SAS Essential Training: 1 Descriptive Analysis for Healthcare Research. After decades of development, SAS remains an industry leader in the world of big data. If health data analytics has caught your attention and you want to learn about this powerful data analytics platform, this course is for you. Join Monica Wahey as she walks you through how to perform descriptive analysis on a health survey dataset and present the results in charts and tables. Monica covers how to import a dataset from SAS *.xpt format using the XPORT command, edit the dataset to add new categorical and continuous variables, perform chi-square tests, t-tests, and analysis of variance (ANOVA), produce a descriptive analysis with a categorical dependent variable and a continuous dependent variable, and more. This course is best suited for those who are familiar with basic statistical concepts. By the end of this course, you will be able to effectively analyze health data and present the results in an understandable manner.
What you will learn in this course:
- How to import and edit data in SAS
- Performing statistical tests such as chi-square, t-test, and ANOVA
- Creating descriptive analyses for different variables
- Presenting results in the form of graphs and tables
- Understand the basic concepts of health data analytics
This course is suitable for people who:
- Are interested in health data analysis
- Want to learn about SAS software?
- Want to improve their data analysis skills
- Students and researchers in medical and health fields
- People who work in the healthcare field
