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The SAS Environment

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In this chapter, we begin to become familiar with the basic SAS working environment. We introduce the basic 3-screen layout, how to navigate the SAS Explorer window, the two basic types of SAS programs, the kinds of data with which you will work in SAS, and how to get help.

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    You may be beginning to detect the importance of semicolons in SAS.

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  1. Departments of Anesthesiology and Epidemiology College of Physicians and Surgeons Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA

    Charles DiMaggio PhD

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DiMaggio, C. (2013). The SAS Environment. In: SAS for Epidemiologists. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4854-9_2

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