SAS (Computer file) (Uniform Title)

White, K.J. Introduction to the theory and practice of econometrics ... c1988: p. 395 (Statistical Analysis System known as SAS, computer software)

SAS home page, viewed June 29, 2005: Corporate overview page (SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI [business intelligence] applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data)

TechEncyclopedia, viewed June 29, 2005 (SAS system; originally called the "Statistical Analysis System," it is an integrated set of data management and decision support tools from SAS that runs on platforms from PCs to mainframes. It includes a complete programming language as well as modules for spreadsheets, CBT, presentation graphics, project management, operations research, scheduling, linear programming, statistical quality control, econometric and time series analysis and mathematical, engineering and statistical applications. It also provides multidimensional data analysis (OLAP), query and reporting, EIS, data mining and data visualization)

Oxford dict. stat., c2004 (SAS (Statistical analysis system); a powerful statistical package permitting many types of analyses via user-written commands)

WWW site, Univ. of Calif. San Diego, Academic computing services, June 21, 2005 (SAS ... was designed as an all-purpose data analysis tool. SAS provides tools for information storage and retrieval, data modification and programming, report writing, simple and advanced statistics, and file handling)

Wikipedia, viewed June 21, 2005 (SAS system; SAS (originally an acronym for statistical analysis system) system is an integrated system of software products that enables the programmer to perform: data entry, retrieval, and management; report writing and graphics; statistical and mathematical analysis; business planning, forecasting, and decision support; operations research and project management; quality improvement; applications development; in addition, SAS integrates with many SAS business solutions that enable large scale business functions such as data warehousing and data mining, human resources management and decision support, financial management and decision support, and others)