SAS-STAT Software

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Comprehensive statistical analysis with advanced modeling

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  • Industry: Biotechnology
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Great tool for analyzing big datasets and insuring the accuracy of your resulting

Reviewed on 03/02/2023

Pros

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).

Cons

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.

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  • Industry: Government Administration
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Reviewed on 30/04/2022

Good. I feel like a learn something new everyday especially when handling data request. Doing the...

Good. I feel like a learn something new everyday especially when handling data request. Doing the SAS training for certification were also incredibly helpful in expanding my understanding of what all I could do in SAS.

Pros

1) That the rules are relatively consistent making it easier to learn more and more technical jobs once you've got the basics
2) SAS will make you check you work and has useful error messages and alerts
3)that shear scope of procedures and step options available for data analysis. It offers users numerous back up options if they are not sure how to get one particular procedure to work

Cons

1) There is a definite learning curve with SAS and it takes time and patience to practice at it. It's worth it but other systems are slightly more intuitive.
2) SAS is not the best when it comes to data visualization tools like bar charts.

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  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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Expensive and heavy software

Reviewed on 18/09/2018

Pros

can handle large scale data very easily. Industrial scale software to run big data

Cons

installation takes a long time and consumes a lot of space on your PC.

Doing the same thing in Python takes less effort.

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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy to use and all-in-one analytics software

Reviewed on 09/02/2020

I am developing statistical models for financial industry using SAS. In addition, I am doing...

I am developing statistical models for financial industry using SAS. In addition, I am doing portfolio analyses and also model monitoring tasks within the tool

Pros

SAS Enterprise Guide is the tool a data scientist will be able to perform all data preparation and analysis tasks with both hard coding or drag and drop functionalities. Even some forms of models can easily be developed within the tool. On the other hand, SAS Miner is also very useful for statistical model build. The advantage of all these SAS tools is the visibility of the data from all these tools as they are integrated with each other

Cons

As data science word is evolving in a very fast pace, SAS should also align itself to this world. SAS sometimes stays behind the popular algorithms which could be done with R and Python. I am sure they will also be covered soon within the tools.

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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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SAS-STAT is the gold standard software for pharmacutical industries

Reviewed on 28/07/2021

SAS is great and has great documentation and SAS also provides a lot of great books. I have not no...

SAS is great and has great documentation and SAS also provides a lot of great books. I have not no problem with its difficulties because I know every good thing has costs.

Pros

SAS-STAT provides a lot of statistical procedures but from the point of view of an experienced Statistician, this is not the main advantage of SAS with respect to its comparators including R and Stata. SAS is recognized as the gold standard statistical software for biostatistics and statistical programmer job titles in the pharmaceutical industry where the cost of software is not important with respect to the overall cost of drug development. So the main advantage of SAS is its prestige that facilitates some of the challenges in submitting drug development applications to governmental agencies.

Cons

Working with SAS is not easy for most statistics graduates where they are well familiar with R. On the other hand, Stata software is also complete and is menu-driven so it is easy to use. Hence, the only reason that you may need to chose SAS is just its prestige.

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Excellent statistical analysis software, but be prepared to pay!

Reviewed on 07/04/2018

Pros

SAS 9.3 gives you tremendous power to clean, manipulate, and analyze large datasets. I've been a SAS user for a while and prior to that I had only worked with SPSS. SAS opened the door for me to think about my data differently. I've used SAS now on criminal sentencing data, healthcare claims data, and operational case management data. Whether you need to create an automated report, write algorithms to mine data, or prep a dataset for another software like Tableau, SAS is a fantstic tool. Additionally, SAS has a litany of trainings available for purchase to help you get the most of your data.

Cons

SAS is very costly. It's important to keep in mind that in addition to being a product, SAS is also a programming language that as of writing is not patented. If you are on a budget there is a company out of the UK that sells a software that runs Base SAS programming language for a fraction of a price, great for outfitting a startup team. SAS Graph module leaves something to be desired, there are better softwares that focus on just visualization.

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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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The original power statistical tool

Reviewed on 04/03/2019

Use it just for the sheer power. Quite expensive licenses and there are certainly better and faster...

