Programming Assignments

In order to receive full credit for an assignment, you must submit printouts of the following:

• SAS program
• SAS log file
• SAS output

It is not sufficient that a program run without errors. The program must also be written in a meaningful fashion. In particular, programs must have titles, labels, and variable names that are meaningful for the associated problem.

Note: Assignment #0 is optional and will not be graded. It is an opportunity for you to get some practice with the SAS environment before working on an assignment that counts.

• Assignment #0: (Optional)
  • Read Chapter 2 (pp19 - 30) of the SAS text. You should also review either the SAS for Windows or SAS for Unix tips.
  • Download Guide 1.
  • Invoke SAS and execute Guide 1. Your output should look like this. Notice that the data is printed, summary statistics are computed and two histograms are produced.
  • Modify Guide 1 so that "CSC323 - Optional Assignment" appears as a footnote on each page of your output.
• Assignment #1 (due: 601 - 4/21/99; 602 - 4/22/99)
  • Readings (SAS text):
    • TITLE & OPTIONS statement: pp27 - 28 & pp30
    • LABEL statement: pp53
    • INPUT statement: pp41 - 43
    • INFILE statement: pp45
    • PROC UNIVARIATE: pp80 - 86
    • the NORMAL option: pp137 - 139
• Assignment #2 (due: 601 - 5/19/99; 602 - 5/20/99)
  • Hypothesis Testing & Proc Univariate plus sample code and output.
  • Readings (SAS text): As for Assignment #1. In addition, read pages 149 - 155 (i.e. the section on Building a Hypothesis Test.
• Assignment #3 (due: 601 - 6/9/99; 602 - 6/11/99)
  • Readings (SAS text): As for Assignment #1. In addition, read the following:
    • PROC UNIVARIATE - PLOT option: pp108-111
    • PROC CORR: pp286-289
    • PROC REG: pp294-298
    • PROC PLOT: see Guide 3 and SAS Review for an example and syntax