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Toolkit for Weighting and Analysis of Nonequivalent Groups SAS
Macros Start-Up
March 9, 2014
This document provides hints for users starting out with the twang SAS macros to implement the
Toolkit for Weighting and Analysis of Nonequivalent Groups (twang). twang was originally de-
veloped as a package (set of functions) for the R environment for statistical computing and graphics. The
SAS macros create script files to run the R functions. As a result of this feature, use of the twang macros
requires users to have an operational installation of SAS and R on their computers. We assume users have
installed and initialized SAS.
The R environment can be downloaded for free from The Comprehensive R Archive Network (http://cran.us.r-
project.org/). This start-up provides step-by-step instructions to install R on Windows 7 with a 64-bit
processor. Users will need to make adaptations for other Windows operating systems. Version 3.0.2 was
the current R at the time the start-up was written. Users will install the current version and will need to
adapt any directory or file names to that version. There are several video tutorials on Youtube such as
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwfVCaMCO8U that users may want to view in addition to following
the steps in this document.
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1. Access The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) at http://cran.us.r-project.org/
2. Select Download R for Windows
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2. Select Download R for Windows
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3. Select base
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4. Select Download R 3.0.2 for Windows
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5. Select Save on bar in Internet Explorer (see previous screen shot) or in the dialog window in Firefox (shown)
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6. Open Downloads folder
6.a Click Start Button
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6.b Select Run...
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6.c Type downloads
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6.d Select OK or hit Enter
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7. Double click R-3.0.2-win.exe to open it
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8. Select Run
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9. Click Yes to allow program to make changes if prompted (not shown)10. Select language and click OK
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11. Select choices and click Next
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11. Select choices and click Next
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11. Select choices and click Next
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11. Select choices and click Next
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11. Select choices and click Next
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11. Select choices and click Next
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11. Select choices and click Next
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12. Wait for the installation
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13. Click finish
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R is now installed. If you add R to your PATH environmental variable, you can reference R in the macro
calls with “R” rather then the entire path (e.g., “C:\Program Files\R\R-3.0.2\bin\x64\R.exe” with the
version number 3.0.2 is replaced by the version you installed). The following steps demonstrate adding R
to your PATH. This step is not required for running the twang macros.
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1. Click the start button
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3. Highlight Computer
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4. Right click Computer
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5. Click Properties
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6. Click Advanced Settings
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7. Click Environmental Variables...
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8. Highlight PATH
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9. Double click PATH
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1 10. Edit PATH by adding
“; C:\Program Files\R\R-3.0.2\bin\x64\R.exe” to the end of the current value
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11. Click OK on all windows until all are closed
You can now develop SAS scripts to use the twang.
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