The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Fifth Edition

I am writing this at three because even though it’s a good book it’s not what I was looking for… I highly recommend SAS certification prep guide for those of you that are like me and was trying to learn SAS. Now if you know SAS this book might be okay. It covers stuff but not to the depth that I needed so if you are a lesson savvy user and have not seen the program you might find some benefit to this book but if you’re trying to learn and I definitely recommend the other book

I have been using this book since the 3rd edition. This is the easiest reference for beginners, and it is still the one I keep within reach for when I need to recall something regarding 'the basics'. I use SAS basically full time but I can't keep every detail in memory. This is not an advanced reference and I use a number of other resources as well. For students or beginners though, I think this is the book to get you up and running. Really well written for helping the student understand how data step functions work, beginning level macro functions, how to work with variables, dates, how to get your data into SAS, etc.

I love the layout of this book. This was the first SAS book that I used and I didn't realize at the time, but it is one of the higher quality SAS-related publications. Others I have purchased since have been disappointingly amateurish.The two-page sections provide just the right amount of information, and are great for pacing yourself for self-study. They introduce an idea or a function generally, then provide a code example using data tables that you can access through SAS OnDemand. My one nitpick is that I would like the examples to operate a bit more like exercises. They show the code first, then explain what it does, whereas it would be nice if the problem was presented first and then the code solution. That way I could make an attempt at solving the problem myself before seeing the code. I was able to do that for some sections, though, and overall this is a good book. Definitely recommend for first-time users.

I drove myself crazy looking for basic information on the syntax and options of the SAS language. The SAS support site is a joke, and most of the SAS publications are ridiculously expensive. I was turned off by the title of this book, and I didn't think it would apply to SAS Enterprise Guide. I was wrong. This was exactly what I needed: a "get your foot in the door" basic reference to SAS programming syntax suitable for people who already have experience with programming. I wish I had bought this book months ago.

Very helpful. Would be nice if it had practice data for you to work with. It covers mostly how to read/write data in SAS. Most of the book is on this. There are a couple small sections on statistical procedures. So this is a good companion book when learning to use SAS, but look elsewhere for help with statistical procedures

This was a perfect companion guide to a SAS class that I took last Fall. I have been able to use it while at work, and it is very useful, especially with explaining syntax. No, it won't get into anything too intense (no multivariable regression, logistic regression, etc.) but it'll tell you the basics.

Great resource. Well-written. I bought it to use as a reference, expecting it to be useful but dry and not readable. I was quite surprised that the authors had managed to make it interesting, and ended up reading nearly the entire thing. Well worth a buy.

This book has a lot of knowledge but is short on examples. The problem is compounded because a subject like this can be taught many ways, so the way they do things in the book is unlikely to always match up with how your professor is teaching the class that it corresponds with.On a side note, I'm not a fan of owning this as an eBook, you'd be much better served owning a hard copy, that's more of a personal preference than anything though.

Great book and speedy delivery from the seller. It is useful if you already know a bit of SAS and want to expand your knowledge or just for reference using SAS everyday. I am self-teaching with SAS and am finding it very useful and informative.

Highly recommended!

Well explained, good examples, easy to follow.Would be even better if some of the more advanced stuff was mentioned so that you knew what else you could follow up on, even if it didn't go into detail.

Excellent book to learn basic SAS programming.

it is worth every single penny of its price.