Summary

You learned how to perform some descriptive analysis using the following BASE SAS statistical procedures: FREQ, CORR, and UNIVARIATE. You were also introduced to performing predictive analysis using PROC REG and learned some techniques used by data scientists to improve the predictive power of a model.

You learned how to prepare time series data for further analysis using PROC TIMEDATA and how to do a basic forecast using PROC ARIMA. You also learned a way in which SAS can work with the R programming language and how to check if their SAS environment is configured properly to allow this interaction to occur. Finally, you learned about optimization and performed an optimization analysis using PROC IML. 

In the next chapter, you will be introduced to some of the capabilities within SAS to produce reports.