SAS Analytics,Data analysis using SAS

July 23rd, 2009

SAS Analytics,Data analysis   using  SAS

Duration:60 hours

course  fee :Rs 30,000/-

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phone no:9312506496

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Course content

1. Introduction to the SAS Language

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Basic Language: Rules and Syntax

1.3 Creating SAS Data Sets

1.4 The INPUT Statement

1.5 SAS Data Step Programming Statements Their Uses

1.6 Data Step Processing

1.7 More on INPUT Statement

1.7.1 Use of Pointer controls

1.7.2 The trailing@ line-hold specifier

1.7.3 The trailing@ @ line-hold specifier

1.7.4 Uses of RETAIN statement

1.7.5 The use of line pointer controls

1.8 Using SAS Procedures


2. More on SAS Programming and some Applications

2.1 More on the DATA and PROC STEPS

2.1.1 Reading data from files

2.1.2 Combing SAS data sets

2.1.3 Saving and retrieving permanent SAS data Sets

2.1.4 User- defined in formats and formats

2.1.5 Creating SAS data sets in procedure steps

2.2 SAS Procedures for Computing Statistics

2.2.1 The UNIVARIATE procedures

2.2.2 The FREQ procedure

2.3 Some Useful Base SAS Procedures

2.3.1 The PLOT procedures

2.3.2 The CHART procedures

2.3.3 The TABULATE procedure


3. Statistical Graphics Using SAS / GRAPH

3.1 INTRODUCTINS

3.2 An INTRODUCTINS to SAS / GRAPH

3.2.1 Useful SAS / GRAPH procedures

GPLOT procedure

GCHART procedure

3.2.2 Writing SAS/Graph programs

3.3 Quantile Plots

3.4 Empirical Quantile- Quantile Plots

3.5 Theoretical Quantile- Quantile Plots or probability Plots

3.6 Profile Plots of Means or Interaction Plots

3.7 Two Dimensional Scatter Plots and Scatter Plot Matrices

3.7.1 Two –Dimensional Scatter Plots

3.7.2 Scatter plots Matrices

3.8 Histograms Bar Charts and Pie Charts

3.9 Other SAS Procedures for High- resolutions Graphics


4. Statistical Analysis of Regression Models

    1. An Introduction to Simple Linear Regression

4.1.1 Simple linear regression using PROC REG

4.1.2 Lack of fit test using PROC ANOVA

4.1.3 Diagnostics use of case statistics

4.1.4 Predictions of new y values using regressions

4.2 An Introduction to Multiple Regression Analysis

4.2.1 Multiple regression analysis using PROC REG

4.2.2 Case Statistics and residual analysis

4.2.3 Residual Plots

4.2.4 Examining relationships among regression variables

4.3 Types of Sums of Squares Computed in PROC REG and PROC GLM

4.3.1 Model comparison technique and extra sum of squares

4.3.2 Types of sums of squares in SAS

4.4 Subset selection using PROC REG for Model selection

4.4.1 Subset selection using PROC REG

4.4.2 Other options available in PROC REG for model selection

4.5 Inclusion of squared Terms Product terms in Regression Models

4.5.1 Including interaction terms in the model

4.5.2 Comparing slopes of regression lines using interaction

4.5.3 Analysis of models with higher-order terms with PROC REG

5. Analysis of Variance Model

5.1 Introduction

5.1.1 Treatment Structure

5.1.2 Experimental Designs

5.1.3 Linear Models

5.2 One-way Classification

5.2.1 Using PROC ANOVA to analyze one-way Classifications

5.2.2 Making preplanned (or a priori) comparisons using PROC GLM

5.2.3 Testing orthogonal polynomials using contrasts

5.3 One-Way Analysis of Covariance

5.3.1 Using PROC GLM to perform one-way covariance analysis

5.3.2 One-way covariance analysis: Testing for equal slopes

5.4 A two Factorial in a Completely Randomized Design

5.4.1 Analysis of a two-way factorial using PROC GLM

5.4.2 Residual Analysis of Interaction

5.5 Two-Way Factorial: Analysis of Interaction

5.6 Two-Way Factorial: Unequal Sample sizes

5.7 Two way Classification: Randomized Complete Block Design

5.7.1 Using PROC GLM to analyze a RCBD

5.7.2 Using PROC GLM to test for nonadditivity


6. Analysis of Variance: Random and Mixed Effects Models

6.1 Introduction

6.2 One-way Random Effects Model

6.2.1 Using PROC GLM to analyze one-way Random Effects Models

6.2.2 Using PROC MIXED to analyze one-way Random Effects Models

6.3 Two –way Crossed Random Effects Model

6.3.1 Using PROC GLM and PROC MIXED to analyze two –way Crossed Random Effects Model

6.3.2 Randomized complete block design: Blocking when treatment factors are random

6.4 Two-Way Nested Random Effects Model

6.4.1 Using PROC GLM to analyze two-way nested random effects models

6.4.2 Using PROC MIXED to analyze two-way Nested Random Effects Models

6.5 Two-way Mixed Effects Models

