Introduction to SAS for Beginners, May 2019

Description:

SAS is a powerful programming language used throughout academia and business. It offers a syntax-based environment that handles data management, graphics, simple and advanced statistical analyses, and reproducible workflows.

Objectives:

This workshop is intended for those with training in basic statistics, but without any SAS experience. The goal is to provide participants with all the skills necessary to:

• Import and clean slightly messy data;
• Create variables and merge data;
• Introduce programming loops and arrays;
• Produce descriptive statistics and basic plots;
• Perform common analyses such as t-tests and linear regression; and
• Produce PDF report documents via the ODS delivery system.

There will be a hands-on component to the workshop for participants who bring their own laptops with SAS installed. This is encouraged, but not mandatory. Please see application link below.

Documents:

Introduction to SAS for Beginners Poster

Cost:

$50.00 – Academic, Researchers and Students

Speaker:

Brenden Dufault is a full-time biostatistical consultant with the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation. He has 10 years of experience with the design and analysis of studies in the clinical sciences, population health, randomized trials, and epidemiology. His interests include mixed-effects, latent mixture, and high-dimensional prediction models.

SAS Application for U of M faculty, staff, and students can be accessed at the following link:

https://umanitoba.ca/computing/ist/software/media/SAS_Application_2017.pdf

Contact Information:

For more information, please email DataScience@chimb.ca.

Registration Cancellation Policy:

A registration refund will be made upon written request on or before May 8, 2019. A $35 administrative fee will be retained. No refunds will be made for cancellations after this date.