Part Four—Wrapping up: Two Case Studies

It is always nice to finish a project on a positive note, which is the point of Part Four. This part concludes with several samples in the hope and expectation that the headquarters office of Bizarro Ball decides to use SAS, and specifically, the SAS hash object as a key component of their data management and reporting requirements.

Part Four contains two chapters that represent two different use cases—addressing ad-hoc questions and research needs.

1.   Chapter 12 builds on previous examples that calculated metrics to highlight what can be done with the hash object given that it has the rich set of DATA step programming facilities. This case study provides an example of researching and comparing alternative ...

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