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Practical business analytics using SAS : a hands-on guide

Venkat Reddy Konasani (Author), Shailendra Kadre (Author)
This book shows SAS users and businesspeople how to analyze data effectively in real-life business scenarios. The book begins with an introduction to analytics, analytical tools, and SAS programming. The authors show how SAS is used in business, and then how to begin programming in SAS by importing and examining data. Each chapter offers hands-on exercises drawn from real business situations. The authors demonstrate how to use SAS to perform analytics using both basic and advanced techniques like multiple regression, logistic regression, and time series analysis, among other tools
eBook, English, 2015
Apress, [Berkeley, CA], 2015
1 online resource : illustrations
9781484200438, 9781484200445, 1484200438, 1484200446
903118250
Introduction to business analytics and data analysis tools
SAS introduction
Data handling using SAS
Important SAS functions and procs
Introduction to statistical analysis
Basic descriptive statistics and reporting in SAS
Data exploration, validation, and data sanitization
Testing of hypothesis
Correlation and linear regression
Multiple regression analysis
Logistic regression
Time-series analysis and forecasting
Introducing big data analytics
Includes index