On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:00:51 -0400, Pirritano, Matthew J <PirritanoM@AETNA.COM> wrote:

>Anyone else ever have this problem. How can I argue for my need for SAS?

Argue that you will be more productive.

If you are looking for a glossy brochure, the SAS web site has a "Fact Sheet" (and other resources) that summarizes what Base SAS can do. See http://www.sas.com/technologies/bi/appdev/base/

I don't think "Awesome SAS-L community that helps you solve any problem" is on the Fact Sheet, but it should be!

Also, remember that the ODS statistical graphics are now part of Base SAS, so you'll get PROC SGPLOT and it's graphical friends. If you haven't seen what ODS statistical graphics can do, see the graphics galleries mentioned at http://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2011/05/20/how-to-create-a-scatter- plot-with-marginal-histograms-in-sas/ or short URL http://bit.ly/GN65qi

Rick Wicklin Statistical programming and SAS/IML blog: http://blogs.sas.com/content/iml