The Western Users of SAS® Software (WUSS) is a non-profit organization that exists to support local SAS® software users groups within the western region.
In lieu of an annual conference, WUSS is offering an extensive menu of online training classes throughout 2021 and early 2022.
Registration is now open for: SAS Essentials (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Code) Part 3
SAS Essentials is an instructor-led course that provides a thorough introduction to the basics of SAS programming including DATA steps, PROC steps, and the Output Delivery System. In this class we focus entirely on coding, providing a fundamental education in how SAS thinks and unlocking the power to use the incredible versatility of SAS code. Whether you’re entirely new to SAS, new to coding, or just want to brush up on the fundamentals, this class is for you.
Part 3: Introduction to intermediate topics (or How Green Was My SAS Code)
With the fundamentals under our belt, this course will show you tips and techniques for improving your SAS code exponentially with a brief introduction to tools like SQL, Arrays, Macros, and much more.
Please click here to view the lineup of online training classes and register!
The Western Users of SAS® Software (WUSS) is a non-profit organization that exists to support local SAS® software users groups within the western region.
In lieu of an annual conference, WUSS is offering an extensive menu of online training classes throughout 2021 and early 2022.
Registration is now open for:Take Advantage of Public Use Datasets (PUFs) to Learn SAS® Analytical, Graphical and Reporting Techniques, Analytic and Data Management Tools, and Explore Specialized Techniques
Interest in data sources useful for demonstrating statistical, graphical and reporting techniques has increased with the exponential growth of interest and activity in the fields of Data Science, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. Thus, freely available and reliable banks of data have become highly sought after. This tutorial will introduce three high quality and robust data sources for analytic work suitable for journal submissions, and explore in depth public use data sets and BASE SAS tools that can be used to analyze and graphically represent measures and trends. These data sets include USAID’s Demographic and Health Surveys which include health survey data from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe; the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Care Compare Tool (data.medicare.gov and data.cms.gov) focusing on nursing homes; and CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) which will demonstrate how to work with a complex sampling design. Exploration of the NHANES survey will also include the use of National Cancer Institute (NCI) macros to analyze usual daily intake. The tutorial will prepare attendees to construct an analysis plan (AP) and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for researching, analyzing and documenting PUFs. SAS tools used will be standard statistical and reporting tools available in BASE SAS, as well as geographic tools including PROC GEOCODE.
Please click here to view the lineup of online training classes and register!
The Western Users of SAS® Software (WUSS) is a non-profit organization that exists to support local SAS® software users groups within the western region.
In lieu of an annual conference, WUSS is offering an extensive menu of online training classes throughout 2021 and early 2022.
Registration is now open for: Hands-On Data-Driven Design: Developing More Flexible, Reusable, Configurable SAS Software
Attend and receive a FREE copy of the author’s 600-page book, SAS® Data-Driven Development: From Abstract Design to Dynamic Functionality, Second Edition, released in 2021. Students will receive the physical book in advance of this virtual training, which includes all course scenarios and code. Sample code will also be provided electronically so students can run all programs in real-time using SAS Display Manager, SAS Enterprise Guide, or SAS OnDemand for Academics.
This HANDS-ON workshop installs the student as the new SAS consultant within Scranton, Pennsylvania’s most infamous paper supply company — charged with improving software functionality and performance through data-driven software design. Navigate office intrigue and antics to gather software requirements, analyze hardcoded legacy SAS programs, and refactor (improve) software through data-driven design principles and methods. Help Jim, Dwight, Phyllis, and Stanley sell more paper through higher quality data-driven software!
Please click here to view the lineup of online training classes and register!
The Western Users of SAS® Software (WUSS) is a non-profit organization that exists to support local SAS® software users groups within the western region.
In lieu of an annual conference, WUSS is offering an extensive menu of online training classes throughout 2021 and early 2022.
Registration is now open for: Basic Python Analytics: Do Common SAS Things in Python-Pandas
This seminar is intended to teach people how to do, in Python/Pandas, the things they routinely do in SAS.
This seminar will focus on: reading data into a data frame (a Python/Pandas name for a data set) , appending data frames, merging data frames, sub-setting data frames (e.g., find names & emails of all the customers from CA), plotting and different techniques for grouping/reporting (similar to a Proc SQL or a Proc Freq ). It will, lightly, cover the meaning of an object, class and a namespace.
Please click here to view the lineup of online training classes and register!
Please join us for the VASUG February meeting featuring special guest, SAS' Chris Hemedinger, who will present on SAS Enterprise Guide. Register here!
Chris Hemedinger leads SAS Communities & User Groups, where SAS users gather to share questions, answers, and best practices. Since 1993, Chris has worked for SAS as an author, a software developer, an R&D manager, and a consultant. Inexplicably, Chris is still coasting on the limited fame he earned as an author of SAS For Dummies. You can follow Chris at The SAS Dummy blog and on Twitter as @cjdinger.
