New Additions to SAS Press Library

Title: Building Web Applications with SAS/IntrNet: A Guide to the Application Dispatcher
Author: Don Henderson
Description:
Learn how you can save countless hours of research and development time building your Web applications with the SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher. Author Don Henderson illustrates the multitude of features and capabilities available in the SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher and shows you how to take greater advantage of these tools to make your tasks easier. This dynamic book features significant tips, techniques, and well-explained examples that you can immediately incorporate into your SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher Web applications. In addition to providing a solid overview of the SAS/IntrNet components, the book addresses major topics such as how the SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher works, developing Application Dispatcher programs, addressing common application requirements, integrating Application Dispatcher applications with other applications and environments, security, and debugging.

Selling price: 61.95 USD

ISBN: 978-1-59994-189-9

Page count: 376

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Title: Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide
Author: Ron Cody
Description:
If you like learning by example, you'll find that 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. The example is followed by a detailed description of how the program works. The text has four major sections: Getting Started; DATA Step Processing; Presenting and Summarizing Your Data; and Advanced Topics.

Selling price: 69.95 USD

ISBN: 978-1-59994-165-3

Page count: 664

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Title: The Essential Guide to SAS Dates and Times
Author: Derek Morgan
Description:
Why does SAS use January 1, 1960, as its arbitrary reference date? How do you convert a value such as 27 January 2003, into a SAS date? You'll find the answers to these questions and much more in this compact reference that makes it easy to understand how to use and manipulate dates, times, and datetimes in SAS. Novice-to-intermediate users will find the clear, task-focused examples and explanations of formats and functions invaluable; experienced users will appreciate additional background on topics such as intervals and international date and time formats. Included is a bonus "Quick Reference Guide" listing all the formats (with examples) on one handy page.

Selling price: 29.95 USD (before discount)

ISBN: 978-1-59047-884-4

Page count: 176

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Getting Started with SAS Text Miner 3.1: Now in Hard Copy

Title: Getting Started with SAS Text Miner 3.1
Description:
SAS Text Miner provides tools for exploring and extracting information from a collection of text documents. SAS Text Miner uncovers the themes and concepts that exist in a wide array of unstructured textual data, such as e-mails, white papers, news articles, and research data. Getting Started with SAS Text Miner 3.1 is designed for business analysts and statisticians, as well as for marketing representatives, researchers, and anyone who examines large amounts of text in order to extract information and trends.

Selling price: 14.95 USD

ISBN: 978-1-59047-695-6

Page count: 92

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SAS/IntrNet Sample Code from Don Henderson

The need to handle name/value pairs, where there might be multiple values, is a common occurrence. A good way to handle such values is to use a macro tool, instead of including the code in each program. Such a macro, multipleNames, is provided as part of the sample environment. You can use this macro as the basis for such a tool.
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Bestselling SAS Press Titles for Higher Education

SAS Press offers many books particularly suited for use in higher education. The bestseller list is organized by these categories:

• basic statistics
• advanced analytics/predictive modeling
• research/clinical
• data mining
• business intelligence

Also, code and data for many of these books are available for download from the SAS Press Companion sites. Read more to see a sampling of the most popular selections.
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New SAS Certification Packages

SAS has several new discounted bundled preparation options to help you prepare for certification in the SAS Programming credentials. Savings range from 20% to 60% off the full retail fee for each component. Choose from books, self-paced e-learning, and classroom training to make the most of your educational investment. And, minimize expenses!
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EPTO credits are welcome.
Buy now and access training when and where you want. The license period of your self-paced e-learning purchase begins when you activate your training using the assigned Access Code. That can be today, tomorrow, or next year. It is up to you. Learn more about using your EPTO credits for Self-Paced e-Learning.
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Free Digital Photo Frame

Receive a free digital photo frame when you purchase the Take 3, Any 3 program! This popular program allows you to choose three SAS courses for one low price of $2,850, with 18 months to complete your training. Whether you're interested in taking multiple courses to quickly acquire in-depth knowledge or taking a variety of courses to gain broad-based expertise, the Take 3, Any 3 program is the cost-effective solution for you.
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