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Coming to SAS from SPSS: A Programming Approach

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book cover Coming to SAS from SPSS: A Programming Approach
By: Lora Delwiche and Susan Slaughter
Pages: 28


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Programmers who want to move from SPSS to SAS now have a great resource to help them make that transition. Written by the authors of The Little SAS Book: A Primer, "Coming to SAS from SPSS: A Programming Approach" focuses on topics of special interest to SPSS programmers. The authors discuss differences in terminology, show how to move SPSS data files into SAS, and then give examples illustrating reports and analyses of likely interest to SPSS users. After reading "Coming to SAS from SPSS," users will wish they had made the change sooner!
About the Authors

author photo Lora Delwiche and Susan Slaughter are the authors of The Little SAS Book: A Primer and The Little SAS Book for Enterprise Guide.

With over 25 years of experience, Lora (left) enjoys teaching people about SAS software and likes solving challenging problems using SAS. She has spent most of her career at the University of California, Davis, using SAS in support of teaching and research.

Susan (right) discovered SAS software in graduate school over 25 years ago. Since then, she has used SAS in a variety of business and academic settings. She now works as a consultant through her company, Avocet Solutions.

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