The Little SAS® Book A Primer, Fourth Edition /

Now in its fourth edition, The Little SAS Book is a classic, helping many people learn SAS programming. Authors Lora Delwiche and Susan Slaughter's friendly, easy-to-read writing style gently introduces readers to the most commonly used features of the SAS language. Topics include basic SAS con...

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Main Authors: Slaughter, Susan (Author), Delwiche, Lora (Author)
Corporate Author: Safari, an O’Reilly Media Company
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: SAS Institute, 2008.
Edition:4th edition.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Summary:Now in its fourth edition, The Little SAS Book is a classic, helping many people learn SAS programming. Authors Lora Delwiche and Susan Slaughter's friendly, easy-to-read writing 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.
Physical Description:376 pages
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781599947259
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Issuing Body Note:Made available through: Safari, an O’Reilly Media Company.