Date:         Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:59:28 -0800
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From:         "David L. Cassell" <Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Best References for SAS Newbee
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Rick Pena wrote:
> Need your professional opinion as to what are the best book references
for a
> SAS newbee?  I would like to know if there is any one or two books that
you
> have found invaluable and still refer to.  If there are any SAS sites
that
> fall into this category, could you post the URL(s) also.

I like "Mastering the SAS System" by Jaffe.  We bought four copies of it
for
our newer SAS people, and now there are no copies left for anyone to
borrow!

Many people also recommend "The Little SAS Book: A Primer" which is in its
second edition now.

Both of these are written for the beginner.  As you progress, there are
plenty
of good books in many SAS-programming areas out there too.  Art Carpenter's
book on macros, Don Stanley's book on SCL, anything by Michael Friendly,
...

As for URLs, try some of these:

http://www.sas.com/                                             [of course]
http://www.sas.com/techsup/intro.html               [SAS technical support]
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html         [archives of SAS-L]
http://www.sconsig.com/                       [Charles Patridge's SAS site]
http://www.pwcons.com/Tips/index.html            [PW Consulting's SAS Tips]
http://www.yorku.ca/dept/psych/lab/sas/            [SAS Information Guides]

There are plenty of other good ones which you can snag out of the archives
of this list, like David Ward's site to name but one.  But this ought to
get
you started.

HTH,
David
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David Cassell, OAO Corp.                           Cassell.David@epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician