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Exercises for Handout 1 material:
Exercise 1. Read the data stored in file ‘NBA.xls’ into SAS by
(a) entering data directly into SAS code,
(b) referencing a SAS data file stored on external drive, (c) importing a spread sheet file into SAS library.
In each case, verify that SAS reads these data correctly by running PROC PRINT. Turn in your SAS program as well as a complete SAS output.

Exercise 2. Enter the following data for the variables Group and Response into SAS using the
DO statement. Verify that SAS reads these data correctly by running PROC PRINT. Turn in your SAS code. Do not turn in the complete SAS output, just a few beginning and a few ending lines of data.

Table of group by response
Group Response Total

yes no
surgical 93 1034 1127
nonsurgical 21 768 789
Total 114 1802 1916
Exercises for Handout 2 material: Explain the reason for selecting the correct answer, as well as the reason for NOT selecting EACH of the wrong answers.

• Quiz for Chapter 1 in the textbook: Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10.
• Quiz for Chapter 2 in the textbook: Questions 7 and 9.
• A00-201 Practice Exam: Question 10 (note typos: “libnamerawdata1” should be “libname rawdata1”, and “salse2” should be “sales2”).

Exercises for Handout 3 material: Explain the reason for selecting the correct answer, as well as the reason for NOT selecting EACH of the wrong answers.

• Quiz for Chapter 5 in the textbook: Questions 3, 5 (note that answers b and c are both correct), 6, 7, and 8.
• Quiz for Chapter 16 in the textbook: Question 1.
• A00-201 Practice Exam: Questions 8 (disregard the ruler), 58, 120, 121.
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Exercises for Handout 4 material: Explain the reason for selecting the correct answer, as well as the reason for NOT selecting EACH of the wrong answers.

• Quiz for Chapter 7 in the textbook: Questions 3, 4 (ignore lib=library), 5, 6, 7, and 9.
• Quiz for Chapter 16 in the textbook: Questions 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
• A00-201 Practice Exam: Questions 7, and 89.