Short Courses



The Illinois Statistics Office now offers data analysis courses designed for both the serious and occasional user. To enhance the learning experience, all courses include hands-on exercises.

Click on the course title to see the course outline.

These short courses are open to University of Illinois faculty, staff and full-time students only. You will need your NetID and AD password (different from your NetID Password) to work on the excercises.

Register early as class sizes are limited to 20 per course. (Register)

All classes will be held in Rm. 113 Illini Hall.


Spring 2008 Courses

Introduction to SAS ® Programming

This course is designed as an introductory course for users who plan to write SAS programs for data analysis.  In this course, you will learn how to run and troubleshoot SAS code, create datasets, import and export data from/to external sources, and generate descriptive statistics and summary reports.

Schedule: Tuesday, March 4, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Cost: $50.00

Statistical Analyses Using SAS ®

This course is designed for users who intend to perform statistical analyses. In this course, you will learn how to write SAS code for statistical analyses such as t-tests, analysis of variance, multiple regression, chi-square tests and logistic regression. Completion of the Introduction to SAS ® Programming or the SAS ® Programming Fundamentals course or ability to create SAS data sets and execute SAS code is a prerequisite.

Schedule: Tuesday, March 11, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Cost: $75.00

Fitting Linear Models Using SAS ®

This course is designed for users want to learn how to fit linear models with fixed and random effects using SAS. Applications include analysis of covariance, repeated measures analysis, randomized complete block designs, split-plot designs and hierarchical linear modeling. Completion of the Statistical Analyses Using SAS ® course or experience with using SAS to perform analysis of variance and linear regression is a prerequisite.

Schedule: Tuesday, March 25, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Cost: $75.00

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Cancellation Policy: Refunds will only be given until one week before the course starts. There will be a $5 service fee for each cancelled course.

Questions? Send email to muyot@uiuc.edu