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    Fact Sheet

    What does SAS University Edition do?


    SAS University Edition is free SAS software that can be used for teaching and
    learning statistics and quantitative methods. It is useful in such areas as economics,
    psychology and other social sciences, computer science, business, medical/health
    and engineering.

    Why is SAS University Edition important?


    Throughout the world both public and private sectors are experiencing a technical
    analytics skills gap. SAS is helping to build the statistical knowledge needed to fill this
    gap and provide the workforce with high-demand skills to solve problems with analytics.

    For whom is SAS University Edition designed?


    SAS University Edition is designed for those who want easy access to statistical
    software to learn and perform quantitative analysis. This includes teachers, professors,
    students, academic researchers and independent learners.

    SAS University Edition


    Free software to expand or advance your career with high-demand analytical skills
    SAS is known for its commitment to
    education. To give learners the highdemand skills needed to address the
    analytics skills gap, our SAS Analytics U
    global initiative provides free access to
    SAS software, learning resources, and
    ways to connect with other SAS users and
    organizations seeking analytics talent.
    As part of this initiative, SAS University
    Edition offers faster and easier access to
    learning the most up-to-date statistical
    methods. This offering is designed for
    all learners wanting access to statistical
    software to learn and perform quantitative analysis.
    SAS Analytics U includes e-learning
    classes and training videos, as well as the
    SAS Analytics U Community, where you
    can interact with users, share ideas and
    access more SAS resources.

    Benefits
    Build your statistical prowess. With SAS, you can explore and solve important and
    stimulating problems. Doing so develops analytical skills for instructors to advance
    statistical research and education, and for students and learners to prepare for
    rewarding careers in any industry.
    Easy to access, easy to use. Download the software yourself, or access it in the cloud
    via AWS Marketplace (AWS usage fees may apply). Writing and submitting code is
    easy with a powerful graphical interface to our advanced statistical analysis software.
    See sas.com/analyticsu to learn more.
    Tap into a wide array of supportive teaching and learning resources. In addition to
    the fully functional software, SAS makes it easy for anyone to learn, teach and stay
    connected to SAS:
    o Software users also can access free introductory courses and videos online to learn
    the basics of SAS programming and statistical analysis and get a jump on using
    features quickly.
    o The SAS Analytics U initiative provides an interactive community for SAS users
    including chat, support and introductory videos.
    o Our SAS Global Academic Program offers teaching and curriculum development
    materials for professors at no cost. Gain huge benefits by participating in this engaging
    analytics community and preparing yourself for your future whether in academia,
    commercial industry or the public sector.

    Overview
    SAS University Edition is a great way to start
    using SAS. SAS University Edition gives you
    everything you need to perform advanced
    statistical analysis using the most current
    statistical and quantitative methods available
    with unlimited observations and procedures. This includes:
    Base SAS. Make programming fast and
    easy with the SAS programming language,
    ODS Graphics and reporting procedures.

    SAS/STAT. Trust our proven reliability


    with a wide variety of statistical methods
    and techniques.
    SAS/IML. Use this matrix programming
    language for more specialized analyses
    and data exploration.
    SAS Studio. Reduce your programming
    time with autocomplete for hundreds of
    SAS statements and procedures, as well
    as built-in syntax help.

    SAS/ACCESS. Seamlessly connect with


    your data, no matter where it resides.
    And for statistical tasks such as linear
    regression, distribution analysis, correlations and summary statistics, you have the
    option to use the powerful SAS programming language or select code-generating
    tasks or process flows through SAS Studio.
    SAS maintains rigorous software
    testing, complete product documentation, and numerical validation of its
    software. Statistical procedures in SAS
    are constantly being updated to reflect
    the latest advances in statistical methodology. In addition, technical support is
    provided by experienced masters- and
    doctoral-level statisticians who provide
    industry-leading service.

    Capabilities
    The SAS Programming
    Language Base SAS
    Base SAS is a powerful, versatile software
    foundation for all SAS University Edition
    components. With an intuitive programming language thats easy to learn, it
    significantly reduces the amount of code
    required to deliver information increasing
    your programming productivity.
    Figure 1: SAS Studio generates SAS code through guided interaction with the user just
    select tasks for the code you want to create.

    This highly flexible and extensible fourthgeneration programming language has


    a clear syntax and hundreds of language
    elements and functions. It supports
    programming everything from data
    extraction, formatting and cleansing to
    data analysis, reporting and information
    delivery. From small data issues to large
    complex data problems, users can read,
    format, analyze and report on data in any
    format quickly.
    Base SAS provides a rich library of encapsulated programming procedures for data
    manipulation, information storage and
    retrieval, descriptive statistics and basic
    analyses (such as correlation, distribution
    analysis and table analysis), and report
    writing. You also get ODS Graphics, which

    Figure 2: SAS Studio has several features to help reduce your programming time, including
    autocomplete for hundreds of SAS statements and procedures, as well as built-in syntax help.

    includes several procedures designed to


    create statistical graphics and the Graphical
    Template Language.

