Data Management Using SAS (NUTR-ON237)

Summer 2026 · NUTR ON237 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

This introductory course is designed to provide students with sufficient knowledge to manage data from collection to analysis in SAS for Windows. There are no pre-requisites nor prior knowledge expectation regarding data, programming or statistical analysis. Classes are tailored to meet the needs and experience level of the enrolled students. Emphasis will be placed on the data life cycle, database structures, cleaning, manipulation, documentation, and dynamic reporting of data. Upon completion, students should be able to be able manage a small project from start to finish, providing well documented reproducible code to generate a report, codebook and data set ready for data analysis. Macro programming, structured query language (SQL), public data sets and reporting tools commonly used in nutrition analysis will be utilized during the semester. In-class exercises and homework assignments will allow students to acquire hands-on experience solving common data management tasks in SAS

Course codes: NUTR-ON237

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