SAS System for Elementary Statistical Analysis, Second Edition
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
The Basics
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Purpose
- Audience
- What This Book Is and Isn't
- How This Book Is Organized
- How to Use This Book
- What SAS Software Do You Need?
Chapter 2: Getting Started
- Knowing about Your Computer
- Knowing About SAS Software and Your Computer
- Getting Started with SAS Software
- Summary
- Further Reading
Chapter 3: Creating SAS Data Sets
- What Is a Data Set?
- Understanding the SAS DATA Step
- Creating the Speeding Ticket DATA Set
- Printing a Data Set
- Sorting a Data Set
- Summaries
- Advanced Topics
- Advanced Topics Summaries
- Further Reading
Chapter 4: Summarizing Data
- Levels of Measurement
- Examining Data for Errors
- Descriptive Statistics
- Frequency Tables
- Bar Charts
- Exploratory Data Analysis: Simple Plots
- Using SAS/INSIGHT Software
- Summaries
- Further Reading
- Statistical Background
Chapter 5: Understanding Some Basic Statistical Concepts
- Populations and Samples
- The Normal Distribution
- Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Methods
- Testing for Normality
- Building a Hypothesis Test
- Statistical and Practical Significance
- Summaries
- Further Reading
Chapter 6: Estimating the Mean
- Using One Number to Estimate the Mean
- Effect of Sample Size
- Effect of Population Variability
- The Distribution of Sample Averages
- Confidence Intervals for the Mean
- Summaries
- Further Reading
- Comparing Groups
Chapter 7: Comparing Two Groups
- Deciding between Independent and Paired Groups
- Summarizing Data from Two Independent Groups
- Summarizing Data from Paired Observations
- Building Hypothesis Tests to Compare Two Groups
- Performing the Two-Sample t-test
- Performing the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
- Performing the Paired-Difference t-test
- Performing the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
- Comparing Two Groups by Using PROC INSIGHT
- Summaries
- Further Reading
Chapter 8: Comparing More Than Two Groups
- Summarizing Data from More Than Two Groups
- Building a Hypothesis Test to Compare More Than Two Groups
- Performing a One-Way Analysis of Variance
- Performing a Kruskal-Wallis Test
- Multiple Comparison Procedures
- Comparing More than Two Groups Using PROC INSIGHT
- Summary
- Further Reading
- Fitting Lines to Data
Chapter 9: Correlation and Regression
- Creating a Data Set
- Plotting Two Variables
- Calculating the Correlation Coefficient
- Performing Straight-Line Regression
- Regression with Two or More Independent Variables
- Fitting Curves
- Correlation and Regression when Using PROC INSIGHT
- Summaries
- Further Reading
Chapter 10: Basic Regression Diagnostics
- Diagnostic Tools
- Characteristics of Residuals
- Using Plots of Residuals against Predicted Values
- Finding Out if More Terms Are Needed in a Model
- Using Plots of Residuals against Independent Variables
- Checking for Outliers in the Data
- Residual Plots in Time Sequence
- Summary of Diagnostics for KILOWATT and ENGINE Data
- Summaries
- Further Reading
- Data in Tables
Chapter 11: Creating and Analyzing Crosstabulations
- Creating Tables
- Testing for Independence between Classification Variables
- Measures of Association with Ordinal Variables
- PROC INSIGHT and Crosstabulations
- Summaries
- Further Reading
- Appendices
Appendix 1: Display Manager Basics
Windows in DMS
Typing in and Running a SAS Program
Printing and Saving Output
Appendix 2: Troubleshooting
Solving Common Program Problems
CanŐt Get SAS Software to Run
Received Message about Syntax Error
Received Error Message about Invalid Data
Formatted Values Incomplete
Received Wrong Summaries and an Error Message
Received One Summary Instead of Several
Wrong Chart Produced
Didn't Get an Analysis of Variance
Didn't Get Multiple Comparison Procedures
CouldnŐt Add Variable to Regression
Different Regression Results for Same MODEL Statements
Table Doesn't Show All Levels of a Variable
Appendix 3: Additional Information
Publications Catalog
Consulting Services and Training
News Magazine
Technical Journal
Technical Support
SAS Users Group International (SUGI)
Licensing SAS Software
Appendix 4: Syntax Summary
Glossary of SAS Terms
Index