6.5.1 Two-way Mixed Effects Models: Randomized Complete Blocks Design

6.5.2 Two-way Mixed Effects Models: Crossed Classification

6.5.3 Two-way Mixed Effects Models: Nested Classification

6.6 Models with Random and Nested Effects for More Complex Experiments

6.6.1 Models for nested factorials

6.6.2 Models for split-plot experiments

6.6.3 Analysis of split-plot experiments using PROC GLM

6.6.4 Analysis of split-plot experiments using PROC MIXED

Statistics II: ANOVA and Regression

June 4th, 2009

Learn how to use the ODS Graphics facility and the new SG graphical procedures in SAS

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  • fit polymonial regression models using the REG procedure
  • select models based on several statistics and automatic model selection methods using PROC REG
  • evaluate model fit and model assumptions using the REG, GLM, GENMOD, and UNIVARIATE procedures
  • fit Poisson, negative binomial, and gamma regression models using the GENMOD procedure
  • perform analysis of variance using the GLM procedure
  • write CONTRAST and ESTIMATE statements in PROC GLM
  • fit regression models with dummy variables using PROC REG and ANCOVA models using PROC GLM
  • fit models with random effects using the MIXED procedure
  • create a variety of statistical graphs.

Course  duration :30 hours

fee :Rs 15,000/-

Course Content

Regression

  • building and evaluating multiple polynomial regression models
  • dealing with violations of model assumptions

Analysis of Variance

  • performing n-way ANOVA
  • interpreting significant interactions
  • writing CONTRAST and ESTIMATE statements
  • understanding issues associated with unbalanced data

Regression Using Indicator Variables and Analysis of Covariance

  • using and interpreting indicator variables in the REG procedure
  • building and interpreting analysis of covariance models using the GLM procedure
  • comparing regression using indicator variables with analysis of covariance

Generalized Linear Models

  • using the GENMOD procedure to fit Poisson, negative binomial, and gamma regression models

Linear Mixed Models

  • performing linear mixed model analysis

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Statistics I: Introduction to ANOVA, Regression, and Logistic Regression

June 4th, 2009

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This course is for SAS software users who perform statistical analyses using SAS/STAT software. The focus is on t-tests, ANOVA, linear regression and logistic regression. This course (or equivalent knowledge) is a prerequisite to many of the courses in the statistical analysis curriculum.

Duration:30 hours

Fee : Rs 15,000/-

Course content

Introduction to Statistics

  • examining data distributions
  • obtaining and interpreting sample statistics using the UNIVARIATE and MEANS procedures
  • examining data distributions graphically in the UNIVARIATE and SGPLOT procedures
  • constructing confidence intervals
  • performing simple tests of hypothesis

t-Tests and Analysis of Variance

  • performing tests of differences between two group means using PROC TTEST
  • performing one-way ANOVA with the GLM procedure
  • performing post-hoc multiple comparisons tests in PROC GLM
  • performing two-way ANOVA with and without interactions

Linear Regression

  • producing correlations with the CORR procedure
  • fitting a simple linear regression model with the REG procedure
  • understanding the concepts of multiple regression
  • using automated model selection techniques in PROC REG to choose from among several candidate models
  • interpreting models

Linear Regression Diagnostics

  • examining residuals
  • investigating influential observations
  • assessing collinearity

Categorical Data Analysis

  • producing frequency tables with the FREQ procedure
  • examining tests for general and linear association using the FREQ procedure
  • understanding exact tests
  • understanding the concepts of logistic regression
  • fitting univariate and multivariate logistic regression models using the e LOGISTIC procedur

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Modeling data for Marketing , Risk and Customer Relationship Management :using sas

June 2nd, 2009

Modeling data for Marketing , Risk and Customer Relationship Management

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Explore the inner workings of data mining techniques  for  Modeling   data   for   Marketing , Risk   and Customer   Relationship  Management :Using  SAS and how to make them work for you.

