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1 10-week SAS Training Program Passing the exam is guaranteed. Need help getting certified as a SAS Base Programmer? We can help! Our 10-week SAS Training Program is a complete SAS training program that guarantees that you will pass the exam. The training program includes: (1) Complete Coverage of the SAS Base Exam, (2) 100+ Practice Exam, (3) Practical SAS Exercises, (4) Three Practical SAS Projects and (5) A Final Mock Exam. Your passing score on the exam is GUARANTEED. Register now and become a certified SAS Base Programmer in 10 weeks! Key Benefits Complete Preparation for SAS Base Exam Our 10-week SAS Training Program covers a wide range of topics including SAS Basics, Data Sets, Variable Attributes, SAS Functions, Data Read-in, Manipulation, Cleansing, Statistical Analysis and Report Production. You will learn every topic for the exam and more! Practical SAS Projects Our 10-week SAS Training Program does not only teach you topics for the exam, but also the practical usage of SAS programming. You will learn how to read-in, clean up, manipulate, analyze data and present the results utilizing the SAS report capabilities. You will be ready for the job market! Competitive Pricing Across Toronto Our 10-week SAS Training Program costs one payment of $999 only. It is the lowest price across all the major institutes in the Greater Toronto Area. You will receive the best bang for your buck! Exam Passing Guaranteed We take our promise seriously. If you do not pass the exam after the completion of the entire program, you will receive: A $100 refund (no questions asked) Up to 2 hours of one-on-one training to go over all the unclear topics You will pass the exam, guaranteed!

2 SAS Base Training (10-week schedule) Week 1 (3-4 hours) Introduction to SAS Level 1 Week 2 (3-4 hours) 15 Most Common SAS Functions Week 3 (3-4 hours) 6 Variable Attributes Week 4 (3-4 hours) SAS Programming Project Week 5 (3-4 hours) Data Read-in Level 2 Week 6 (3-4 hours) Data Manipulation Week 7 (3-4 hours) SAS Programming Project SAS Base Exam Week 8 (3-4 hours) Statistical Analysis Level 3 Week 9 (3-4 hours) Proc Report Additional Exam Topics SAS Base Exam Week 10 (3-4 hours) Final Mock Exam

3 10-week SAS Training Program Level 1 Week 2 Week 4 You can t run before you can walk. You can t master the fancy SAS programs before you learn the basics. In 10-week SAS Training Program Level 1, you will learn all the fundamental concepts of SAS programming, such as the most common SAS functions as well as the variable attributes in SAS. You will also go through a practical and highly challenging SAS project to help you master the basics of SAS. By the end of the course, you will have a rock-sold foundation of SAS! Week 2: The 15 Most Common Functions in SAS You don t learn a new spoken language by learning every single word in the dictionary, and you don t learn SAS by learning all the functions available in the system. In SAS, there are about 200+ functions available for a programmer. However, there are only about functions that are used on a regular basis. The 15 MOST COMMON functions in SAS How to look up SAS support for uncommon functions The If-Then statement Week 3: Variable Attributes Did you know that 40% of SAS programming mistakes are made due to variable attributes? The 6 attributes of SAS variable How to convert variables from one type to another Dealing with date and time Creating a custom format for your data

4 Week 4: SAS Project You won t truly understand SAS until you go through the pain of debugging your program. In the week 3 training session, you will go through a practical data cleansing project that requires you to utilize the materials taught in the previous two weeks. Being able to clean up data using SAS is a skill required by most employers. You will learn step-by-step how to clean up any data set you might encounter in any business environment.

5 10-week SAS Training Program Level 2 Week 5 Week 7 80% of the SAS programming tasks involve data read-in and data manipulation. In 10-week SAS Training Program Level 2, you will learn how to utilize SAS diverse data read-in capabilities to read-in a wide variety of data. You will also pick up some of the more complex data manipulation skills that are expected from an intermediate SAS programmer. By the end of the course, you will be able to not only answer all of the related SAS Base Exam questions but also handle the majority of the SAS programming tasks. Week 5: Data Read-in Data read-in is a major topic for the SAS Base Certification Exam. You must learn how to read-in a wide range of data utilizing the SAS data read-in capabilities. The four data read-in methods in SAS How to read-in delimited files, character values, special formats, column input, conditional input and so forth Week 6: Data Manipulation Data must be processed and manipulated before any analysis can be done. This is true regardless of the industry you are in. How to combine, sort, merge and transpose data sets in SAS Array, cumulative summation Do-loop

6 Week 7: SAS Base Exam / SAS Project About 15-20% of the SAS Base Exam questions are related to data read-in and data manipulation. You must have a strong understanding of these topics in order to pass the exam. In this lesson, we will: Go through some of the more common SAS Base Exam questions related to data read-in and data manipulation Work on a fairly complex data manipulation project that utilizes the SAS data manipulation capabilities By end of the lesson, you will have acquired the skills needed to handle a wide range of data manipulation tasks.

7 10-week SAS Training Program Level 3 Week 8 Week 10 Although SAS is excellent software for data processing and data manipulation, the true strength of SAS is its unparalleled capabilities in delivering accurate and robust statistical analysis results. In 10-week SAS Training Program Level 3, you will learn how to perform summary statistics, frequency statistics, regression analysis and student t-test. You will also learn some of the more common exam topics such as results printing and report production. By the end of the course, you will have learned all you need to be an intermediate SAS programmer. You will also be 100% ready for the SAS Base Exam. Week 8: Statistical Analysis You can t become a chef without knowing how to cook, and you can t become a data analyst without knowing how to analyze the data. The most common statistical procedures such as PROC MEANS, PROC FREQ and PROC REG How to perform, analyze and export statistical results using ODS (Output Delivery System) Week 9: Additional SAS Topics / SAS Project The SAS Base Exam covers a wide range of topics. In order to ensure you have complete understanding of the expectations of the SAS Base Exam, the last lesson will wrap up the program with a fairly challenging statistical analysis project. How to perform a student t-test on a large data set How to automate your program using SAS macros

8 Week 10: Mock Exam In this lesson, we will go through a mock exam and review any topics that you aren t familiar with. You will be ready for the exam, guaranteed.

From The Little SAS Book, Fifth Edition. Full book available for purchase here.

From The Little SAS Book, Fifth Edition. Full book available for purchase here. Acknowledgments ix Introducing SAS Software About This Book xi What s New xiv x Chapter 1 Getting Started Using SAS Software