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This week in BAN 7002, we return from “Spring Break” to conclude our learning modules in the SAS programming language and move on to learn R programming. As we submitted our Home Price Prediction Midterm projects that helped us tie all our SAS skills together into one, cohesive and relevant environment we transition into theContinue reading “Week 8 Reflection”

In week 7 of BAN 7002, we tied all of the SAS skills we have been learning thus far into one conhesive project. This involved using all the DATA and PROC steps we have utilized so far to organize, cleanse, re-structure and model data on House prices and the various factors that make up aContinue reading “Week 7 Reflection”

This week in BAN7002 we explored using linear regressions to perform estimations on datasets. We learned two new commands: PROC REG and T-TEST. I found this to be very helpful in testing hypotheses when dealing with data and using the results to compare against a baseline. We used this concept to perform comparative regressions acrossContinue reading “Week 6 Reflection”

This week, in BAN 7002 we reviewed our mastery of the basic DATA and PROC functions in SAS, and applied a new concept of clustering using PROC fastclus. I really enjoyed the assignment this week because it allowed me to gain confidence in my ability to use the SAS programming language that we have beenContinue reading “Week 5 Review”

This week we covered the topics of SAS Macros language. SAS Macro language can be a very versatile and useful way to process data in SAS efficiently. SAS Macros allow for programs that are more dynamic and can manipulate data faster. SAS macros are made up of macro variables and macro programs which together formContinue reading “Week 4 Reflection”

This week the focus of our studies involved exploring SQL (structured query language) and its compatibilities and functions within SAS software. Essentially, SQL is a database management language that is among the database languages built into SAS. SQL has the ability to manage and organize structured data, and SAS can use the simple SQL commandsContinue reading “Week 3 Reflection”

This week, we focused on using the SAS programming techniques we have learned so far to conduct a real-world analysis of financial portfolio performances. This project included merging several groups with large data quantities, filtering and organizing them by date, standardizing the data to be on the same scale, and using portfolio weights to accuratelyContinue reading “Week 2 Reflection”

During week 1 of my Wake Forest University Masters in Science of Business Analytics program, I began my studies of Data Analytic Software. This week, we were introduced to the SAS program. SAS is a data analysis software that allows users to process, sort and organize data, compute values, generate reports and graphs, and presentContinue reading “BAN 7002: Week 1 Review”

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