Use it just for the sheer power. Quite expensive licenses and there are certainly better and faster packages available. Its just that migrating system from a foolproof and proven system just seems too much of work. Hope they up their game plan soon or soon, it might be time to make the plunge.

Pros

Very powerful. You want it and you can do it. Quite intuitive programming.
Has multiple ways to integrate with other packages for data exchange.
Has a reasonably versatile scalablity.

Cons

Its aged. Much slower than some of the latest products in the market.
Syntax while not complex can hardly be described intuitive
Interface seems at least a couple of decades old.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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My go-to Statistical software

Reviewed on 01/06/2019

Pros

What I love about SAS are syntax consistency and standardized functions. SAS as an institute has been doing a great job at maintaining the software and providing great experiences to its users. Whenever I face an error, the message often tells me what to fix exactly whereas other programming languages like R doesn't - it's extremely annoying and time-consuming.

Cons

One thing SAS lacks - perhaps it's just because of the nature of the software - is its visualization capability. I'd do a lot of statistical analysis in SAS, but have to find an alternative way to create figures to convey the results as the graphics look like they're from 90s.

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  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

SAS is my program of choice for most of my methodological research.

Reviewed on 20/02/2018

Pros

The functionality and ease of SAS is unparalleled for conducting a variety of advanced analyses, especially in GLM and multilevel (HLM) frameworks. I find when writing code for the same analyses with the free software R that for more complex analyses, the R code is always much longer. Additionally, SAS documentation is very thorough and it is always easy to find the answers you are looking for.

Cons

The graphics. SAS graphics are so basic and look so dated that I often use a different program to generate plots, even though they are easier to generate in SAS. The graphics really need to be updated. Also, the SAS capability for structural equation models (SEMs) is limited, and I usually use Mplus for those analyses.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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Good variety of analytics tools

Reviewed on 04/12/2018

Used SAS to do a bunch of design processes and quick analysis on a large relational database. I did...

Used SAS to do a bunch of design processes and quick analysis on a large relational database. I did get certified in SAS, but even I will admit that I still hardly feel comfortable coding on my own, so I still rely on the GUIs.

Pros

There are a lot of different SAS softwares to fill a variety of uses. If you have a problem, then SAS has almost certainly already thought of it. Some of their GUIs are very user-friendly too.

Cons

Learning how to code in SAS is a real pain if you've ever learned any other coding language. It's just way different than anything else.

Setegn Bayabil
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  • Industry: Market Research
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Data analysis

Reviewed on 07/01/2023

Economic data

Economic data

Pros

This software is more powerful for economic data and experimental designs.

Cons

As far as I know this software hasn't any limitations, after once installed.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
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Nice product for analytic job

Reviewed on 19/03/2019

Pros

Provide all kind of data cleaning and statistical methods as long as you know how to use it.

Cons

Companies or Schools need to pay for the license which makes sense but without institution support, no one can use it.

prathibha
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

setup

Reviewed on 10/05/2020

Overall its easy to use. Even though their products are pricey they include free customer support

Overall its easy to use. Even though their products are pricey they include free customer support

Pros

It is one of best product in terms of churning large datasets for various statistics. It has improved in terms of reporting product through SAS Viya

Cons

Setting up rules for user access using groups and roles can be confusing as there are so many. It takes some time to troubleshoot when a user has access issue.

Vaibhav
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  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

All in one reporting solution

Reviewed on 14/05/2020

I have been very much satisfied and the product in all in one software for all my business...

I have been very much satisfied and the product in all in one software for all my business intelligence requests .

Pros

It helps you to build end to end reporting and automate it very easily . You can also do modeling aswell.

Cons

Cost is a bit on the higher side and also certifications are all to be done going to a center instead of online assessments.

Eric
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Awesome for data

Reviewed on 14/11/2018

Great, but you pay for it...

Great, but you pay for it...

Pros

This is the perfect tool to handle database. Powerfull and fast architecture to deal with your query. The fact it can be coded in SQL is also a nice plus.
Great set of add-on can really help produce awesome and clear reports.