Learn how to

Modeling   data   for   Marketing , Risk   and Customer   Relationship  Management :Using  SAS
Who should attend

Business analysts, their managers, and statisticians

Duration:36 hours

Course Content:

1.Defining the goal,Profile analysis,Segmentation,Response,Risk

Activation,Cross sell and Upsell,Attrition,Net present value

Lifetime value

2.Choosing the modeling methodology

Liner Regression,Logistic regression,Hiring and team work

Product focus versus customer focus

3.Selecting the data sources

Source of data,Internal sources,External sources,Selecting Data for modeling

Data for prospecting,Data for customer Models,Data for Risk Models

Constructing the modeling data set,How big should my sample be?

Sampling method,

4. Preparing for data modeling

Accessing the data,Classifying data,Reading raw data

Creating the Modeling data set,Sampling,Cleaning the data

Continuous Variable,Categorical variables

5.processing and evaluating model

Processing the data,Splitting the data

Method 1: One model,Method 2:two model –response

Two model activation,Comparing method 1 and method 2

.validating the model,Implementing and maintaining the model

Implementing the modeling,Optimizing customer profitability

Retaining customers proactively
6.Understanding  your  customer :profiling  and  segmentation

What is the  importance  of understanding   your  customers?

Types  of profiling and  segmentation

RFM  analysis penetration analysis

Developing a  customer value matrix   for  a  credit

Card  company

Customer value  analysis

Performing cluster analysis   to  discover   customer   segments

Targeting  new prospects: Modeling Response

7. Avoiding High –Risk customers :Modeling Risk

Credit  scoring   and Risk Modeling

Defining  the  objectives

Preparing  the  variables

Processing  the  model

Validating the   model

Bootstrapping

Implementing the  model

Scaling the Risk score

A different  kind  of  Risk: fraud

8.Retaining  the profitable customers: Modeling churn

9.Targeting profitable   customers: Life time value

10. web mining  and  modeling

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Data Mining Techniques: Theory and Practice :Using SAS

June 2nd, 2009

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Explore the inner workings of data mining techniques and how to make them work for you. Students are taken through all the steps of a data mining project, beginning with problem definition and data selection, and continuing through data exploration, data transformation, sampling, portioning, modeling, and assessment.

Learn how to

  • use a data mining methodology
  • build and use decision trees and neural networks for modeling and scoring
  • use survival analysis and create survival curves.

Who should attend

Business analysts, their managers, and statisticians

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Duration:36 hours

Course Content:

Introduction to Data Mining

  • what is data mining?
  • directed and undirected data mining
  • models
  • profiling and prediction

Data Mining Methodology

  • why have a methodology?
  • how data miners can inadvertently learn things that are not true
  • translating business problems into data mining problems
  • the importance of model stability
  • finding the right input variables
  • sampling to create balanced model sets
  • partitioning to create training, validation, and test sets
  • data preparation
  • model assessment

Data Exploration

  • developing intuition about data
  • data structure
  • data types
  • data values
  • exploring distributions
  • summary statistics
  • histograms
  • using SAS Enterprise Miner for data exploration

Statistics and Regression

  • the null hypothesis
  • statistical significance
  • confidence bounds
  • variance and standard deviation
  • standardized values
  • correlation
  • linear regression
  • logistic regression
  • using SAS Enterprise Miner to build regression models

Decision Trees

  • decision trees as data exploration and classification tools
  • decision trees for modeling and scoring
  • decision trees for variable selection
  • alternate representations of decision trees
  • algorithms used to build decision trees
  • splitting criteria
  • recognizing instability and overfitting in decision tree models
  • capturing interactions between variables
  • using SAS Enterprise Miner to build decision trees

Neural Networks

  • origins of neural networks
  • neural networks compared with regression
  • the algorithms used to train neural networks
  • data preparation requirements for neural networks
  • picking appropriate inputs for neural networks
  • creating neural network models using SAS Enterprise Miner

Memory Based Reasoning

  • similarity and distance
  • distance metrics appropriate for different kinds of data
  • the role of the training set in MBR
  • combining the votes of several neighbors
  • other K-nearest neighbor techniques
  • collaborative filtering
  • using the SAS Enterprise Miner MBR node

Clustering

  • more on similarity and distance
  • the K-means algorithm
  • divisive clustering
  • agglomerative clustering
  • data preparation for clustering
  • interpreting clusters
  • finding clusters with SAS Enterprise Miner

Survival Analysis

  • origins of survival analysis
  • how business data is different from clinical data
  • hazards and hazard charts
  • retention curves and survival curves
  • calculating survival from retention
  • calculating hazards empirically
  • parametric hazard models
  • censoring
  • competing risks
  • survival based forecasting
  • using SAS code in SAS Enterprise Miner to create survival curves

