Sas For Dummies

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SAS For Dummies is the introductory title in the fun and easy Dummies format to get up and running using SAS'9, SAS's statistical and data analysis software. The book introduces the reader to the commonly used features of the software, then jump right into the practical: Getting your various types of data into the software Producing reports Working with the data Basic SAS programming Macros Working with SAS and databases

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Stephen McDaniel is a west coast-based independent consultant and trainer focused on meeting business needs with simple technical solutions. He loves to help businesses solve their challenges by putting users first with the intelligent merger of data warehousing, business intelligence, and analytic capabilities. Previously, Stephen was the Senior Manager in charge of the SAS Enterprise Guide and the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office development teams at SAS. Stephen has been a SAS user for more than 17 years and has experience at over 50 companies as a statistician, statistical programmer, product manager, and manager of data warehousing and business intelligence. Chris Hemedinger is a senior software manager in the Business Intelligence Clients division at SAS. Chris began his career at SAS in 1993 as a technical writer, creating hits such as SAS Companion for the OS/2 Environment (remember OS/2?) and SAS Companion for the Microsoft Windows Environment. In 1997 he became involved in a prototype project to make SAS easier to use for non-programmers -- that project evolved into the hugely popular SAS Enterprise Guide, a product that Chris has worked with ever since. Table of Contents Introduction Part IWelcome To SAS! Touring the Wonderful World of SAS Your Connection to SAS Using SAS Enterprise Guide Six-Minute Abs Getting Miraculous Results with SAS Part II Gathering Data And Presenting Information Accessing Data Oh, the Choices! Managing Data I Can Do That? Show Me a Report in Less Than a Minute You Want Fries with That Graph? Part III Impressing Your Boss With Your SAS Business Intelligence A Painless Introduction to Analytics More Analytics to Enlighten and Entertain Making It Pretty Controlling Your Output Part IV Enhancing And Sharing Your SAS Masterpieces Leveraging Work from SAS to Those Less Fortunate OLAP Impressing Your Co-workers Supercharge Microsoft Office with SAS Web Fever Yeah, SAS Has That Covered Part V Getting SAS Ready To Rock And Roll Setting It All Up Taming the Data Beast The New World Meets the Old Programmers and SAS Enterprise Guide Part VI The Part Of Tens Ten SAS Enterprise Guide Productivity Tips Ten Tips for Administrators Ten (or More) Web Resources for Extra Information Index