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May's Featured Titles
New Additions to the SAS Press Library
SAS Press Series Books Win Distinguished Awards
SAS Procedures by Name and Product for SAS 9.2
July-December 2008 Training Schedule Now Available
Survival Data Mining Course
New E-Course Is Innovative Training for Beginning Programmers!


Discovery 2008: The Data Exploration Conference
Cary, NC
June 16-17, 2008

PharmaSUG
Atlanta, GA
June 1 - 4

F2008 Business Forecasting Conference
Cary, NC
June 2-3, 2008

Competing on Analytics: Try-It Workshop
Rockville, MD
June 12 - 13



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Dear Readers,

SAS Press brings you two new titles this month as well as a featured title offered at a 20% discount.

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May's Featured Titles

Enjoy a 20% discount on these featured titles through May 31!

Statistics Using SAS Enterprise Guide
By James Davis
99.95 USD (before discount)

Description:
Discover how easy it is to perform statistical analysis using the power of SAS Enterprise Guide. Suitable for students new to statistics and to SAS, as well as for experienced professionals, this clearly written text introduces the basics of SAS Enterprise Guide and basic statistics. 784 pp.

SAS Web Report Studio 3.1: User's Guide
37.95 USD (before discount)

Description:
A user's guide for SAS Web Report Studio 3.1, this book provides intuitive and efficient access to query and report capabilities on the Web. Users who create and view reports can follow the step-by-step instructions for performing tasks such as creating, viewing, copying, moving, exporting, and printing reports. 244 pp.




New Additions to the SAS Press Library

Validating Clinical Trial Data Reporting with SAS
By Carol I. Matthews and Brian Shilling
36.95 USD

Description:
This indispensable guide focuses on validating programs written to support the clinical trial process from after the data collection stage to generating reports and submitting data and output to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The authors provide practical examples, explanations for why different techniques are helpful, and tips for avoiding output errors. 228 pp.

The Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market
By John R. Kohl
39.95 USD

Description:
This detailed, example-driven guide illustrates how much technical communicators can do to make written texts more suitable for a global audience. Accompanied by an abundance of clearly explained examples, the Global English guidelines show you how to write documentation that is optimized for non-native speakers of English, translators, and even machine-translation software, as well as for native speakers of English. 336 pp.





SAS Press Series Books Win Distinguished Awards
The 2007-2008 Society for Technical Communication Carolina Chapter Awards Celebration took place on March 13 in Cary, NC. The following three SAS Press titles received Distinguished Technical Publications awards in the category of software guides:

- Elementary Statistics Using JMP by Sandra D. Schlotzhauer, Schlotzhauer Consulting LLC
- Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide by Ron Cody, SAS Consultant
- SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Second Edition by Michelle M. Burlew, Episystems, Inc.


SAS Procedures by Name and Product for SAS 9.2
The set of enhancements offered in SAS 9.2 Phase 1 is a direct response to requests from our customer base. As a result, we now have listings of all SAS procedures by name and by product with links to the HTML versions.


July-December 2008 Training Schedule Now Available
Turn data into decisions faster by attending SAS Training delivered by the people who know it best. We recently added training dates for July through December 2008 to our schedule on the Web. Register for the courses that you want before they fill up!


Survival Data Mining Course
Learn the benefits and pitfalls of using survival analysis for business intelligence when you attend Survival Data Mining: Predictive Hazard Modeling for Customer History Data. Designed for data analysts, this advanced course covers both theoretical justifications of various survival data mining methods and their practical implementation using SAS software.
Register today and take advantage of special discounts!



New E-Course Is Innovative Training for Beginning Programmers!

Interactive desktop training uses audio, Flash movies, and demos to dynamically present material. New users will find numerous engaging demos and a variety of self-practice exercises to give you the confidence to quickly move forward in your programming endeavors.

As always, Self-Paced e-Learning provides quality training to fit your schedule (anytime 24/7) and your budget! Get started today on the first step of your programming future with SAS Programming Introduction: Basic Concepts.



 
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