
  packages. We also assist users to find the proper
  procedure to analyze their data. If you need
  assistance please send an email to
• assist_at_mcsr.olemiss.edu
• ccsam_at_olemiss.edu

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Todays Topics

• Enterprise Guide (EG) is a Front-End Program for
  SAS
• Available to those who have SAS
• UM SAS users may obtain a free copy of EG
• While running EG, SAS will run in the background
• EG builds tasks, while SAS runs them

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Todays Topics

• EG accepts various formats, e.g. .xls
• Programming is similar to Point and Click and
  Drag and Drop
• SAS may be launched with or without EG
• Access to much of SAS procs
• Creating and running a few examples

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Useful Links

• The main webpage
• http//www.sas.com/
• For information on documentations for SAS visit
• http//support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/docMainpage.j
  sp
• Link for EG
• http//www.sas.com/technologies/bi/query_reporting
  /guide/
• We will visit the above site and look at SAS Base
  EG

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SAS Enterprise Webpage
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Running Enterprise Guide 4

• Download graph_eg.xls to your desktop
• Click Start-gtProgram-gtSAS-gtEnterprise Guide 4
• Close the small window that appears
• Choose File-gtopen-gt datagt Local Computer
• Choose your input file (e.g. graph_eg.xls), then
  click open
• Open your data by
• clicking sheet1-gtopen, then choose the first
  option
• Your input data appears

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Running Enterprise Guide 4 (Cont.)

• From the File menu choose describe-gt summary
  statistics
• To run proc describe move the first variable to
  the right and click run
• Choose another proc and run it
• Close all windows and close SAS/EG

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Running Enterprise Guide 4 (Cont.)

• Download dwashchith.xls to your desktop
• Launch SAS/EG
• File-gtopen-gtdata-gtlocal computergtdesktop-gt
  dwashchith.xls
• Choose Analyze-gtANOVA-gt Nonparametric one-way
• Choose PosMdS as your independent variable
• Choose Collabl as your dependent variable
• Click run

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Running Enterprise Guide 4 (Cont.)

• Close all the windows
• Open SAS Enterprise Guide
• Open dwashchith.xls
• Find ANOVA under analyze and perform one way ANOVA