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The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Fourth Editionx$37.54
  (9 reviews)
Best Price: $49.95 $37.54
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.
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By A3OOH5IGWD1FVM on 2009-12-23
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.
The Author Responds
By A3SFOUG13JWUNW on 2010-05-26
The Little SAS Book has received a small number of very negative reviews, and, as one of the authors, I just want to say to those people that I'm very sorry they were so disappointed. Let me be the first to admit that no book--including The Little SAS Book--can meet the needs of every reader.
As for the accusation that the book is informal in tone, I can only say, "Guilty!" The title of this book makes it clear that it is intended to be informal, friendly, and accessible.
Another reviewer states, "If you have experience in either programming or SAS you will outgrow this book in a couple days." I'm sorry you feel that way, but I can attest that not everyone shares your view. SAS programmers with decades of experience have told me that they used this book to review before taking the SAS certification base exam. One of the greatest compliments I have ever received was from a developer at SAS Institute who told me that he uses our book when he writes SAS programs!
But this is anecdotal evidence. For people who prefer hard facts, here are some points to consider: This book is so well respected that for many years a copy of the book was shipped with every copy of SAS software. That stopped only because SAS software is now delivered via the Internet. In addition, this book has won international awards. The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Fourth Edition received the Award of Excellence from the Society for Technical Communications in its International Technical Publications Competition for 2009.
If you are the kind of person who prefers a more formal style, then please don't buy this book. There are many other sources of information about SAS software. These include the SAS Help and Documentation provided with the software, extensive help on SAS Institute's customer support web site, and many wonderful conference papers. The best source for conference papers is a site owned by Lex Jansen. I am not allowed to include links in this review, but you shouldn't have any trouble finding these web sites.
I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors. Happy SAS-ing!
Outstanding Little Book
By A1ZJJNUKCTPGQM on 2009-11-09
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.
Great book
By AVPX61M30ZBEK on 2010-04-07
This is an excellent reference on how to manage data in SAS. If you are looking for a guide for detailed statistical analysis, you probably won't be pleased; however, if you need a quick reference on how to manipulate data and perform basic summary statistics, this is the absolute best book out there.
Always at my work desk.It as given me a Career.
By A1RTSUIF2PK4LQ on 2010-03-18
I work in Bio-tech industry and started working on SAS about 8 years ago. This book was first book and is remained with me forever up to the latest edition. It has given me confidence to get started and even now a great reference material for most of the topics. Needless to say, I would add that this book as given me a Career and would highly recommend for anybody who is connected to the SAS language. Thanks a lot Susan and Lora.
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