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SAS INSTITUTE IS THE WORLD'S largest privately
owned software company. With more than
38,000 customers, including 90 percent in the
Fortune 500, and annual revenues exceeding
$1 billion, SAS Institute has achieved unprecedented
success and is driven to become even
bigger and better. SAS software provides an
extensive array of programming and analytical
tools and is used by organizations to access
large volumes of data, perform analytical
modeling, develop business intelligence,
implement Web delivery, and investigate
other analytical areas to better und erstand
customers, clients, and users. Although the
SAS software has been designed to be easy to
use, the sheer number of tools and features
offered in the Base SAS product alone can
become daunting, to say the least. As a result,
this book is intended to be useful to SAS users
everywhere.
Power SAS is intended to make it easier for
SAS users to take full advantage of the many
tools and features found in the base-product.
I've organized this book to help readers learn
something useful about many of SAS Institute's
software tools and features in 60 seconds or
less. The tips are based on years of experience
using SAS software and are tried and proven
for accurate results.
While I assume readers have some general
familiarity with computers, I don't assume any
knowledge of SAS software to get started with
this book. As with any book of this type, code
examples are an important element ofbetter
learning, and this book is filled with step-bystep
examples, code examples, as weIl as tips.
By covering the most widely used SAS software
tools and features, I am confident that users
will have a better and more rewarding
programming experience using the SAS
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