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New Updated Title by Frederick Pratter
Save 20% on This Month's Featured Books
Newest SAS Documentation
Special Discounts for New Books
Available the End of October: SAS Learning Edition 4.1!
Easy Access to SAS Procedures Now Available!
Updated What's New Now Available from the Web



Ordering Information - SAS Netherlands
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Out with the old, in with the new! October brings us a couple of exciting changes. For one, we shortened the name of our e-newsletter to "SAS Publishing News" to reflect how we refer to it internally here at SAS. The long-awaited new version of SAS Learning Edition 4.1 will be available this month, too. Order before October 31 and you can save 30% off the retail price! Fredrick Pratter's new book is now available along with several new SAS documentation titles.

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Happy Reading!

Judi Rourke-O'Briant
Editor, SAS Publishing News



 

New Updated Title by Frederick Pratter

Title: Web Development with SAS by Example, Second Edition
Author: Frederick Pratter
Description:
This is the ultimate source for using SAS Web technologies. The book has been updated for SAS 9.1 and SAS AppDev Studio 3.1. SAS Web technologies provide an extremely powerful and flexible collection of Web development tools. In this second edition, Dr. Pratter puts all of the pieces together and provides a systematic overview, so that both novice and experienced Web programmers can find the information and examples they need to get started using these tools effectively.

SAS products addressed: Base SAS, SAS Integration Technologies, SAS/IntrNet
ISBN-10: 1-59047-501-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-59047-501-0
Page count: 360
To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy, visit our online bookstore.


Save 20% on This Month's Featured Books

Featured books are available at a 20% discount through November 7th! To ensure that you receive this discount, please reference the tracking code YN in the comments field for online orders. Be sure to reference this code in fax and telephone orders, too.

Title: A Step-by-Step Approach to Using SAS for Univariate and Multivariate Statistics, Second Edition
Authors: Norm O'Rourke, Larry Hatcher, and Edward Stepanski
Description:
Updated for SAS®9, this second edition is an easy-to-understand introduction to SAS as well as to univariate and multivariate statistics. Clear explanations and simple language guide you through research terminology, data input, data manipulation, and types of statistical analysis that are most commonly used in the social and behavioral sciences. Providing practice data inspired by actual studies, this book teaches you how to choose the right statistic, understand the assumptions underlying the procedure, prepare the SAS program for the analysis, interpret the output, and summarize the analysis and results according to the format prescribed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

SAS product addressed: SAS/STAT
ISBN-10: 1-58025-578-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-59047-417-4
Page count:552

To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy, visit our online bookstore.

Title: JMP for Basic Univariate and Multivariate Statistics: A Step-by-Step Guide
Authors: Ann Lehman, Norm O'Rourke, Larry Hatcher, and Edward Stepanski
Description:
Doing statistics in JMP has never been easier! Learn how to manage JMP data and perform the statistical analyses most commonly used in research in the social sciences and other fields with this book. Clearly written instructions guide you through the basic concepts of research and data analysis, enabling you to easily perform statistical analyses and solve problems in real-world research. Step by step, you'll discover how to obtain descriptive and inferential statistics, summarize results, perform a wide range of JMP analyses, interpret the results, and more.

SAS product addressed: JMP
ISBN-10: 1-59047-576-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-59047-576-8
Page count: 512
To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy, visit our online bookstore.


Newest SAS Documentation

Title: SAS High-Performance Forecasting 2.2: User's Guide, Volumes 1 and 2
Description:
This guide documents the syntax of the High-Performance Forecasting product and demonstrates its use through examples. This title is also available online.

SAS products addressed: SAS Forecast Server, SAS High-Performance Forecasting, SAS/ETS
ISBN 10: 978-1-59994-168-4
ISBN: 1-59994-168-6
Page count: 676
To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy, visit our online bookstore.


Special Discounts for New Books

We will grant you a discount of 20% on new books announced in our YSPN newsletter for November. This offer is valid for orders placed within 4 weeks after the announcement. To receive the discount you simply need to mention the reference YSPN-discount in your order.



Available the End of October: SAS Learning Edition 4.1!

SAS Learning Edition is an educational tool. This latest and expanded version includes Base SAS 9.1.3, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/QC, SAS/ETS, and SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1. SAS Learning Edition 4.1 comes with an online tutorial and the SAS Press book, The Little SAS Book for Enterprise Guide 4.1, to assist you in your learning. This is a great way to teach yourself SAS!

All orders received by October 31, 2006, receive 30% off!

To order now, please visit our online bookstore.


Easy Access to SAS Procedures Now Available!

A list of SAS procedures has been compiled and added to SAS OnlineDoc 9.1.3. The comprehensive list of SAS procedures compiles all public SAS procedures that link to the procedure within its respective product. The convenient list helps you quickly find and access the procedure even if you aren't sure of the spelling or in what specific product the procedure is included. To view the alphabetical list of procedures, go to http://support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/docMainpage.jsp and click on SAS Procedures.


Updated What's New Now Available from the Web

You can learn about the documentation and product updates for SAS®9 from the What's New in SAS 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.2, and 9.1.3 documentation. The latest version of the What's New documentation is now available from support.sas.com. The following files were updated on support.sas.com:

Recently, the following topics in the What's New documentation were updated:
  • SAS/ACCESS 4.2 Interface to R/3
  • SAS AppDev Studio 3.2
  • Base SAS Language Reference
  • SAS Data Integration Studio 3.4
  • SAS Data Surveyor 4.2 for SAP
  • SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2
  • SAS High-Performance Forecasting 2.2
  • SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform
  • SAS Management Console


Ordering Information - SAS Netherlands

Please send your order to:

Ries van der Pol.
Postbus 3053
1270 EB Huizen.
Fax: 035-6941952
e-mail: ries.van.der.pol@snl.sas.com
On-line: http://www.sas.com/pubs/nl


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