    Reliable Statistical Methods


    With SAS/STAT
    Statistics is a rapidly expanding discipline, and SAS is leading the way. SAS/
    STAT provides a comprehensive range
    of statistical methods that are applicable
    in higher education, business, research
    and the public sector. Capabilities include
    analysis of variance, mixed models, regression, categorical data analysis, Bayesian
    analysis, multivariate analysis, survival
    analysis, psychometric analysis, cluster
    analysis, nonparametric analysis, survey
    data analysis, multiple imputation, power
    and sample size computations, and postfitting inference.
    Our accelerated release schedule continually delivers more state-of-the-art statistical methods and computational tools,
    along with numerous enhancements via
    updates. Documentation with a rich set of
    introductory examples lets you learn the
    software quickly and effectively. The clarity
    and consistency of your statistical output,
    which includes a wealth of automatically
    produced graphs, helps you readily understand analysis results. And an extensive
    process of testing and validation means
    those results are reliable.

    Matrix Programming With SAS/IML


    SAS/IML gives you a powerful and flexible
    matrix programming language. You can
    use SAS products for data manipulation
    and statistical analysis, and then employ
    SAS/IML for more specialized analyses and
    exploration. For example, you can implement a recently devised method that has
    recently been published in a journal.
    You can program easily and efficiently with
    the many features for matrix expression
    and an extensive library of statistical and
    numerical methods. Simple syntax makes
    it easy to translate mathematical formulas
    into program statements with features
    for arithmetic and character expressions.

    Key Features
    SAS programming language (Base SAS)
    Flexible, intuitive 4GL with easy-to-learn syntax.
    SAS Macro Facility reduces coding for common tasks so you can modularize work for
    easy reuse and maintenance.
    Data analysis: descriptive statistics, correlations, distribution analysis, table analysis.
    Library of prewritten programming procedures for managing, analyzing and
    presenting data.
    Ability to read data in any format, from any kind of file, including variable-length
    records, binary files, freeform data and files with messy or missing data.
    Support for Structured Query Language (SQL).

    Statistical methods (SAS/STAT)


    Extensive statistical capabilities in over 80 procedures:
    o Analysis of Variance
    o Bayesian Analysis
    o Categorical Data Analysis
    o Cluster Analysis
    o Descriptive Statistics
    o Discriminant Analysis
    o Distribution Analysis
    o Exact Methods
    o Group Sequential Design and Analysis
    o Market Research
    o Missing Value Imputation
    o Mixed Models
    o Multivariate Analysis
    o Nonparametric Statistics
    o Power and Sample Size
    o Psychometric Analysis
    o Regression
    o Spatial Analysis
    o Structural Equations
    o Survey Sampling and Analysis
    o Survival Analysis
    o Transformations

    Matrix programming (SAS/IML)


    Interactive matrix programming language.
    Control statements, matrix functions, linear algebra and statistical functions, time
    series functions, and numerical analysis functions.
    Extensive set of dynamic mathematical and matrix operators.
    Control statements.
    General matrix functions.
    Linear algebraic and statistical functions.
    Time series.
    Numerical analysis.
    Interactive data analysis.

    Take advantage of automatic memory


    management and matrix sizing. No need to
    declare, dimension or allocate storage for
    a data matrix; SAS/IML software does this
    automatically.

    An Interactive Interface: SAS Studio


    SAS Studio is the development environment for SAS University Edition; it runs
    through your web browser. Access to Base
    SAS, SAS/STAT and SAS/IML is provided
    through SAS Studio. This interface provides
    an easy way for you to interact with SAS
    whenever and wherever you are. Write
    and submit SAS code from any device
    that supports SAS University Edition PC,
    Mac or Linux workstation. It looks the same
    on all supported devices, which makes it
    easier to teach and learn.

    Key Features (continued)


    Interactive interface (SAS Studio)
    Helpful programming tools increase productivity with interactive feedback and
    prompts.
    Pop-up syntax help always available.
    Code-generating tasks to speed development and increase efficiency.
    Browser-based interface for basic data manipulation and basic statistical tasks to
    generate SAS code.

    Access to PC file formats (SAS/ACCESS)


    Interface to several PC file types, such as:
    o Microsoft Excel
    o JMP
    o Paradox

    o SPSS
    o Stata
    o DBF

    And if youre not an experienced SAS


    programmer, or if you need an existing
    program to help you get started, SAS
    Studio can help. You can open a table in
    the table viewer, select which columns to
    display, and filter and sort the data. Behind
    the scenes, SAS Studio writes all the code
    that is needed to display the table and
    makes that code available to you.

    Access to PC File Formats


    With SAS/ACCESS
    SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files is a
    simplified approach for accessing data.
    Itcomes ready to use, and provides direct
    and highly optimized data access and
    integration between SAS and common
    third-party PC file formats.
    You get direct, easy and secure access
    to data with native interfaces. Import and
    export popular PC file data such as Microsoft Excel, JMP, Paradox, SPSS, Stata and
    DBF. You dont need SQL expertise or
    custom coding extractions. And theres no
    need to learn or train on different scripting
    or query languages.

    Figure 3: You can open a table in the table viewer, select which columns to display, and filter
    and sort the data.

    To learn more and download SAS


    University Edition, please visit
    sas.com/universityedition.

    SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of
    SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. indicates USA registration. Other brand and product
    names are trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright 2015, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.
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