SAS-STAT Software

Data warehousing and analysis elegant software

Commentaires : I am working with large databases (several millions of rows with hundreds of columns) almost a year, and I can imagine what I would have done without SAS. It is fast, comprehensive, capacious in comparison with other statistical packages. It handles the data gracefully.

Avantages :

What I like about SAS is that there are no limits - You want to join 20 tables and filter with 10 parameters? - Go ahead! You want to merge, transpose and show the sum of just one parameter? Go ahead! Did not like the interface? Filter out what you need, download it and work in Excel. In SAS working board you can run several projects, save them and open them later. SAS has also other components such as Data Miner, Quality Control etc. when facing different business challenges.

Inconvénients :

Although the interface is user friendly, but if you wish to do the coding, instead of dragging up and down the functions, you will be needing some advanced training. Another con worth mentioning is that when opening Excel database in SAS, the columns should be examined thoroughly, and type and length of the variable must be predetermined, otherwise the work should be done again. To Apple lovers - SAS is not compatible with macOS.

Offers a wide range of tools to analyze statistical analysis like ANOVA, Regression, Correlation.

Commentaires : Analyzing statistical data including complex breeding trial can be performed in SAS but it is expensive option for many researchers.

Avantages :

The effectiveness of the software is out of question. This is a very effective software for all sort of statistical analysis. Linear mixed modelling, ANOVA, Regression and correlation are done easily and effectively by using several SAS procedure (e.g. Proc GLM, Proc Mixed, Proc Glimixed etc.) It also produces graphs and other visual representations of the output.

Inconvénients :

The lone negative side of this software is that it is very expensive one. Only, institutes with good funds available in hands can have the opportunity to use this exclusive features.

Great tool for analyzing big datasets and insuring the accuracy of your resulting

Avantages :

I love the output style and how the software is insured to produce the best possible output. Additionally, I like the log feature which helps you debug your code. I also like that the syntax is mostly not case sensitive (with the exception of literal strings).

Inconvénients :

There is a learning curve to this software regarding the language. But, there are free and affordable modules on the website and at you local library that you can check out to learn how to program in SAS. The software is expensive as well, but for what you get it is work the money.

Great analytics but the age shows

Commentaires : If you're familiar with sql, learning the syntax for sas would not be too hard. However, with the number of versions this software has gone through there are a lot of redundant commands. Different codes that are used in different procedures that do the same thing but the developers never bothered removing the older commands which make it feel clunky.
Nonetheless, a reliable statistical software that is powerful and understandable.

Avantages :

This software is very reliable. There are a lot of analyses that are available in the saved procedures (proc) thus less need for having to code from scratch. They have good graphing options. I find the syntax is intuitive because of the amount of actual english words in it so it, similar to sql

Inconvénients :

Paid software. Overlapping commands that have different codes but do the same thing. If you're used to programming in c, this might feel a bit restrictive because of the existing syntax. If you have questions, your guide will probably come from official documentation only as the community is not very active in online fora.

Statistical analysis

Commentaires : I have an experience to do joint model, mixed model, spatial analysis and regression analysis using the SAS-STAT software.

Avantages :

It is most powerful for any statistical analysis. For instance, spatial analysis, regression analysis, mixed/multilevel analysis, and so on.

Inconvénients :

The software is case-sensitive and time consuming to install.