Your career after Statistical Analysis System (SAS)

Your career after Statistical Analysis System (SAS)

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Updated on Jul 11, 2012 12:14 IST

Statistical Analysis System is commonly known as SAS. It is the pioneer in the business analytics software and services, and it is the largest single vendor in the business intelligence market. It is one of the fastest and powerful statistical packages for data analysis. It is developed as a multi-engine architecture for better reporting and data management.

 

It is an integrated system and it enables a programmer to perform various tasks like:

 

  • Retrieval, management, and mining
  • Report writing and graphics
  • Statistical analysis
  • Business planning, forecasting, and decision support
  • Operations research and project management
  • Quality improvement
  • Applications development
  • Data warehousing (extract, transform, load)
  • Platform independent and remote computing

 

Statistical analysis system takes advantage of all the data to discover new business opportunities and increase the revenue. It also replaces the scientific discovery process by applying the latest statistical techniques.

 

There are 3 major parts of SAS program:

 

  • The data step
  • Procedure steps
  • A micro language

 

Career Prospects:

 

After the successful completion of the program, one can start working as:

 

  • SAS Programmer/Analyst
  • Lead Clinical SAS Programmer
  • SAS Programmer
  • Senior SAS Programmer
  • SAS Product Developer
  • SAS Developer
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Please tell institutes offering Clinical SAS course for Clinical data management.

Reply to surabhi srivastava

Can i know is this course available in NPTEL

Reply to poornima kethini

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gaurav mongia

2014-11-05 11:27:58

I am B.Tech in ECE (2012 passout) want to work in IT industry but dont have interest in programming, i would like to know the institute in Delhi providing certification in SAS and what is the job prospects as currently i am in manufacturing industry in sales division. kindly revert

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KUMARI SMITA

9 years ago

HI GAURAV PLZ PROVIDE YOUR CONTACT DETAIL OR EMAIL ID SO TAT I CAN HELP U FURTHER.

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tanya gupta

2014-02-07 00:46:24

Do I know about the best sas training institute in Chennai (preferably at OMR road) ?

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Swapnil-Rahat Sharma

2013-10-09 23:25:14

I am an MBA in Information Systems and BE in Information Technology(2011 passed out) and looking forward for job in the field of Business Analysis, so please consult me about the SAS certification courses and how they are helpful in getting a job immediately after completion of course, and what are

Reply to Swapnil-Rahat Sharma

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tanya gupta

2014-02-07 00:53:37

Hi, can you please help me letting me know about SAS certification courses? how are they useful? what are the job aspects after this certification?