Miscellaneous Techniques

  • link analysis
  • genetic algorithms
  • association rules
  • using SAS Enterprise Miner to discover associations in retail data

Putting Data Mining Techniques to Work

  • formulating the business problem as a data mining problem
  • finding the tool that fits the problem

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Clinical SAS Training Delhi

April 30th, 2009

clinical sas training  delhi  at  IISASTR

clinical sas training delhi at IISASTR

Clinical SAS Training course is specifically designed for fresh graduates and for students interested in getting job in a Pharmaceutical Company as SAS Programmer. SAS Training course is designed to teach work and environment of Clinical SAS programmer and we provide placement facilities too.

prerequisite :  Base sas   and  advance  sas

The primary Syllabus of a Clinical SAS programmer includes but not limited to following:

» Perform validation and prepare validation document and other required
documents.
» Generate Reports, Listing Tables and Graphs.
» Support FDA submission.

This clinical SAS Training can help you get SAS certification and will definitely enhance your skills around clinical trial. Following is a quick overview of Training steps:

Why SAS? What is SAS? What is the use of SAS?

Difference between Clinical SAS and Financial SAS
What are the basic steps in SAS?
What are data steps, procs, and macros?
How to develop Listings, Tables and Graphs?
What is the Clinical Trial, why clinical trails are required and how clinical Trials are designed? Why we program Clinical Trials result?
What is Data? Why and how it is collected?
What is pooled data?
How scientist design data collection template?
What is oracle clinical and clintrial?
How to work on real time data (according to Study design)?
What are ISS, ISE, CSS and CSE?
What are the Medical Directories (Meddra, whodrug etc.)?
What are FDA standards and what are the guidelines for the whole process?
How to validate data and TLGs?
E-submission and CDISC standard?
How people are using them in the industry?
Interview questions and How to prepare for interview?

SAS is not just limited to pharmaceutical companies; it’s widely used in Automotive, Banking, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Government & Education, Healthcare, Insurance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Retail and Telecommunications. With the continuous growth in the development of new drugs in the Pharmaceutical world, SAS has a bright future and offers great opportunities to build a successful career. Apart, from the quality Training on SAS we will provide any other possible help.

Note: We offer Weekday and Weekend training classes. Please visit our r website www.iisastr.com or  contact 9312506496

email:   info@iisastr.com

sas question of the day

March 30th, 2009

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Q. Which SAS statement below will change the characteristics of a variable if it was used in a data step?

A. SCAN
B. ATTRIB
C. FORMAT
D. PUT
E. ARRAY

We  put  a  question  of  base  sas   ,advance sas ,predictive Modeling   or  interview question  , every day  in      this   section  and  to    know  the  answer please  send  a email  to   qa@iisastr.com with  subject  line    question   no  . also  you  may  send  any  question  to  get  answer.

Interview Question:

Q1.When reading    data ,if  you do  not  specify the  length  of  a varibles .what  is  the  default  length?

Q2. can  the trailing @ control be  used  in  the    LIST,COLUMN, or  Formattedt Input  statement?

Q3.In  which method ,Merge  with By statement   or     SQL procedure,will you  get a  warning message   when combining common variables  from data sets unless you  select variables  from  individual data sets?

Q4.   Mr  Raj      sas  programmer  has  written  the  following  code

data iisastr;

if age>25 then drop   sex;

run;

Do you  think   above  program  will  run without   any  error   or  not.

please     answer  with  reason?

Q5. Can  a  where    statement   be  applied   to   DATA   steps   with  an   INPUT   statement?

Q6.Ms Lily  has  written  the  following  code .

data iisastr;

set iisastr_delhi;

run;

Do  you  think  that  ,  during the execution phase  of  the  above  program

,it  will  create   a   input   buffer    to  store the  values of the  observation?

IISASTR required research analyst with spss for his client at Gurgaon

March 23rd, 2009

International  Institute  of   SAS  training   and  research(IISASTR) http://www.iisastr.com required   research analyst  with  spss  for   his  client  at  Gurgaon

candidate  should  be  mba  with  two  years experience   in  SPSS.

please    send  your  resume    to  hr@iisastr.com  with  subject  line   jobcode:spss-100

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Kline & Company is seeking Statistician/Business Analyst India

March 22nd, 2009

Kline & Company is seeking a highly motivated individual for consideration as a Statistician/Business Analyst for Kline’s multiclient market research studies division. This position will be based in our Kline India offices which are located at Gurgaon, Haryana.

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