SAS PROGRAMMING II
15-025-597
SUMMER QUARTER

INSTRUCTOR:    JAMES A. DEDDENS
               PHONE:   556-4081
               OFFICE: 811d OLD CHEM
               WEB PAGE: math.uc.edu/~deddens

TIME:          MWF  12-1 pm

CREDITS:       3 HOURS

TEXTBOOK:      1) SAS  REPORT WRITING: A PROGRAMMING APPROACH
                  COURSE NOTES, SAS INSTITUTE
               2) SQL PROCESSING WITH THE SAS SYSTEM. COURSE NOTES
                  SAS INSTITUTE
               3) QUICK RESULTS WITH SAS/GRAPH SOFTWARE
                  SAS INSTITUTE, by Carpenter & Shipp


PREREQUISITES:    SAS PROGRAMMING 534

      IN THIS COURSE WE WILL LEARN  SEVERAL SAS PROGRAMMING STEPS
NOT COVERED IN 534.  IN PARTICULAR WE WILL COVER PROC REPORT, PROC SQL,
PROC TABULATE, MORE ON THE PUT STATEMENT, PROC IML, PROC GPLOT AND  AF.
      WE WILL HAVE A MIDTERM EXAM ON WEDNESDAY JULY 19 AND A FINAL PROJECT,
IN ADDITION TO APPROXIMATELY 5 HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS.

     THE FINAL PROJECT WILL BE A TEAM (1,2,3 persons) PROJECT WHERE THE
TEAM MAKES AN ORAL PRESENTATION IN CLASS USING AN EXAMPLE TO ILLUSTRATE
PRINCIPLES LEARNED IN CLASS.  A GOOD SOURCE OF EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND BY
VISITING THE SAS WEB-PAGE AND DOWNLOADING EXAMPLE CODE FROM SOME SAS
PUBLICATIONS.  FOR EXAMPLE:

i)    SAS GUIDE TO REPORT WRITING:EXAMPLES
ii)   PROC TABULATE BY EXAMPLE
iii)  GETTING STARTED WITH THE SQL PROCEDURE
etc

  YOU MUST:
a)  ORGANIZE YOUR TEAM
b)  OBTAIN MY APPROVAL OF YOUR PROJECT BY JULY 7
c)  OBTAIN A DATE FROM ME FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
d)  PREPARE CLASS HANDOUTS (eg  3-pages)
e)  EMAIL ME YOUR PROGRAM 3 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR PRESENTATION
f)  PRESENTATION COULD START AS EARLY AS JULY 17 SO START EARLY
g)  YOU SHOULD ILLUSTRATE AT LEAST ONE NEW (not discussed in class) OPTION
h)  EARLY SIGNUPS WILL BE REWARDED