ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the important differences in the structures of the SAS and R programs. It discusses the choice between using R versus SAS for a healthcare analytics project and provides a guide for selecting which software to use. Once the analyst has access to the setup files, a setup file is run on the analyst's personal computer, and this setup file takes a while to extract. The installation must be monitored because the user has to click through many menus. This is because these SAS institutional licenses are very extensive and include many add-ons and components. The exact components of the SAS institutional license make are communicated to SAS during the installation process at the step where the user is asked by the setup wizard to reference the small text file provided with the setup files. As stated earlier the list of components included in a SAS institutional license is usually large.
