BSTA 515 Data Management & Analysis in SAS

Credits: 3
This course is designed for students who want to develop and expand their skills in data management, statistical analysis and graphics for real world applications using SAS. After brief introduction, the course will cover intermediate to early advanced level programming skills in SAS. The class will be taught in a computer lab in order to give the student hands-on experience using SAS to manage data, perform analysis and produce graphs. Class sessions and homework will be oriented around particular data management and analysis tasks. Health-related data sets will be provided for students to use. This course could be extremely helpful in preparation for MPH theses or other research projects. Students are expected to supply their own laptop computer with SAS software for this course.

Graded: A-F
May be taken only once for credit