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Data Analysis Plans: A Blueprint for Success Using SAS: How to Plan Your First Analytics Project

  • Length: 106 pages
  • Edition: 1
  • Publisher:
  • Publication Date: 2016-08-24
  • ISBN-10: 1629604453
  • ISBN-13: 9781629604459
  • Sales Rank: #2420678 (See Top 100 Books)
Description

Data Analysis Plans: A Blueprint for Success Using SAS gets you started on building an effective data analysis plan with a solid foundation for planning and managing your analytics projects. Data analysis plans are critical to the success of analytics projects and can improve the workflow of your project when implemented effectively. This book provides step-by-step instructions on writing, implementing, and updating your data analysis plan. It emphasizes the concept of an analysis plan as a working document that you update throughout the life of a project.

This book will help you manage the following tasks:

control client expectations
limit and refine the scope of the analysis
enable clear communication and understanding among team members
organize and develop your final report

SAS users of any level of experience will benefit from this book, but beginners will find it extremely useful as they build foundational knowledge for performing data analysis and hypotheses testing. Subject areas include medical research, public health research, social studies, educational testing and evaluation, and environmental studies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Preface
Chapter 2. Introduction
Chapter 3. Before the Plan: Develop an Analysis Policy
Chapter 4. Outline of a Plan
Chapter 5. The Plan Introduction
Chapter 6. Hypotheses, Questions, and Study Design
Chapter 7. Data Description
Chapter 8. Data Exploration
Chapter 9. Analysis
Chapter 10. Potential Conclusions, Study Weaknesses, and a Timeline
Chapter 11. Revising, Producing and Sharing the Plan
Chapter 12. Example Analysis Plan: The TIAD Study

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