Transcript reg_sas1012.ppt

Introduction to Linear
Regression with SAS
Welcome to IT’s seminar on statistical
packages
Sam Gordji, [email protected]
Weir 107
List of Statistical Packages
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SPSS
SAS
Mathematica
MathWorks
IMSL
List of Statistical Packages
The cost for SAS is $100 per copy per
year. 50 copies are available to the faculty
and an additional 50 copies are available
for student use. IT has most of the SAS
modules but not all. To obtain a copy of
SAS please send an email to
[email protected] or
[email protected]
List of Statistical Packages
Mathematica
 A free copy is available for faculty, staff, and
students. To obtain a copy of Mathematica
please visit
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/appssubpage.php
?pagename=mathematica.inc
List of Statistical Packages
 Matlab is available on willow and sweetgum
 Other packages such as Fortran, IMSL, etc. will
be mentioned briefly
List of Statistical Packages
IMSL
 IMSL is a comprehensive package containing
Math., stat., and special functions
 IMSL is available only on sweetgum
 IMSL is a set of subroutines called by a Fortran
program
General Information
 Email contact
– Email your questions to [email protected]
 To download this and other materials visit:
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/educationsubpage.php?p
agename=summercamp08.inc
 Please fill out the performance report and leave your
email address so we may contact you for follow up
questions
General Information
 This seminar covers SAS/Regression
 SPSS, SAS, and Mathematica are
available in Weir Student Lab, Weir 107,
and several other labs around campus
 We’ll take a look at several examples of
a regression using SAS
General Information
 SAS performs statistical analysis
 SPSS also performs statistical analysis
and is similar to SAS
 Mathematica’s main function is to perform
mathematical operations including
statistics
 MathWorks is similar to Mathematica and
is available on willow and sweetgum
General Information
 IT staff will assist users to access these
packages. We also assist users to find the
proper procedure to analyze their data. If
you need assistance please send an email
to Sam Gordji at [email protected] ,
[email protected] , or
[email protected]
Getting Help From SAS
• The main Webpage:
http://www.sas.com/
• For information on Documentations for SAS Visit:
http://support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/docMainpage.jsp
• We’ll visit the above site and look at SAS Base & Stepby-Step Programming
Submitting Your Questions To
SAS
• Send your questions to:
http://support.sas.com/ctx/supportform/index.jsp
• SAS Resources:
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/mathematica/fall_se
m/SASResources.ppt
Today We’ll Cover
 Creating a simple SAS program (*.log,
*.lst)
 Examples of simple regression with SAS
(reg748re.sas, regcampB3.sas, reg.sas,
regschaum.sas)
Tested 8/11/08
Accessing SAS/willow
 SAS on willow may be accessed from
almost anywhere
 To activate SAS under willow enter: sas
my.sas. My.sas is the input file