Learn to Use SAS ODA (OnDemand for Academics) in my FREE Online Course!

Want to learn SAS, but not working at a SAS shop? Has your university SAS access expired? Don’t panic – you can use SAS for free online! It may sound unbelievable, but it’s true! You can register for a free account on the SAS OnDemand for Academics (ODA) platform, and practice your SAS for free!

Learn to use SAS ODA (OnDemand for Academic) because it is free, and it is what everyone is going to be doing soon. Why? Because our big data have gotten too big, and now, we need to do a bunch of clean-up. There needs to be more integration: SAS-R, SAS-SQL, SAS-Python, etc. But data science students are not learning SAS at the same rate that are learning these other tools.

Learn to use SAS ODA with my FREE Online Course!

As I was writing my book about how to do data warehousing in SAS, I realized that even though I was meeting people who knew there was a free version of SAS available, they weren’t using it. They just hadn’t picked it up. Therefore, I created a free course to help you learn to use SAS ODA and hopefully get started with doing more data science in SAS.

Course Information

Choose different data science learning modules.

22 lessons

Case studies in data science can teach you a lot about management.

1 hour of video content

You can always learn how to program from online data science courses in R, Python, or SAS.

2 quizzes

5 chapters

There are many bivariate tests available in statistics, such as chi-square, correlation, and t-tests.

1 challenge with solution

Cost: FREE!

Course Details and Topics

This online course includes videos, code snippets, demonstration, self-quizzes, and a challenge. It is for students or professionals learning data science, or SAS users who want to adopt the ODA platform. The course takes 1-2 hours to complete, and learner receives a certificate at the end.

Chapter

Chapter Name

Objective

1

Introduction

Introduce the course.

2

A Complete Description of What SAS Does

Provide a context for the features of SAS ODA, and explain how SAS itself works.

3

Accessing and Using SAS OnDemand for Academics (ODA)

Demonstrate how to access and use SAS ODA for data steps and PROCs.

4

Challenge: Accessing and Using SAS ODA

Learner completes challenge to access SAS ODA and run a data step and a PROC.

5

Conclusion

Conclusion and next steps.

Learn to do Data Warehousing in SAS

After you learn to use SAS ODA, you will want to practice. I also am creating other courses to go with my data warehousing book. I’ve organized them into tracks as described in this table.

Topic of Course

Data Warehouse Manager

Beginning Programmer

Advanced Programmer

Something everyone who works in a SAS data warehouse needs to know

X

X

X

Something all SAS programmers in a data warehouse need to know

X

Something only advanced SAS programmers in a data warehouse need to know

X

Something only data warehouse managers need to know

X

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Course List

Here is the course list. Check back frequently for updates!

Course

Data Warehouse Manager

Beginner Programmer

Advanced Programmer

Getting Started with SAS OnDemand for Academics (ODA)

Take course

X

X

X

Getting Data into SAS ODA

take course

X

X

Viewing Data in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Sorting and Indexing in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Using XPT in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

Importing Difficult Data into SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

Documenting Data in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Summary Statistics in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Arithmetic Operators in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Organizing Code and Data in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Basic Arrays in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Using Arrays in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Extracting Tables from the ODS in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

Basic Graphics and Reporting in SAS ODA

Under Construction

X

X

Serving SAS Warehouse Variables to Users

Under Construction

X

X

Building SAS Code into Macros

Under Construction

X

Using SAS Macros

Under Construction

X

X

Using Macros in Reporting in SAS

Under Construction

X

Debugging SAS Code

Under Construction

X

Serving Analyst Users of a SAS Data Warehouse

Under Construction

X

X

Setting Data Policy in a SAS Data Warehouse

Under Construction

X

X

Data Exchange in a SAS Data Warehouse

Under Construction

X

X

SAS in the Cloud

Under Construction

X

X

Don’t forget to obtain your certificate each time you take one of my courses. Collect them all!

Last updated November 7, 2021. Added courses slider September 29, 2023.

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3 thoughts on “Learn to Use SAS ODA (OnDemand for Academics) in my FREE Online Course!

    • Monika Wahi says:

      Hello dear,
      I’m sorry, I can’t tell what you need. Are you trying to install PC SAS? Or are you trying to use ODA online? Please e-mail me at [email protected] and I’ll give you some advice. Sorry it took me so long to answer – I do not check my blog often enough, alas. – Monika

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