1. SAS OnDemand Academic(Cloud Version)
Launch:
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Read and follow the instruction: SAS OnDemand instruction
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Registration link (It is on the instruction page above, Step 1 of Independent Learners): Registration Application
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Watch “Register and Log in” video: Video
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Login page of SAS Studio (It’s also on the instruction page, “SAS OnDemand for Academics Control Center”): Control Center
Pros:
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First thing first, it’s easy to have SAS workable. All in Browser!
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It’s a SAS server on the cloud, you’ll save your files and data in your SAS account. So you can access to them wherever you have Internet.
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- The running speed may be faster than SAS University. (Maybe or just same, I haven’t try!)
Cons:
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You need download your programs if you want run locally.
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You may take some time when you try to upload very big datasets (Depends on you bandwidth)
2. SAS University Edition(Local Version)
Installation:
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Read and follow the instruction here step by step to install: SAS University Edition instruction
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Install VirtualBox based on your OS before install SAS University Edition, download here: VirtualBox download (Please try VirtualBox 5.1.2. I tried 5.1.0, but it doesn’t work.)
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Download SAS vApp on the same page of step 1.
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Watch the Quick start video to set local folder.
Pros:
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It’s installed on your computer so files will be saved locally,
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Datasets will be read locally, so big datasets work efficiently.
Cons:
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Open VirtualBox every time and open Browsers to use SAS Studio;
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In total, SAS University and VirtualBox will eat your about 2.5GB space.
Suggestions:
If you face issue like above, please read this help page first VirtualBox Error, or let IT stuff in 2nd floor lab know. They may help you to correct your BIOS problem.
If you still face issues to have SAS workable or have trouble in using SAS, all you need is patience (Think and solve it with the help of Google!). Moreover, focus on learning how to use SAS and R!
理解统计学将有助于更好的理解这个世界的运行与发展！
–Xiaorui (Jeremy) Zhu
Knowledge is what we know. Also, what we know we do not know. We discover what we do not know. Essentially by what we know.
Thus knowledge expands.
With more knowledge we come to know More of what we do not know. Thus knowledge expands endlessly.
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All knowledge is, in final analysis, history.
All sciences are, in the abstract, mathematics.
All judgements are, in their rationale, statistics.
—-C Radhakrishna Rao
“STATISTICS AND TRUTH Putting Chance to Work”
