The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Fifth Edition - Softcover

Lora D. Delwiche; Susan J. Slaughter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612903436 ISBN 13: 9781612903439

Publisher: SAS Institute, 2012

Synopsis

A classic that just keeps getting better, The Little SAS Book is essential for anyone learning SAS programming. Lora Delwiche and Susan Slaughter offer a user-friendly approach so readers can quickly and easily learn the most commonly used features of the SAS language. Each topic is presented in a self-contained two-page layout complete with examples and graphics.

The fifth edition has been completely updated to reflect the new default output introduced with SAS 9.3. In addition, there is a now a full chapter devoted to ODS Graphics including the SGPLOT and SGPANEL procedures. Other changes include expanded coverage of linguistic sorting and a new section on concatenating macro variables with other text. This book is a great tool for users of SAS 9.4 as well.

This title belongs on every SAS programmer's bookshelf. It's a resource not just to get you started, but one you'll return to as you continue to improve your programming skills.
This book is part of the SAS Press program.

About this title

About the Author:

Lora D. Delwiche enjoys teaching people about SAS software and likes solving challenging problems using SAS. She has spent most of her career at the University of California, Davis, using SAS in support of teaching and research.

Susan J. Slaughter discovered SAS software in graduate school at North Carolina State University. Since then, she has used SAS in a variety of business and academic settings managing large databases, teaching SAS software classes, and helping other SAS programmers. She now works as a consultant through her company, Avocet Solutions.

Review:

"The new edition of The Little SAS Book does an excellent job of introducing SAS users to the basics of accessing data, basic analysis, and reporting. It addresses these concepts in an easy-to-understand but comprehensive manner. It also includes the latest and greatest of pertinent new additions to SAS software. But most importantly, it weaves best practices and standards throughout all of its content." --Jennifer First, Vice President, Systems Seminar Consultants, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAS Institute
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1612903436
• ISBN 13: 9781612903439
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 376