SAS Training and Certification

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Edureka

Edureka’s SAS Training and Certification course will make you an Analytics and SAS Programming expert, writing SAS codes and using SAS for everyday problems.

Mode

Online

Fees

₹ 8999 9999

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

As a learner of the SAS Training and certification online course, you will become adept at writing SAS code and analyzing real problems. Edureka has built the course curriculum to specifically teach concepts and develop skills of SAS Programming language, leading statistical techniques and several tools that are important for a successful Analytical professional.

The techniques taught in the SAS Training and certification course can be used to become an advanced SAS programmer. The training includes several practical learning exercises with a series of interactive activities to impart a lasting learning experience on the student.

Moreover, the candidates will learn a wide range of topics such as ‘Set and merge statements’, SAS arrays, useful SAS functions, Advanced SAS procedures, data optimization, PROC, clustering, data sorting and much more. In addition to learning theory, candidates will also get hands-on experience on various SAS topics.

The SAS Training and certification live online course prepares the students for the following certifications: SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 and SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9.

The highlights

  • No prerequisites 
  • Live Online Study
  • Instructor-led classes
  • SAS certifications
  • Live case studies
  • Practicals
  • Resume-building software
  • Online LMS
  • Hands-on Training
  • Interactive learning

Program offerings

  • Instructor-led live online classes
  • Certification
  • Training
  • Sas certification
  • Lifetime access
  • 24 x 7 expert support
  • Community forum.

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 8,999  ₹9,999

SAS training and certification fee details

HeadAmount in INR
Original priceRs. 9,999
Discounted priceRs. 8,999

  *No Cost EMI starts at Rs. 3,000 / month

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Edureka

Who it is for

The SAS Training and Certification is useful for anyone who wants to try his hands on SAS programming. Other professionals, from technology fields, can acquire a robust foundation of this popular analytical language. The course is beneficial for:

  • Analytics Professionals
  • Professionals and Students looking to pursue Data Analytics via SAS
  • SAS Developers

Eligibility criteria

Eligibility Criteria

There are no official prerequisites for candidates to enrol in the SAS Training and Certification on Edureka. However, it will be in your favour if you have a prior experience of programming, an understanding of basic concepts such as functions, variables, arrays, flow-control. Additionally, it will also benefit you if you have a basic knowledge of Statistics as well.

What you will learn

Programming skills Data science knowledge

After successful completion and a thorough understanding of the SAS Training and certification by Edureka, learners will be able to:

  • Build and solve models using PROC OPT MODEL
  • Implement and invoke SQL queries in the SAS program
  • Analyze statistics and perform advanced statistical techniques with SAS
  • Perform conditional and iterative looping into your SAS program
  • Explain SAS GUI, datasets, import/export of manipulated data
  • Perceive Analytics with SAS
  • Gain in-depth knowledge of integrating and refining datasets
  • Simplify a SAS program with SAS arrays
  • Perform automation on complex repeated tasks using MACROS
  • Execute ODS statement with SAS

The syllabus

Getting Started with SAS

Topics covered
  • Creating an Instream SAS Dataset
  • Illustration of SAS Datasets
  • Different Data Types in SAS
  • Explore SAS GUI, SAS window and its contents
  • Use Cases of SAS implementation
  • Basic Procedural statements
  • The Data step and procedural step
  • Use of Formats and Informats in SAS
  • Rules for the definition of a SAS name
  • Installing SAS University Edition
  • Assessing Input Buffer and Program Data Vector (PDV)
Hands-On
  • Generating the output using PROC PRINT
  • Converting data as per required format
  • Navigating the SAS windows environment
  • Creating a dataset using CARDS
  • Nuts and bolts of SAS programming steps

Processing and Integrating with the Data Step

Topics
  • Creating a new variable
  • Set and Merge Statements
  • Working with Temporary and Permanent Datasets
  • Manipulating influx of datasets into SAS
  • Import of Data in SAS
Hands-on
  • Demonstrating import of external data within SAS using PROC IMPORT
  • Performing operations with KEEP, DROP and RENAME and LABEL options
  • Creating integrated datasets using SET/MERGE
  • Demonstrating import of external data within SAS using INFILE
  • Creating Permanent Datasets
  • Constructing a new variable

Customizing Datasets

Topics
  • SAS Arrays
  • PUT/INPUT Functions
  • Numeric Functions
  • Conditional and Iterative Processing
  • Useful SAS Functions
  • Date/Time Functions
  • Character Functions
Hands-on
  • Use of DO, DO WHILE, DO UNTIL, IF-ELSE, ELSE, ELSE IF
  • Operation with INPUT/PUT functions
  • Performing programming with Numeric functions
  • Demonstrate the use of arrays in SAS 
  • Writing a Program with date/time functions
  • Executing a program with Character Functions

