The Simple Guide to SAS®: From Null to Novice
By Kirby Thomas
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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