SAS (software)

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Statistical software suite

SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is a software suite developed by SAS Institute for advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, data management, and predictive analytics. SAS was developed at North Carolina State University from 1966 until 1976, when SAS Institute was incorporated.

History

SAS was originally developed at North Carolina State University as a project to analyze agricultural research. The software was created by Anthony James Barr and James Goodnight. In 1976, SAS Institute was founded to continue the development and distribution of SAS software.

Features

SAS provides a wide range of features for data analysis, including:

• Data management
• Statistical analysis
• Multivariate analysis
• Business intelligence
• Predictive analytics
• Data mining
• Text analytics
• Forecasting
• Optimization

Components

SAS is composed of various modules, each designed for specific analytical tasks. Some of the key components include:

• SAS/STAT: For statistical analysis
• SAS/GRAPH: For graphical representation of data
• SAS/ETS: For econometric and time series analysis
• SAS/OR: For operations research
• SAS/QC: For quality control
• SAS/IML: For interactive matrix language
• SAS/AF: For application facility
• SAS/CONNECT: For connecting to remote SAS sessions
• SAS/SHARE: For data sharing

Applications

SAS is widely used in various industries, including:

• Healthcare
• Finance
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Government
• Education

Related Pages

• SAS Institute
• Statistical software
• Business intelligence
• Predictive analytics
• Data mining
• Text analytics
• Forecasting
• Optimization

See Also

• R (programming language)
• SPSS
• Stata
• MATLAB
• Python (programming language)

References

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