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Statistical Analysis Of Sas Essay

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Introduction SAS, “Statistical Analysis System”, was established at North Carolina State University from 1966 to 1976 by Jim Goodnight (member of faculty), Jim Barr (member of faculty), John Sall (a programmer) and Jane Helwig (Statistics Department employee) because of necessity of analyzing massive amounts of agricultural data collected through United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants. They improved a statistical software package to evaluate all the agricultural data. This “Statistical Analysis System” can be regarded as the birth of the name SAS. (Company History, n.d) SAS is the world’s largest privately held software company. SAS software is now used by 90,000 business, government and university sites. SAS has now customers …show more content…

(Mike Blanchard,2016) -Commitment to employees, communities, education and the environment drives the innovation in harmony with SAS’ mission and vision. (SAS: A new No.1 Best Employer, 2010) -SAS works closely with employees, stakeholders and customers. (SAS Annual Report, 2017), -SAS do not see employees and stakeholders as only employees and stakeholders- they are partners. SAS consider them as part of team. This eliminates many everyday worries and distractions. (SAS Annual Report,2017) -SAS believes that a diverse and inclusive workforce is vital for companies that want to attract and retain top talent. (Cary NC, 2017) -SAS recognizes that employees are critical to the company’s innovation, so the company invests in them fully: vacation (two weeks) for all employees, holidays (free), fully health insurance (includes for dependents), retirement plan, healthcare center (free), recreation and fitness center (free), childcare (free), café and a piano player to help create a relaxed atmosphere; annual bonuses, 35-hour workweek (Ellen Bankert, Mary Dean Lee, and Candice Lange, 2000). -SAS provides balanced life that make good business sense to its employees. (Life at SAS,

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