SAS tutorial, books

Question

Is there any good tutorial for SAS?

Any recommended books?

I have seen a lot of materials for R/S-Plus, but so few for SAS.

Thanks!

Answer 1

This is a very complete tutorial

And if you are looking for a book this may help

Answer 2

SAS's bookstore is pretty good http://support.sas.com/publishing/.

If you are very new to SAS, this little book is popular --
The Little SAS Book. Or you may want to wait for the new edition for EG 4.2.

An alternative book that includes some statistics is Ron Cody's in its 5th edition, Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language, Fifth Edition. Or if you mostly do data management not statistics, then check out Ron's new book, Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide

Answer 3

This is well reviewed: Bravo Two Zero

Answer 4

I use the Professional SAS Programmer's Pocket Reference on a daily basis.

Answer 5

My "The Little SAS Book" has helped me through all of my basic SAS questions. It doesn't get in-depth to the advanced stuff, but normally gets me far enough to at least be a good googler.

Answer 6

I also agree with Chang Chung. The Little SAS Book is very popular for starters and although I've only flicked through it myself a lot of people I have worked with really liked it.

However - If I only ever recommended one book on programming it would be this - The Pragmatic Programmer. It is language agnostic but the concepts apply amazingly well to SAS. Please note that it does not cover specific SAS code or stats at all. But if you want to become an incredibly efficient and effective SAS programmer then this is the book you will want to read. Plus it's well written and very easy and fun to read.

Answer 7

I would start out with "SAS for Dummies" - if someone makes me actually learn it. I know many programming languages, but what I've seen of SAS makes me feel like a dummy.