SAS Base Programming for SAS 9

Exam Content Guide

Access and Create Data Structures

• Create temporary and permanent SAS data sets.
• Investigate SAS data libraries using base SAS utility procedures.
• Combine SAS data sets.
• Access an Excel workbook.
• Create and manipulate SAS date values.
• Export data to create standard and comma-delimited raw data files.
• Control which observations and variables in a SAS data set are processed and output.

Manage Data

• Sort observations in a SAS data set.
• Conditionally execute SAS statements.
• Use assignment statements in the DATA step.
• Modify variable attributes using options and statements in the DATA step.
• Accumulate sub-totals and totals using DATA step statements.
• Use SAS functions to manipulate character data, numeric data, and SAS date values.
• Use SAS functions to convert character data to numeric and vice versa.
• Process data using DO LOOPS.
• Validate and clean data.

Generate Reports

• Generate list reports using the PRINT procedure.
• Generate summary reports and frequency tables using base SAS procedures.
• Enhance reports through the use of user-defined formats, titles, footnotes and SAS System reporting.
• Generate reports using ODS statements.

Error Handling

• Identify and resolve programming logic errors.
• Recognize and correct syntax errors.
• Examine and resolve data errors.