SAS and JMP Information

Department of Experimental Statistics

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SAS Links

SAS 9.3

SAS 9.3 is now available. We have both 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows and Linux. You may want to run the 32-bit version of Windows SAS, even if you are running 64-bit Windows 7. Importing/exporting Excel/Access files works differently in 32- and 64-bit versions so programs doing either or both of those things will run only on the same version of SAS unless you modify them. The installation docs contain information on working with Excel and Access files with the 64-bit Windows version of SAS.

What’s new in SAS 9.3?

JMP, JMP Pro, and SAS Simulation Studio

JMP and JMP Pro 10 for Windows and Macintosh are now available.

SAS or JMP for Faculty/Staff Use

SAS and JMP are available for use by LSU faculty and staff members. Licenses are paid for annually, and the cost is $100 for the first license (SAS and JMP are considered separate products, so this is per product) in a department, station, or organization, and $60 for each additional license. (Note: this fee is subject to change without notice because SAS does increase the fee we pay.) The SAS license year runs from March 14 through March 13, but SAS will continue to function for 90 days after it expires, or until mid-June. The JMP license year runs from April 30 through April 29.

The fee is not prorated. Billing for SAS is done in late October or early November for the current license year. Billing for JMP is done in January for the current license year. Departments will be billed for all their SAS licenses at one time and all their JMP licenses a little later.

Any copy of SAS or JMP installed in an LSU computer must be paid for at the faculty/staff rate, even if the computer is used by students. Students cannot pay for SAS or JMP at the student rate and install it on an LSU computer.

Faculty and staff who install SAS or JMP on their LSU computer may also install it on their personal computer at home for no additional fee.

SAS or JMP for Student Use

Virtual Lab (SAS only)

Students can run both SAS and Enterprise Guide by logging in to Virtual Lab at vlab.lsu.edu. You can open or save files to your local computer.

If you don’t need to run SAS often and you have a fast, reliable internet connection, this may be the better option for you.

Your home or portable computer

If you need to use SAS often, you have a slow or unreliable internet connection, or you travel, you may prefer to install SAS on your own computer rather than running it through Virtual Lab. JMP is not available through Virtual Lab, so students wanting to run JMP need to install it on their own computers.

SAS will not run under any Windows Home version. If you are running a Home version of Windows, download Windows 7 Enterprise from TigerWare and install it if you want to run SAS.

LSU students can obtain copies of SAS or JMP for their personal use on their computer at home, either for doing class work or for analyzing their research data. Students are licensed to use SAS or JMP only as long as they are a student at LSU.

Cost is $25 per year for all or part of a license year; the cost is not prorated. Our SAS license year runs from March 15 through March 14, but SAS will continue to function through mid-June. Our JMP license year runs from April 30 through April 29. If you wish to continue using SAS or JMP after it is due to expire, you must pay an additional $25 per license year. Payments are applied to the license year beginning in the year the check was written. For example, a check written any time in 2011 is applied toward the 2011-2012 license year. The $25 is a license fee; you have paid for permission to use SAS or JMP. You have not paid for a installation media and you have not paid for any documentation.

Students cannot pay for a student license to install SAS or JMP on an LSU computer. Copies of SAS or JMP installed on LSU computers must be paid for by the department at the faculty/staff price.

Getting SAS, JMP, or JMP Pro

Faculty/staff: If someone in your department already has the installation media for SAS, JMP, or JMP Pro, contact your department’s SAS or JMP rep. Otherwise, follow steps below.
Students: Call 225-578-8303 or go to Martin D. Woodin Hall Room 161 to get your name on the waiting list to check out the installation media.
You will be notified by telephone or e-mail when it is your turn to get the installation media and you will pick up the installation media in Martin D. Woodin Hall Room 161.
You may keep the installation media no longer than 24 hours unless you make special arrangements to keep it longer.
Return the installation media to Martin D. Woodin Hall Room 161.

Department of Experimental Statistics
M.D. Woodin Hall Room 161
LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-8303
Fax: 225-578-8344