Six editions is a lot! If you had told us, back when we wrote the first edition of The Little SAS Book, that someday we would write a sixth; we would have wondered how we could possibly find that much to say. After all, it is supposed to be The Little SAS Book, isn’t it? But […]
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What is Data Literacy?
It has recently become fashionable to talk about data literacy. This is an important idea so I’m glad to see people discussing it. To me, data literacy means understanding that data are not dry, dusty, abstract squiggles on a computer screen, but represent living things: people, plants, animals. Having a deep understanding of data enables […]
SAS Global Forum 2019
I’m excited because in a couple days I will fly to Dallas for SAS Global Forum 2019, the biggest SAS conference of the year, attended by thousands. If you are coming, I hope you will say hello to me. If you can’t make it to Dallas, you’ll be glad to know that many presentations will […]
Everybody Needs Career Development
This year I’ve had the honor of helping to recruit speakers for the Career Development area at SAS Global Forum. We have some fantastic presentations that everyone can benefit from whether you are a student, a new graduate, or a mid-career professional. I particularly recommend the panel discussion (Career Advice We’d Give to Our […]
Tips for Learning SAS
New to SAS? Here are tips from the translator of The Little SAS Book, Fifth Edition. Hongqiu Gu, Ph.D. works at the China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases at the National Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Neurological Diseases at Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University. He shared these important tips to learn […]
The Little SAS Book in China
Recently The Little SAS Book reached a major milestone. For the first time ever, it was translated into another language. The language in this case was Chinese, and the translator was Hongqiu Gu, Ph.D. from the China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases at the National Center for Healthcare Quality Management in Neurological Diseases […]
WUSS 2018
The Western Users of SAS Software 2018 conference is coming to Sacramento, CA, September 5-7. I have been to a lot of SAS conferences, but WUSS is always my favorite because it is big enough for me to learn a lot, but small enough to be really friendly. On Wednesday afternoon, I will once again […]
SAS Global Forum 2018
I’m excited because in a couple days I will fly to Denver for SAS Global Forum 2018, the biggest SAS conference of the year, attended by thousands. If you are coming, I hope you will attend the presentation that Lora Delwiche and I have. It is “SAS Studio: A New Way to Program in SAS” […]