The business of book writing: Developing the concept with Chris Holland and Jack Shostak

Shelley Sessoms
Shelley Sessoms|May 9, 2013

Developing a new concept for a book can be daunting, but it can also be very rewarding. Think about The Little SAS Book. I bet Susan Slaughter and Lora Delwiche didn’t know they were stumbling on a huge hit when they created that format. I love to see authors create [...]

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SAS author's tip: Using JMP to conduct a significance test

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|February 22, 2013

This week’s tip is from Robert Carver and his book Practical Data Analysis with JMP. If you’re a JMP user, be sure to take a look at additional bonus content from the book. The following excerpt is from SAS Press author Robert Carver and his book “Practical Data Analysis with JMP”. Copyright © 2010, SAS [...]

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12 bestselling SAS books of 2012

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|December 20, 2012

With their mass SAS appeal, these twelve books packed a powerful punch in 2012. From SAS and JMP basics to more advanced applications, to SAS certification, to business intelligence – these titles cover a range of users’ interests. Did you use any of these titles this year? Do you have any predictions for popular book topics [...]

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What SAS users are reading this fall: early book buzz

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|October 3, 2012

Forget the New York Times bestseller list. We’ve created our own lists for book-bound SAS and JMP users. Besides featuring the top 5 bestselling SAS books at September conferences (WUSS, JMP Discovery, and MWSUG), we’ve provided greater insight by including comments from some observant Publications representatives. WUSS 2012 Carpenter’s Guide to [...]

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SAS author's tip: Using JMP to compare two variances

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|July 6, 2012

If you’re using JMP, please read on. This week’s tip is from Professor Robert Carver and his popular book Practical Data Analysis with JMP. To read a free chapter and reviews of the book, visit Robert’s author page.  The following excerpt is from SAS Press author Robert Carver and his book “Practical Data Analysis with JMP” Copyright © [...]

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An even better book: JMP Start Statistics

Aimee Rodriguez
Aimee Rodriguez|June 21, 2012

My first thoughts on hearing that we’d be bringing out a new edition of JMP Start Statistics were, “But how do we improve on an already great book? What could be better?” JMP Start Statistics has been such a big success with JMP users for a long time, so the authors [...]

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SAS author's tip: the Student t-distribution

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|May 11, 2012

Remarkably, this week’s tip was initially inspired by the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. In his new book Statistical Analysis for Business Using JMP, Professor Willbann Terpening provides lots of useful information – including the origin and usage of the Student t-distribution. If you’d like to get to know Willbann and [...]

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10 ways statistical thinking improves business processes

Aimee Rodriguez
Aimee Rodriguez|April 19, 2012

Our newest book in the Wiley and SAS Business Series, Statistical Thinking: Improving Business Performance, Second Edition, has been called “probably the most practical basic statistics textbook that has ever been written within a business context.”* It prepares readers for business leadership by developing their capacity to apply statistical thinking to [...]

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3 reasons to learn more about JSL

Aimee Rodriguez
Aimee Rodriguez|March 27, 2012

With the publication of JSL Companion: Applications of the JMP Scripting Language, by Theresa Utlaut, Georgia Morgan, and Kevin Anderson, novice scripters now have a resource that helps them go beyond the basics of the JMP Scripting Language (JSL). Why JSL? The authors have the answers: 1.  Easy to start [...]

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There are NO dumb questions

Lou Metzger
Lou Metzger|March 22, 2012

I’ve heard many questions during my 6 years as Sales Manager for SAS Publishing. I’ve noticed that we frequently get similar questions from customers. I’ve compiled a few of these frequently asked questions below with answers. I hope this helps. Please let us know what information would help you navigate our books. Question: I am [...]

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