Cody's Data Cleaning Techniques Using SAS, Second Edition - Couverture souple

Cody, Ron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1599946599 ISBN 13 : 9781599946597

Editeur : SAS Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Thoroughly updated for SAS 9, Cody's Data Cleaning Techniques Using SAS, Second Edition, addresses tasks that nearly every SAS programmer needs to do - that is, make sure that data errors are located and corrected. Written in Ron Cody's signature informal, tutorial style, this book develops and demonstrates data cleaning programs and macros that you can use as written or modify for your own special data cleaning needs. Each topic is developed through specific examples, and every program and macro is explained in detail.

You'll learn how to

• find and correct errors in character and numeric values
• develop programming techniques related to dates and missing values
• use SQL approaches to data cleaning
• develop techniques for correcting your data errors
• use integrity constraints and audit trails to prevent errors from being added to a clean data set

Novice and experienced SAS users will discover ways to detect and correct data errors while learning how to apply DATA step programming techniques and SAS procedures.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thoroughly updated for SAS 9, Cody's Data Cleaning Techniques Using SAS, Second Edition, addresses tasks that nearly every SAS programmer needs to do - that is, make sure that data errors are located and corrected. Written in Ron Cody's signature informal, tutorial style, this book develops and demonstrates data cleaning programs and macros that you can use as written or modify for your own special data cleaning needs. Each topic is developed through specific examples, and every program and macro is explained in detail.

You'll learn how to

• find and correct errors in character and numeric values
• develop programming techniques related to dates and missing values
• use SQL approaches to data cleaning
• develop techniques for correcting your data errors
• use integrity constraints and audit trails to prevent errors from being added to a clean data set

Novice and experienced SAS users will discover ways to detect and correct data errors while learning how to apply DATA step programming techniques and SAS procedures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAS Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1599946599
• ISBN 13: 9781599946597
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible