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Introductory Programming Courses

Audience Classroom courses Self-Paced e-Learning
Programming approach
Beginning computer users that want to learn to write simple SAS programs. SAS Programming Introduction: Basic Concepts SAS Programming Introduction: Basic Concepts (13 hours of content)
Anyone with prior programming experience that wants to learn to program in SAS. SAS Programming 1: Essentials SAS Programming Library (38.5 hours of content)
Non-programming, point-and-click approach
Anyone that wants to use SAS' point-and-click interface to query data and create reports. Querying and Reporting Using SAS Enterprise Guide Querying, Reporting, and Analyzing Data Using SAS Enterprise Guide (8 hours of content)
Experienced SAS Enterprise Guide users that want to learn to write SAS programs and modify their Enterprise Guide generated code. SAS Programming for SAS Enterprise Guide Users Programming Using SAS Enterprise Guide (1.5 hours of content)

Introductory Statistical Analysis Courses

Prior SAS programming experience is assumed; consider the programming courses above if needed.
Audience Classroom courses Self-Paced e-Learning
Programming approach to analysis
Anyone that wants to generate statistical analyses using continuous or categorical response variables. Statistics 1: Introduction to ANOVA, Regression, or Logistic Regression Not available
Point-and-click approach to analysis
Anyone that wants to generate statistical analyses using SAS' point-and-click interface. SAS Enterprise Guide: ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression Performing Statistical Analysis Using SAS Enterprise Guide: Examples (2 hours of content)

Introductory SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform Courses

Audience Classroom courses Self-Paced e-Learning
Business users, data warehouse architects, and SAS system administrators wanting a hands-on overview of the SAS Intelligence Platform, including the Data Integration applications. Overview of SAS Business Intelligence and Data Integration Applications Free SAS BI Overview (1 hour flash demo)

BI Smart Start Library with SAS Enterprise Guide (31 hours of content)
Business users that want a hands-on overview of the SAS Intelligence Platform and the applications used to create reports and analyses using SAS desktop and Web applications. Introduction to SAS Business Intelligence Applications for Reporting and Analysis Free SAS BI Overview (1 hour flash demo)

BI Smart Start Library with SAS Enterprise Guide (31 hours of content)


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