The Simple Guide to SAS®: From Null to Novice

Start your journey with SAS.

Have you just accepted a new job as a data analyst and need to learn SAS fast? Or perhaps you want to make a career change into programming and you’re not sure where to begin. The Simple Guide to SAS: From Null to Novice is the perfect book to get you started. Written for individuals with no prior programming experience, this book teaches the basics of learning SAS using hands-on examples and step-by-step explanations in a short, easy to understand guide.

Topics covered in this book include:

  • DATA and PROC Steps
  • DATA Step Processing
  • Setting up SAS Libraries
  • Importing and Exporting Data
  • Viewing and Summarizing Data
  • Sorting and Deduplicating Data
  • Filtering Data and Conditional Logic
  • SAS Functions
  • Formatting Variables
  • Combining and Aggregating Data.

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