Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:47:29 +0100
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From: "Groeneveld, Jim" <jim.groeneveld@VITATRON.COM>
Subject: Re: Newbie needs help--Any suggestions on where to learn SAS?
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Dear Leah,
Search the web with google for the phrase "learning SAS" (incl. quotes). The internet nowadays is a good resource of knowledge, both directly and indirectly. I very regularly search the web for any (statistical) subject and it is amazing what is available there. A book that I would recommend is 'The Little SAS Book : A Primer, Second Edition' by Lora D. Delwiche and Susan J. Slaughter; it also comes along with the SAS 8.02 installation disks. Knowing to program in SPSS and many more statistical packages and programming languages I found this a very suited relatively small booklet to initially learn the elementary part of SAS programming and use. After that I was able to dive up any SAS book or official documentation in my search for further knowledge.
See the URL (here divided over two lines!!! due to its length);
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1580252397/qid=1067420246/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-4284368-3235966?v=glance&s=books
Regards - Jim.
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-----Original Message-----
From: LeahS. [mailto:bridezilla26@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:28
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Newbie needs help--Any suggestions on where to learn SAS?
Hi there,
I'm a SPSS user looking to convert to SAS, primarily for survey analyses
purposes. I could use some suggestions, testimonials, etc. on the best way to
get quickly ramped up on SAS.
I already have the SAS Learning Edition, but I really need more help. My goal
is to get at least a base programming certificate. I know that I can take
(expensive!) courses through SAS, or purchase (suspiciously?) cheap e-learning
courses at a number of sites. But I work at a tiny company that can't pay for
my training, and so I need to know what would give me the most for my money.
So I hope you pros might have some sage advice for me. Can any of you give a
recommendation for a good intro online course or in-person Northern California
class, based on your personal experience?
cheers,
Leah s.
[NOTE: please don't send me ads. Don't need that; I've already done my research
and probably already seen your site! thx]
