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Summary: Great contents, terrible binding
Review: A professional programmer of the dutch SAS institute advised me to buy two exemplars of this reference guide. Contents are great and easy to understand (although I am afraid that I rather prefer sas online doc), but the quality of the binding is terrible: after an estimated 30 searches in the guide, pages ware falling out of the manual. From this point of view, 9 bucks excl. shipping is a bad deal.
Frank
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Summary: It looks informative to browse
Review: I just got the 2nd edition printed in 1998. I agree with the previous reviewer who used an example about Chinese language, as I will explain later. I have been using the SAS for some years and am curently a statistician mainly working with the SAS. Every page looks informative to me. I can learn new rules and possibilities even on the commands I have been using. The advantage of this book for me is that it is small and highlights key information. It is like a summary book of the _SAS Language_, a thick reference book that I do not feel like browsing for leisure. The disadvantage would be same as how I feel about the _SAS Language_ book, that if we do not know what we want to know, then we will not be able to find it out. The index page is intended for experienced user.
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Summary: Good reference for options
Review: SAS is powerful tool, but possesses a bizarre (to a programming snob) and inconsistent syntax. That being said, you won't be able to learn SAS from this book. However, you'll find this very useful as a quick reference to the options and canned routines. While it's not truly "pocket size," its size is compatible with my otherwise messy desktop. The 4th edition includes changes to be seen in the upcoming SAS 9.0.
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Summary: Good reference for options
Review: SAS is powerful tool, but possesses a bizarre (to a programming snob) and inconsistent syntax. That being said, you won't be able to learn SAS from this book. However, you'll find this very useful as a quick reference to the options and canned routines. While it's not truly "pocket size," its size is compatible with my otherwise messy desktop. The 4th edition includes changes to be seen in the upcoming SAS 9.0.
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Summary: A Classic SAS Users Manual
Review: This is a good book to have available if you don't wish to take a look at one of SAS Institute's substantial publications or a reference manual published elsewhere. However, it isn't a guide I'd recommend to someone who isn't familiar with computer programming or SAS. It's best seen as a pocket dictionary of SAS programming - and it should be used as such.
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