SAS Camp
SAS has been a work-horse for researchers in Accounting and Finance for decades because of its straightforward syntax, its ability to handle large datasets, and its integration with data providers like WRDS. This course is designed to get you quickly up-to-speed on how SAS is used by current researchers in the field.
The course assumes that you have no prior experience programming in SAS. It begins with skills such as creating and managing data. It then moves on to more advanced topics such as writing SQL statements, creating and running MACROs, and estimating statistically analyses like regression.
By the end of the course, you will also all of the foundational skills need to begin replicating published papers and conducting your own original research.
Course Modules
Meet the Instructor:
Mike Drake is a professor of accounting in the BYU Marriott School of Business and holds the Glenn D. Ardis Professorship.
Mike has taught a course in SAS programming since 2008. Over 100 students from more than 25 doctoral programs have participated in the course over the years. Mike currently teaches in the MBA program at BYU and has won multiple Core Professor of the Year awards.
Mike conducts capital markets research in accounting and his papers have been published in top-tier journals including the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting & Economics, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Science, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Several of his paper have received best paper awards in the academy.
Mike received his doctoral degree from Texas A&M University where he was awarded the Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship and the Dean's Award for Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student. He was on faculty at The Ohio State University before joining BYU. In practice, he worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen and E&Y.
Mike's vita can be found here at https://marriottschool.byu.edu/directory/details/vita?id=20034