[Blindmath] SAS Question

[Jonathan Godfrey]

Justin,

Further to Arielle's message. If your class does use the menus that are
commonly available to SAS users via an overlay, the SAS code that the menus
creates should be readable. I've seen the code generated this way and while
I'm not a SAS user, I could at least follow what was happening. I haven't
yet needed to see if the menus were useful as a JAWS user. Any feedback on
that from recent users would be appreciated by me and those people on the
list that do need to use SAS.

Obtaining SAS code to complete your tasks should be fairly easy using their
accessible online documentation.

Making use of offers like Arielle's makes great sense too though. While I
teach using R, my attitude towards students sharing code would be the same
if we used SAS. Sharing makes sense; it's not cheating as some see it, as
long as the assessment exercise forces you to gain understanding. I let my
classes share anything they like because they have different data and must
end up drawing the right conclusion for the data specific to them.

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2013 4:13 a.m.
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] SAS Question

Hi Justin,
I don't think it's possible to read the data once it is imported into SAS,
but you can run analysis commands. If you tell me what your specific
assignment is, I should be able to tell you how to get it done in SAS. I
usually use Excel for looking at my data, and once it's in SAS all I do with
it is run analyses. You will need to know the syntax to type into SAS to run
your analyses since SAS doesn't use any menus. If this is for a class, you
should have been given syntax to type in but again, if you tell me the
specific assignment I should be able to help.

Arielle

On 6/3/13, Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am trying to use SAS with Jaws to do some basic work, and I am 
> having trouble reading an Excel file with SAS.  I'm sure that it can 
> be done; I think the problem is just that I don't know how to start 
> working wit the data.  I have made it read the file, and the file is 
> listed in my screen. I have tried tabbing around the screen, arrowing, 
> and all the other usual things.
>
> I am specifically needing to use SAS for an assignment, so please do 
> not offer me suggestions to do the work in other softwares.
>
> How can I actually start working with the data now that I have pulled 
> up the file?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Justin
>
>
> Justin M. Salisbury
> B.A. in Mathematics
> Class of 2012
> East Carolina University
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