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Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide


  


 : Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9781599941653
ISBN: 1599941651
Label: SAS Publishing
Manufacturer: SAS Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 664
Publication Date: March 29, 2007
Publisher: SAS Publishing
Studio: SAS Publishing




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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
If you like learning by example, then this straightforward book makes it easy to learn SAS programming. In an instructive and conversational tone, author Ron Cody clearly explains each programming technique and then illustrates it with one or more real-life examples, followed by a detailed description of how the program works. The text is divided into four major sections: Getting Started; DATA Step Processing; Presenting and Summarizing Your Data; and Advanced Topics. Subjects addressed include: Reading data from external sources Learning details of DATA step programming Subsetting and combining SAS data sets Understanding SAS functions and working with arrays Creating reports with PROC REPORT and PROC TABULATE Learning to use the SAS Output Delivery System Getting started with the SAS macro language Introducing PROC SQL You can test your knowledge and hone your skills by solving the problems at the end of each chapter. (Solutions to odd-numbered problems are located at the back of this book. Solutions to all problems are available to instructors by visiting the book's companion Web site for details.) This book is intended for beginners and intermediate users. Readers should know how to enter and submit a SAS program from their operating system. Includes a free CD-ROM with the example code, data sets, and solutions to odd-numbered problems.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Outstanding!!
About 15 years ago, I had a brief experience with SAS programming. Now, much later, quite a bit older, and experienced at a bunch of unrelated things, I'm back at SAS again and boy am I rusty...!!! Cody's book has been invaluable in getting back with it... It provides excellent practical "How to" examples for nearly everything I need...



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - not so good
i have waited so long time but i cannot receive my book.
i am not happy



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great for preparing for a job and SAS Base exam
When I started learning SAS from this book, I had two goals in mind:
1. Improve my SAS skills for a SAS programmer job.
2. Pass SAS Base certification exam.

I decided to use this book and not SAS Certification Prep guide because SAS certification Prep Guide wouldn't teach me how to program like Cody's book did. Cody's book gives lots of exercises to practice.

However, when I took a SAS practice exam, I felt Cody's book didn't prepare me enough in the following ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Poor copy quality
No doubt about that this book itself is great. However, the paperback book Amazon shipped to me was very poor. There are about 20 pages missing and more than 20 pages that are double coped. The book was new though.

I have ordered 7 or 8 books on Amazon in total. This is the first time I met such bad thing happen. I am kind of hesitate to make any more order on Amazon. Hopefully I won't have bad luck in the future.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A great book for beginners to Intermediate users
I have used SAS only sparingly over the years, and had a basic knowledge from taking a beginners course about 3 years ago (3 days costing more than $2,000).

However, I learnt more sitting with Ron Cody's book over the last two weeks than I did on that course. This book is great for self-paced study to get an understanding of how SAS works.

Gripes? The fact that only every second question has an answer is annoying, but understandable (to a degree) given that the book can be ... Read More




 



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