Fall 2020 - STAT 642 G100
Introduction to Statistical Computing and Exploratory Data Analysis - SAS (2)
Class Number: 3828
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Dec 9, 2020
Wed, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Prerequisites:
STAT 285 or STAT 302 or STAT 305 or BUEC 333 or equivalent. Open only to students in departments other than Statistics and Actuarial Science.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Introduces the SAS statistical package. Data management; reading, editing and storing statistical data; data exploration and representation; summarizing data with tables, graphs and other statistical tools; and data simulation. Students with credit for STAT 340 or STAT 342 may not take STAT 642 for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Outline:
SAS component
1. What is SAS?
- Downloading and installing
- Overview of the system
2. Data management in SAS
a. Data input and structures
- DATA step
- Reading specially formatted files
- Date/time/character formats and manipulations
- Derived variables
- Exporting
b. Data access: from database systems using query languages
c. Merging and reshaping data
- sorting/subsetting (set/if/where statements)/ merging/transposing
- processing using DO LOOPS and SAS arrays
- modify variable attributes
3. Data exploration and representation in SAS
- basic procs (print, plot, tabulate, means, univariate, freq)
- by statement and uses in analysis and simulation
- output delivery system to extract information from analyses
4. Data simulation in SAS
Mode of teaching:
- Lecture: Asynchronous
- Stats Workshop/tutorial: TBD
- Quizzes: TBD; dates TBA
- Final exam: TBD; date TBA
Grading
- Assignments 15%
- Quizzes (most probably 2) 15%
- Midterm Exam 30%
- Final Exam 40%
NOTES:
Above grading is subject to change.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Access to high-speed internet, webcam
REQUIRED READING:
Required Text:
SAS and R, Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and Graphics, 2nd ed, by Ken Kleinman and Nicholas J. Horton, Publisher: CRC Press
Hard Copy ISBN: 9781466584495
eBook ISBN: 9781466584501
eBook Rental ISBN: 9781466584501
Graduate Studies Notes:
Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.
Registrar Notes:
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TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020
Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).