Cons

Not so user-friendly coding language, some particulary are a non-sense, in my opinion.
Some add-on are expensive for what they add to the product.
Price is off the chart.

Olayinka
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  • Industry: Government Administration
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

It is the best software ever developed to tackle issues relating to statistical analyses &...

Reviewed on 06/03/2018

It can be considered to be relatively expensive. It is more appropriate for those who are statistica...

It can be considered to be relatively expensive. It is more appropriate for those who are statistically or mathematically oriented.

Pros

It is very easy to use and comprehensive. It is applicable to every aspect of analytics, including predictive. Its results are valid, reliable and respected every where.

Huong
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Ideal tool for quantitative data analysis

Reviewed on 17/12/2021

Pros

I have used SAS for multiple research projects. It is simple and easy to use. Very similar to other tools such as STATA and SPSS. However, it is more easily accessible as compared to others.

Cons

There are many glitches when using it to analyze larger data sets.

alexandra
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  • Used for 2+ years
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Good software, but steep learning curve

Reviewed on 22/04/2018

Pros

I can do sophisticated statistical analyses and clean data sets. For example, I use this survey to do regression analyses, survival analyses, and analysis of variance.

Cons

The graphics features are pretty basic. I usually export data and create graphics in other software. There is a steep learning curve and the online documentation is ok.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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my favorite statistical analysis app

Reviewed on 20/09/2019

Pros

SAS/STAT is my favorite statistical analysis app. Its plenty of fully tested PROC packages provides excellent ways to fulfil my analytical tasks.

Cons

Dealing with big size data is a problem.

Jen
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  • Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10

Love the idea of SAS, but too complicated

Reviewed on 19/03/2018

Pros

I love that SAS allows highly complex and conservative analyses so I know that my findings are valid and fair; I am always confident that my results can generalize to others because SAS allows more analyses.

Cons

It really requires a statistician or engineer to be able to use all of its tools, and I am neither, so I rely on SPSS.

Kelley
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  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Powerful stat software, if you know how to use it

Reviewed on 07/03/2018

Pros

I think SAS is a "must have" stat software for anyone who dapples in "advanced" analyses using GLM or HLM. I like that I'm able to run these "advanced" analyses without having to purchase additional add on software as it comes standard. I also really like how well it handles big data sets.

Cons

Over the years, SAS has continually made improvements to their graphics; however, I still find SAS graphics to be inferior compared to other stats programs. There also seems to be a pretty steep learning curve when it comes to coding in SAS (again compared to other coding-based programs).

Nicolle
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  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Used SAS as a student in an advanced statistics course for public health and epidemiology.

Reviewed on 01/02/2018

Pros

SAS makes it capable to produce incredible data and analysis for the study of disease, healthcare and public health in general.

Cons

It is definitely a difficult software to utilize as far as coding is concerned. I had a difficult time keeping up with the course.

Mahav
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Convenient

Reviewed on 20/02/2019

Pros

It is very convenient to use, gives very good outputs and still very easy to use.

Cons

It is little bit of expensive to buy.

Stephanie
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  • Used for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Worked with SAS in my econometrics class

Reviewed on 18/04/2018

not many when there are other, free packages available.

not many when there are other, free packages available.

Pros

The outputs are really nice in SAS - it runs several useful tests and plots just with the regress command. It is an easy way to see right away what is going on with the data.

Cons

The online support community is not helpful and very disorganized compared with other stats packages. Additionally, the software itself has a lot of bugs and I found myself needing to quit and restart the program just for the exact same code to work! Getting it to read data can be a pain as well. I no longer use for these reasons.

Julia
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  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

SAS has allowed me to perform functions that used to take hours to do within a matter of...

Reviewed on 07/05/2018

Pros

SAS takes a bit of time to get comfortable with, but once I gained a base level of competency with the program, I found that each new function was easier to understand / utilize.

Cons

The SAS coding language is not user-friendly; other statistical programs have more easy-to-understand and intuitive coding language, but lack the functionality and breadth of programming capabilities that SAS has.