Ooooops.

For some reason I assumed PROC FORECAST was in SAS Stat. It is part of ETS in V8 and I presume V9.

So if Raj has only SAS Stat I doubt that he is well SAS-equipped for forecasting.

Puddin'

On 11/19/05, Pudding Man <pudding.man@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/19/05, Raj Datta <dokiya777@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am facing lot of problem in choicing which software to use for > > forecasting. I am having Basa and STAT SAS. Can i use Proc Forecast with > > these two? > > Cannot speak to "Basa". SAS Stat is generally robust if > you are not forecasting time-series data, which might > require SAS ETS. > > > If not than is there any procedure which i can use in SAS for > > doing the forecast. > > Central question: What Forecast? There are many possibilities > and you need to specify. > > Might you comtemplate formal statistical forecasts(s)? > > Might you comtemplate non-statistical forecasts(s)? > > Either way, to get specific help, you likely need to > identify one or more approaches/models/techniques. > > > I am also having minitab but don't know how to forecast > > if data is having seasonal component. > > I'd guess that you are not experienced with any of the > aforementioned software. So your learning curve might > likely be another factor to consider. SAS may or may-not > be the easiest software to learn for your chosen > forecasting. > > Good Luck, > Puddin' > > ***************************************************************** > *** Puddin' Man PuddingDotMan at GmailDotCom ** > *****************************************************************; > > "I asked her for water ... > and she brought me gasoline." > - Tommy Johnson, maybe 1929 >

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