T20 — Introduction to SAS for beginners with little or no previous knowledge.
Day, Time, Duration
Sunday 9 am‑6 pm , 8h
Language Offered
German
Short Description
The SAS programming language plays an important role in the analysis of clinical and epidemiological studies, among others in the context of drug approval. SAS knowledge is therefore relevant for many GMDS members, but has not always been taught during training or studies. Compact introductory courses can facilitate entry into the complex world of SAS. In recent years, SAS tutorials have been held several times as part of the GMDS annual meeting and have always met with great interest. The submitted tutorial would like to cover this obvious need.
The participants should be able to apply the knowledge imparted in the tutorial later at their own workplace in practice. This means that they will be able to independently solve simple tasks in the data preparation and analysis of data with SAS.
To achieve this goal, the tutorial combines lecture and practical programming exercises based on realistic exercise data provided to the participants. Participants receive a sample solution for each exercise.
The following topics will be covered in the tutorial:
-basics of SAS (interactive operation, SAS datasets, SAS programs)
-Data preparation in DATA STEP
-functions, operators, options
-Output of SAS datasets (e.g. PROC PRINT, use of ODS)
-Data analysis (descriptive statistics and simple statistical tests, e.g. PROC FREQ, PROC MEANS).
Subject Requirements
Little prior knowledge
Technical Requirements
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Organizer
Dr. rer. medic. Michael Nonnemacher
Institution
Essen University Hospital, Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE)
Contakt
michael.nonnemacher [at] uk-essen.de
Additional Speaker
Hildegard Lax
Institution
Essen University Hospital, Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE)