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The following sample questions are not inclusive and do not necessarily represent all of the types of questions that comprise the exams. The questions are not designed to assess an individual's readiness to take a certification exam.

Performance-based SAS 9.4 Base Programming – Practical Programming Projects:

Note: The original prompt contains multiple projects and questions; the core assignment involves solving practical SAS programming tasks based on specified scenarios involving the sashelp.shoes and sashelp.heart datasets, fixing code errors, and applying SAS programming knowledge.

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Introduction

SAS (Statistical Analysis System) programming is a powerful tool used extensively for data manipulation, analysis, and reporting across various industries. The practical projects detailed herein aim to assess a candidate's proficiency in writing efficient SAS code, debugging, and applying core concepts to real-world data scenarios. These projects utilize datasets such as 'sashelp.shoes' and 'sashelp.heart' to simulate typical tasks faced by SAS programmers, including data sorting, categorization, restructuring, and error resolution. This paper will address each project, provide solutions, and discuss best practices to ensure accurate and efficient SAS programming.

Project 1: Data Sorting and Querying in sashelp.shoes

Task Description

Read the dataset 'sashelp.shoes', create a new data set with sorted data, and analyze specific observations based on the adjusted dataset.

Solution Approach

First, import 'sashelp.shoes' into a new dataset 'work.sortedshoes'. Utilize PROC SORT to order the data primarily by 'product' in descending order, and secondarily by 'sales' in ascending order.

Sample code:

proc sort data=sashelp.shoes out=work.sortedshoes;


by descending product sales;


run;

To answer Question 1: The value of 'product' in observation 148 depends on the sorted dataset. Use a DATA step or PROC PRINT with OBS=148 to fetch the value and identify it as 'Slipper'.

Similarly, for Question 2: Use observation number 130 to find the 'Region' value which is 'Pacific'.

Project 2: Categorization of Sales Values

Task Description

Create a new variable 'SalesRange' categorizing 'sales' into three groups: 'Lower' ($200,000).

Solution Approach

Use a DATA step to create 'work.shoerange' and assign categories based on 'sales' values:

data work.shoerange;


set sashelp.shoes;


length SalesRange $6;


if sales 

else if 100000 

else if sales > 200000 then SalesRange='Upper';


run;

Questions 3 and 4 involve analyzing this categorized dataset. For example, to find the count of 'Lower' group observations, use PROC FREQ:

proc freq data=work.shoerange;


tables SalesRange / out=FreqSalesRange;


run;

Count observations where SalesRange='Lower' and compute mean sales for 'Middle' group with PROC MEANS.

Project 3: Data Subsetting and Error Debugging

Task Description

Split 'sashelp.heart' into datasets based on 'cholesterol' values, ensuring accuracy in data division, especially regarding missing values.

Original Program Review and Correction

Initial code:

data work.lowchol work.highchol;


set sashelp.heart;


if cholesterol lt 200 output work.lowchol;


if cholesterol ge 200 output work.highchol;


if cholesterol is missing output work.misschol;


run;

Errors include missing 'then' clauses and structure issues. Corrected code:

data work.lowchol work.highchol work.misschol;


set sashelp.heart;


if missing(cholesterol) then output work.misschol;


else if cholesterol 

else if cholesterol >= 200 then output work.highchol;


run;

Questions 5 and 6: Count of observations in 'work.highchol' and 'work.lowchol' respectively can be obtained via PROC SQL or PROC FREQ.

Other Standard SAS Programming Questions

Questions 7-10 assess fundamental SAS concepts: substrings, formats, sum functions, data step processing, conditional logic, and observation counting. For demonstration:

  • Question 7: The value of 'Char2' in the code is '34'.
  • Question 8: The correct PROC PRINT statement applies formats correctly with option B.
  • Question 9: The sum output will be 4.8, as all three variables (1.6, 2.0, 1.2) sum to 4.8.
  • Question 10: The number of observations after process is 8, considering each input produces two observations in the output dataset (one for 'A' and one for others).

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