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Now in its fourth edition, The Little SAS Book is a classic, helping many people learn SAS programming. The book's friendly, easy-to-read style gently introduces readers to the most commonly used features of the SAS language. Topics include basic SAS concepts such as the DATA and PROC steps, inputting data, modifying and combining data sets, summarizing data, producing reports, and debugging SAS programs. Each topic is presented in a self-contained two-page layout complete with examples and graphics. This clear and concise format enables new users to get up and running quickly, while the examples allow readers to type in the program and see it work!

New topics in the fourth edition include ODS Graphics for statistical procedures, PROC SGPLOT for graphics, creating new variables in PROC REPORT with a COMPUTE block, WHERE= data set option, SORTSEQ=LINGUISTIC option in PROC SORT, and more functions, including ANYALPHA, CAT, PROPCASE, and YRDIF.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3309 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .80" h x 7.40" w x 8.80" l, 1.40 pounds
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• 376 pages

About the Author
Lora D. Delwiche brings over 25 years of SAS software expertise to this edition. Lora 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. Her experience working with users from many different disciplines prompted her to write a small, friendly book that would give new users a quick start.

Susan J. Slaughter discovered SAS software in graduate school over 25 years ago. Since then, she has used SAS in a variety of business and academic settings. She now works as a consultant through her company, Avocet Solutions. Her experience managing large databases, teaching SAS software classes, and writing about SAS inspired her to write a book that is both informative and fun to read.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
Tables and images not up to par in Kindle version
By Luna Black
While I love the portability of this as a Kindle version, the images and tables are pixelized and sometimes the first letter is missing. While this will take some involved re-working of the charts and pictures in this, I really wish they would fix it. Having to guess the first letter on the first column of the examples gets frustrating.

The book itself is very well written and great for beginners. My complaint is specific to the Kindle version.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Take a Look at the Reviews for Third Edition
By On a Journey
I support a fairly large SAS community in the private sector. I always recommend this book, but it isn't for everyone. I always recommend the most current version too. Maybe those reviewing this text at such a low level expected more detailed coverage. If you are a documentation junkie with considerable IT background, then go to the SAS site and read the documentation or purchase the course notes. The Little SAS Book is a series of short articles that hit all topics for a new SAS user. Many new SAS users have limited computing skills, e.g., Word and Excel, and our plunging into advanced statistics courses. The book is written in a folksy kind of style which might turn off some readers. If you have strong IT skills and now supporting statisticians that know SAS, then this book will aid in the conversation.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Outstanding Little Book
By Mikail Suleiman
This book is amazingly useful for SAS beginners and professional alike. It gives you an easy understanding of programming in SAS. I will definately recommend this book as a first choice to anyone interested in SAS.