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Tag: Little SAS Book Series
What can I use SAS for?
According to my site stats someone found this site yesterday by searching for the phrase “what can i use sas for?’ I’m flattered. And I hope they found the answer to their question. Though to be honest, I doubt that anything I have previously written addressed the use of SAS in such broad terms. So […]
Copyrights and Apple Pie
Like all writers (and artists, musicians, software developers, and other creators of content) I am concerned about the problem of copyright infringement. (Here is my previous post about this.) So I was interested to find out that while I was at the Western Users of SAS Software conference, there was a veritable brouhaha about this […]
WUSS and My 7 Minutes and 39 Seconds of Fame
I have just returned from another great Western Users of SAS Software conference. Normally at this point I would write a summary of the conference, but this year I don’t have to. Instead, you can hear my summary in this interview by Sy Truong of Meta-Xceed, Inc. To hear all of Sy’s interviews at […]
Does Crime Pay?
Answer: It certainly doesn’t pay authors. My sister recently told me that the Sacramento public library lists one copy of The Little SAS Book in their catalog. However, it turns out that someone has stolen that one copy. I figure that’s a compliment of sorts: Someone wanted The Little SAS Book enough to steal it. […]
Computing Ages in SAS: New Function Needed
The following excerpt is from an e-mail message I sent to suggest@sas.com. I know other people have suggested that we need a function designed specifically for computing ages, and I wanted to add my voice to that chorus. “I would like to make a suggestion for Base SAS. SAS needs a function that is designed […]