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May 2006

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bullet graphicSave 20% on This Month's Featured Books from SAS Press!
bullet graphicNew SAS Data Integration Studio 3.3 User's Guide
bullet graphicNew and Updated Guides for SAS® 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform!
bullet graphicNew Documentation for SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2
bullet graphicJoin SAS for a Special Three-part Webcast Series
bullet graphicSAS Certification
bullet graphicOrdering Information - SAS UK
bullet graphicDo You Have the Write Stuff?
bullet graphicHelpful Resources from SAS Publishing
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Save 20% on This Month's Featured Books from SAS Press!

Featured books are available at a 20% discount through Jun7th! 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 phone orders, too.

Title: SAS Survival Analysis Techniques for Medical Research, Second Edition
Author: Alan Cantor
Description:
If you are new to survival analysis or want to expand your capabilities in this area, you'll benefit from Alan Cantor's follow-up to Extending SAS® Survival Analysis Techniques for Medical Research. This second edition presents the theory and methods of survival analysis along with extensive discussions of the SAS procedures that are used to implement the methods described. New features include a discussion of permutation and randomization tests; a discussion of the use of data imputation; an expanded discussion of power for Cox regression; descriptions of the new features of SAS®9, such as confidence bands for the Kaplan-Meier curve; appendixes that cover mathematical and statistical background topics needed in survival analysis; and student exercises.

SAS product addressed: SAS/STAT
ISBN: 1-59047-135-0
Page count: 248

To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy:
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=58416&cntry=[[country]]

Title: Health Care Data and SAS
Author: Marge Scerbo, Craig Dickstein and Alan Wilson
Description:
Finally! A book that draws together tried-and-true techniques for using SAS to work with health care data. New and experienced SAS programmers and analysts working in health care data analysis will find this book invaluable in their daily professional lives. Health care data can be diverse and complicated. With this book, you learn how to use SAS to access the information within the data.

SAS products addressed: Base SAS
ISBN: 1-58025-865-4
Page count:300

To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy:
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?pc=57638&cntry=[[country]]

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New SAS Data Integration Studio 3.3 User's Guide

SAS Data Integration Studio is a visual design tool that enables you to consolidate and manage enterprise data from a variety of source systems, applications and technologies. This manual explains how to use SAS Data Integration Studio to specify metadata for sources, to specify metadata for targets, and create jobs that specify how data is extracted, transformed, and loaded from sources to targets.



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New and Updated Guides for SAS® 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform!

The business Intelligence guides offer a quick overview of the architecture behind the SAS Intelligence Platform, simple installation instructions and the best way to administer your enterprise system. This release provides you with a new guide for performing security-related administrative tasks and a separate document of pre-installation checklists. The new and updated guides are available in SAS OnlineDoc and on http://support.sas.com/pubs.

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New Documentation for SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2

SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2 is the SAS data mining solution that addresses the entire data mining process using an intuitive Java point-and-click interface. This guide introduces you to the core functionality of SAS Enterprise Miner and shows you how to perform basic data mining tasks.



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Join SAS for a Special Three-part Webcast Series

How can you ensure the quality and precision of your forecasts? "Finding the Flaws in Forecasting to Decrease Forecast Error," a three-part series, will discuss the pros and cons of injecting judgment into forecasting to give a better understanding of how to eliminate the flaws that sacrifice accuracy and efficiency. You'll walk away from the series knowing how to:

  • Measure the performance and value that are added by your current forecasting efforts
  • Identify and eliminate process waste
  • Evaluate the role of management intervention in the forecasting process

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SAS Certification

Successful SAS Certified Professionals say it best: "In today's job market, being SAS Certified gives you that extra competitive edge."

Ready to take the next step in your career? Prove it to yourself, your colleagues and your competition. Put your skills to the test and earn a globally recognized credential from SAS. Visit support.sas.com/certification today, and see how SAS is committed to helping you move ahead in your career.

Also now available, the new SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS®9. Prepare for the SAS Base Programming for SAS®9 certification exam with the official guide by the SAS Certified Professional Program. New and experienced SAS users who want to prepare for the SAS Base Programming for SAS®9 certification exam will find this guide an invaluable, convenient and comprehensive resource that covers all of the objectives tested on the exam. Learn more.

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Ordering Information - SAS UK

Please send your order to:

Miss Caroline Bagshaw
SAS Software
Wittington House
Henley Road
Medmenham, Marlow
SL7 2EB

Direct Line: 01628 404216
Fax: 01628 404348
E-Mail: Caroline.Bagshaw@suk.sas.com
On-line: http://www.sas.com/pubs/uk

You can perform a keyword search, select publications by product, and place your order online You will find information about all the products and services available from the Publications Division on the World Wide Web.

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Do You Have the Write Stuff?

Share your expertise with other SAS users! SAS Press provides a variety of ways for you to share your expertise in using SAS software. Consider publishing information about how you use SAS software. If you would prefer to work with someone on a project, you can co-author a book. Or perhaps you would like to review a book while it is under development. Let us know what your interests are, and we'll find a way for you to participate!

For more information, please visit http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu/proposal.html or send an e-mail request to saspress@sas.com

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Helpful Resources from SAS Publishing

Authorline

See what SAS Press authors are up to with new books, proposals, and more. The newest issue of Authorline, the online newsletter, is available at http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu/authorline_archive.html

SAS Press Companion Pages

Here you'll find valuable information related to the SAS Press books you have purchased or are considering purchasing from SAS. Please visit the home page at http://support.sas.com/publishing/bbu/companion_site/home.html

SAS Learning Edition

SAS Learning Edition is a personal learning version of the world's leading business intelligence and analytical software. For more information, please go to http://support.sas.com/LE

Self-Paced e-Learning Catalog

SAS software training is available to you in a variety of formats, including self-paced online training courses. To take advantage of these online training products, please go to http://support.sas.com/selfpaced

Online SAS Documentation

We provide both an HTML-based online library with features such as full-text search across titles, a master index, expanding and contracting Table of Contents, as well as printer-friendly PDF versions of the documentation. Most titles appear in both formats. Please go to http://support.sas.com/documentation

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