This course provides a review of the majority of topics in the SAS 9.4 Base Programming Performance-Based Exam. It addresses the four exam content areas: Accessing and Creating Data Structures, Managing Data, Generating Reports and Output, and Handling Errors

SAS 9.4 Base Programming Performance-Based Exam Review

• Specifics about the SAS 9.4 Base Programming Performance-Based Exam.
• Specifics about this review course.
• Review SAS fundamental concepts.
• Using macro variables to simplify code maintenance.

Access and Create Data Structure

• Investigating SAS data libraries.
• Accessing SAS data sets and data sources not in SAS (Microsoft Excel and text files).
• Creating SAS data sets and reviewing DATA step processes.
• Controlling rows and columns to process and output.
• Modifying column attributes.

Manage Data

• Using assignment statements.
• Conditional processing with IF-THEN/ELSE.
• Sorting and combining tables.
• Accumulating subtotals and totals.
• Manipulating data with functions.
• Iterative processing with DO loops.
• Restructuring data with PROC TRANSPOSE.

Error Handling

• Identifying and resolving programming logic errors.
• Examining and resolving data errors.

Generating Reports and Output

• Generating list reports using the PRINT procedure.
• Generating summary reports and frequency tables using Base SAS procedures.
• Enhancing reports with labels, SAS formats, user-defined formats, titles, footnotes, and SAS reporting options.
• Generating reports using ODS statements.
• Exporting data to text and Microsoft Excel files.

Additional Information

• More specifics about the SAS 9.4 Base Programming Performance-Based Exam.
• Additional preparation resources.
• Test-taking strategies