Tag: Little SAS Book Series

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 […]

A Little Advice: How to Be a Top SAS Programmer

Recently I was honored to be interviewed by Mamadou Dakouo for his company DataSteps.   I was asked three questions: How did I learn SAS? What advice do I have for someone who wants to become a “top SAS programmer?” What is my favorite SAS procedure? My answers were In graduate school Be a self-starter […]

What’s Your SAS Interface?

These days SAS programmers have more choices than ever before about how to run SAS.  They can use the old Display Manager interface, or SAS Enterprise Guide, or the new kid on the block: SAS Studio.  All of these are included with Base SAS. Once upon a time, the only choices were Display Manager (officially […]

A short history of The Little SAS Book

In celebration of SAS Press’ 25th anniversary, Lora Delwiche and I reminisced about what it was like writing the first edition of The Little SAS Book.  You can read about it on The SAS Learning Post.

Who was the first SAS user to write a SAS book?

SAS Press has been publishing books written by SAS users for 25 years.  That made me wonder: Who wrote the first such book?  The answer depends on how you phrase the question.  You can read about it on the SAS Learning Post.

Save Big on SAS Books

Have you been thinking about ordering a SAS book or two?  Now is the time to do it.  SAS Press is a quarter century old.  To celebrate, they are offering a 25% discount on books ordered by December 31, 2015.  To get the discount, use the promo code SMPBBP when you place your order at […]

Save Big on SAS Books

Have you been thinking about ordering a SAS book or two?  Now is the time to do it.  SAS Press is a quarter century old.  To celebrate, they are offering a 25% discount on books ordered by December 31, 2015.  To get the discount, use the promo code SMPBBP when you place your order at […]