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SAS/STAT® Software
Comprehensive documentation
and training
Extensive online documentation, including
a rich set of introductory examples, allows
users to get up and running with the software
quickly and effectively. Free “how to” videos,
tutorials and demos help you build your
knowledge of statistical methods and learn
how to apply SAS/STAT in your work.
Cross-platform support and scalability Figure 2: A model-building progress plot created with the GLMSELECT procedure.
SAS runs on all major computing platforms
and can access nearly any data source. The
technology easily integrates into any organi-
zation’s computing environment and can
scale as you face larger or more complex
analytical problems.
Key Features
Analysis of Variance • Stepwise discriminant analysis. Missing Data Analysis
• Balanced and unbalanced designs. • More discriminant analysis capabilities. • Multiple imputation.
• Multivariate analysis of variance and • Weighted generalized estimating
repeated measurements. equations.
Distribution Analysis
• Linear models. • Imputation for survey data.
• Univariate and bivariate kernel
• More analysis of variance capabilities. • More missing data analysis capabilities.
density estimation.
• More distribution analysis
Bayesian Analysis capabilities. Mixed Models
• Built-in Bayesian modeling and infer- • Linear and nonlinear mixed models.
ence for generalized linear models, • Generalized linear mixed models.
Exact Inference
accelerated failure time models, Cox • Nested models.
• Exact p-values and confidence
regression models and finite mixture • More mixed models capabilities.
intervals for many test statistics and
models.
measures based on one-way and
• Wide range of Bayesian models
n-way frequency tables. Model Selection
available via general-purpose
• Exact tests for the parameters of • Linear models.
MCMC simulation procedure.
a logistic regression model. • Generalized linear models.
• Bayesian discrete choice modeling.
• Exact tests for the parameters of a • Quantile regression models.
• More Bayesian analysis capabilities.
Poisson regression model. • More model selection capabilities.
• More exact methods capabilities.
Categorical Data Analysis
Multivariate Analysis
• Contingency tables and measures of
Finite Mixture Models • Exploratory and confirmatory factor
association.
• Modeling of component distribu- analysis.
• Bioassay analysis.
tions and mixing probabilities. • Principal components analysis.
• Generalized linear models.
• Maximum likelihood and Bayesian • Canonical correlation and partial
• More categorical data analysis
methods. canonical correlation.
capabilities.
• More finite mixture capabilities. • More multivariate analysis capabilities.
Causal Inference
Group Sequential Design and Nonlinear Regression
• Propensity score analysis.
Analysis • Automatic derivatives.
• Estimation of causal treatment effects.
• Design of interim analyses. • Bootstrapped confidence intervals.
• Perform interim analyses. • More nonlinear regression
Cluster Analysis • More on group sequential design capabilities.
• Hierarchical clustering of multivariate and analysis capabilities.
data or distance data.
Nonparametric Analysis
• Disjoint clustering of large data sets.
Longitudinal Data Analysis • Kruskal-Wallis, Wilcoxon-Mann-
• Nonparametric clustering with
• Marginal and mixed models. Whitney and Friedman tests.
hypothesis tests for the number of
• Continuous and categorical • Other rank tests for balanced or
clusters.
outcomes. unbalanced one-way or two-way
• More cluster analysis capabilities.
• More longitudinal data analysis designs.
capabilities. • Exact probabilities for many
Descriptive Statistics nonparametric statistics.
• Box-and-whisker plots. • More nonparametric analysis
Market Research
• Compute directly and indirectly capabilities.
• Simple and multiple correspondence
standardized rates and risks for study
analysis.
populations.
• Two-way and three-way metric and Nonparametric Regression
• More descriptive statistics capabilities.
nonmetric multidimensional scaling • Multivariate adaptive regression
models. splines.
Discriminant Analysis • Discrete choice models. • Generalized additive models.
• Canonical discriminant analysis. • More market research capabilities. • Local regression.
Key Features (continued)
• Thin-plate smoothing splines. • Model selection for linear regression • Missing value imputation.
• More nonparametric regression models. • More survey sampling and analysis
capabilities. • More quantile regression capabilities. capabilities.