Advanced SAS Procedures

Topics
  • Proc Univariate
  • Proc Rank
  • Proc Transpose
  • Proc Freq
  • Proc Sort
  • Proc Dataset
  • Proc Corr
  • Proc Summary
  • Proc Surveyselect
  • Proc Means
  • Proc Format
Hands-On
  • Generating ranks for statistical data
  • Conducting sampling: Random and Stratified
  • Performing re-structuring of data
  • Obtaining statistical means of variables
  • Checking the degree of dependence within different variables

Advanced Statistical Proficiency with SAS

Topics
  • Non-Hierarchical Clustering (K means Clustering)
  • Logistic Regression
  • Introduction to Clustering
  • Simple and Multiple Linear Regression
  • Hierarchical Clustering
Hands-On
  • Writing a SAS advanced program with PROC FASTCLUS
  • Demonstrate modelling using PROC LOGISTIC
  • Demonstrate the use of PROC CLUSTER 
  • Performing operations on regression with PROC REG

Optimization of variables and SAS ODS

Topics
  • Realizing Optimization Models
  • Solving the Rosenbrock Problem
  • Introduction to ODS
  • Benefits of using ODS
  • Generating doc file
  • Generating rtf file
  • Generating HTML file
  • Generating pdf file
  • What is Data Optimization
  • Using Proc Optmodel
Hands-on
  • Create pdf and doc files
  • Create HTML files
  • Extracting optimized outputs 
  • Writing a program with PROC OPT MODEL
  • Create an rtf file
  • Routing quality presentation files
  • Solving the optimization model using SOLVE

PROC SQL

Topics
  • JOINS and UNIONS 
  • The CASE expression
  • The SELECT statement
  • Creating new tables
  • Sorting Data
  • Other SELECT statement clauses
Hands-On
  • Application of WHERE clause
  • Using ORDER BY clause
  • Merging Datasets
  • Writing the SELECT clause
  • Demonstrating the SQL Procedure

Using SAS Macros

Topics
  • Benefits of using SAS Macros
  • Macro Variables
  • Positional Parameters to Macros
  • Introduction to Macros
  • Macro Code Constituents
  • Macro Step
Hands-On
  • Performing Macro coding by passing parameters
  • Writing a Macro code to simplify a program
  • Demonstrate the use of Macro variables in SAS
  • Demonstrate Macro step programming

Admission details

Aspirants who want to enrol in the SAS Training and Certification course at Edureka have to follow the steps listed below:

Step 1 – Go to the SAS Training and Certification digital course webpage. 

Step 2 –Click on the ‘Enroll Now’ button. A popup window will be displayed asking for your phone number and Email address. Fill in the details and hit ‘Enter’.

Step 3 – A payment webpage will open. There are multiple modes of payment. Choose one and pay for the course.

Step 4 – After the payment is successful, you will receive all the relevant course details and information on your registered email ID and contact number.

Now you have successfully enrolled in the SAS Training and Certification course by Edureka.


Filling the form

Students or professionals desirous of enrolling in the SAS Training and Certification via Edureka are required to register on Edureka’s official website. Candidates must fill the requested info and pay the fee for the course. After this has been done, candidates will obtain the needed details and information on the specified email and phone. Live Online classes will now be available to the learner.

How it helps

The Edureka SAS Training and Certification course will make candidates learn SAS to work with datasets and enable them to perform advanced statistical techniques. Thus, learners can obtain optimized results with advanced SAS programming.

Candidates can also avail career-centric benefits from this SAS Training and Certification programme. These are: -

  • SAS is the primary analytics tool used by Banks, some of the largest KPOs, financial services firms, telecom companies and consulting companies. Learning SAS will help a candidate gain an edge over the competition.
  • The SAS Training and Certification at Edureka’s site makes you a certified and in-demand SAS professional. This will boost your career by providing well-paying analytics job opportunities with hands-on expertise around management and data mining concepts.
  • SAS is a leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant.
  • SAS helps customers make better decisions faster.

FAQs

What are the system requirements for the SAS Training and Certification course?

Hardware Requirements:- Minimum 1 GB RAM with 64-bit hardware. Software requirements: SAS University Edition software installed on MAC OS X 10.8 or latest, Linux or Microsoft Windows 7 or latest.

What case studies will be included in the course?

Near the end of the SAS Training and Certification course on Edureka, candidates will have the chance of working on a live case study from the banking domain. Data handled will be customer-level, transaction-level and accounts-level. Problem to be solved will be to build a Customer Analytics Record.

How are the practicals to be executed?

A detailed guide is given in the LMS for setting up the SAS University Edition computer software environment for executing the practicals. But, even if you still have any doubts, an expert support team is here 24 x 7 to assist you.

What to do If I miss a class?

There is no scope of missing a class At Edureka! You can go for either attend the missed session in any other live batch or view the recorded session available in your LMS.

Am I able to attend a demo session for SAS Training and Certification before enrollment?

No, a demo class is not available. However, you can go through the sample of a class recording and assess the quality of instructors and interaction levels in an online session.

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