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Resources for Learning SAS

Manuals
The basic manuals provided by SAS are: SAS language SAS language and procedures SAS/STAT users guide To do a search on a particular topic, use the Master Index to SAS System Documentation. Extensive online documentation is available for free at http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/sas9doc.html For a complete catalog of SAS manuals & books go to http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/complete.jsp

Books
[QA276.4 .C64 2007] Cody, R.P. (2007) Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide. [QA276.4 .D38 2007] David, J. (2007) Statistics using SAS Enterprise Guide. [QA278.2 .A43475 2005] Allison, P.D. (2005) Fixed effects regression methods for longitudinal data using SAS. [QA76.9 .D343 C47 2006] Cerrito, P.B.(2006) Introduction to Data Mining Using SAS Enterprise Miner. [QA76.76 .W56 G556 2004] Gilmore, J. (2004) Painless Windows: A Handbook for SAS Users, 3rd edition. [QA276.4 .D45 2003] Delwiche, L. & Slaughter S. (2003) The Little SAS book : A Primer, Third Edition, SAS Inc. [QA276.4 .D47 2002] Der, G. & Everitt, B. (2002) A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SAS, 2nd edition. [QA276.4 .J344 1996] Jaffe, J. (1993) Mastering the SAS System, VNR Computer Library.

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[QA276.4 .H37 1994] Hatcher, L. & Stepanski, E. (2001) A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Univariate and Multivariate Statistics, SAS Inc. [QA276.4 .S645 1993] Spector, P. (1993) SAS Programming for Researchers and Social Scientists. [QA276.4 .C53 1997] Cody, R. Smith, J. (1991) Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language.
Note: All of these books and manuals are available on a non-circulating basis in the Velma Denning Room (Room 120F in the Bing Wing of Green Library).

Web Links & Tutorials Provide by SAS

http://www.sas.com/ Courses organized by SAS, list available at: https://support.sas.com/edu/courses.html?ctry=us For an online tutorial: http://www.sas.com/apps/elearning/elearning_category_welcome.jsp Index of books with online sample code is available at: http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/code.samples.html

Free online Course materials to learn SAS

An Introduction to the SAS system, by Phil Spector from UC-Berkeley: www.stat.berkeley.edu/classes/s100/sas.pdf Base SAS, Penn State, Population Research: http://help.pop.psu.edu/help-by-software-package/sas Biostatistical Computing Course notes, VA Commonwealth University: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rjohnson/bios524/Cody%20Notes/index.html Getting Started with SAS for Windows, Stat/Math Center, Indiana University: http://www.indiana.edu/~statmath/stat/sas/win/index.html UCLA Academic Technology Services: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/sas/ SAS Basics, Social Science Statistical Laboratory, Yale University: http://statlab.stat.yale.edu/help/doco/sas_intro.jsp#P1

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SAS Course Notes, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute: http://www.pauldickman.com/teaching/sas/index.php SAS Macro Language, SAS for Unix, SAS for Windows, SSDS, Stanford University: http://library.stanford.edu/services/social_sci_data_soft/software_docs.html SAS Topics, Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan: http://www.umich.edu/~cscar/software/sas.html Topics in SAS Programming, Carolina Population Center, UNC at Chapel Hill: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/services/computer/presentations/sasclass99/ West Virginia University SAS Workshops: http://oit.wvu.edu/training/classmat/sas/

SSDS Software Services at Stanford

Software Services provides technical support for SAS users at Stanford. Users can ask questions or make appointments with the consultants via our website. For more information or to contact us, see the web at: http://ssds.stanford.edu/
Copyright 2010 by The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. Permission granted to copy for non-commercial purposes, provided we receive acknowledgment and a copy of the document in which our material appears. No right is granted to quote from or use any material in this document for purposes of promoting any product or service. Social Science Data and Software Document revised: 6/28/2010

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