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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Spreading joy and access to information around the globe

Kathy Council
Kathy Council|December 14, 2012

Unlike a certain man in a red suit who, single-handedly, delivers presents around the world, SAS Publications relies on a network of people and partnerships to bring you the information you need; wherever you live! Whether you’re in Bangkok, Brussels, or Boston, access to the product documentation is easily accessible [...]

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6 bestselling books at 4 fabulous conferences

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|December 5, 2012

Many new books topped the charts at NESUG, SESUG, SCSUG, and Analytics 2012. Did any of your go-to SAS books make the lists? If you’re curious, take a look at our previously featured post What SAS users are reading this fall: early book buzz to view bestselling titles at these [...]

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Which SAS books would be on your ideal bookshelf?

Julie Platt
Julie Platt|November 27, 2012

David Sedaris, a native of Raleigh, NC, who has made it big as a humorist and author, recently posted his “Ideal Bookshelf” on Facebook. The picture was created by a company called Ideal Bookshelf, which “paints portraits of people through the spines of their favorite books: the ones that changed [...]

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A snapshot of SCSUG 2012

Shelley Sessoms
Shelley Sessoms|November 7, 2012

I’ve just returned from my third regional conference this year…SCSUG in Houston. We had great attendance; 207 folks registered for the event! And several of our authors were there: Kirk Lafler, Sanjay Matange and Cynthia Zender. SAS’ very own Paul Kent gave the keynote address on big data and high [...]

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SAS author's tip: Using informats to filter invalid values

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|November 2, 2012

This week’s SAS tip is from Ron Cody and his book Cody’s Data Cleaning Techniques Using SAS, Second Edition. Ron is the popular author of several bestselling SAS books and has been a SAS user since 1977. Visit Ron’s author page for lots of bonus content, including a free chapter from his [...]

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Top 3 updates to Categorical Data Analysis Using SAS

Aimee Rodriguez
Aimee Rodriguez|October 23, 2012

Categorical Data Analysis Using SAS has been a favorite among SAS Books readers for quite some time, both as a useful discussion of categorical data analysis techniques as well as an invaluable aid in applying these methods with SAS. Maura Stokes is lead author of the recently published third edition. I [...]

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Another successful JSM

Shelley Sessoms
Shelley Sessoms|August 15, 2012

The recent JSM conference was a huge success. This was my fourth JSM, and I have to say I think this was the best one I’ve attended. More than 5,500 statisticians, consultants, students and the like descended upon San Diego. Despite the perfect, sunny weather, the SAS Books booth stayed [...]

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Looking ahead to JSM 2012

Shelley Sessoms
Shelley Sessoms|July 17, 2012

My suitcase is out and ready to be packed because I’ll soon make a cross-country trip to San Diego for JSM 2012. I, along with my colleague Brenda Hairston, will manage the SAS Books booth in the Exhibit Hall from July 29-Aug. 1. Be sure to visit us and take a [...]

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SAS author's tip: Define variables once

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|July 13, 2012

Jack Shostak is the Associate Director of Statistics at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. A SAS user since 1985, Jack has two SAS books under his belt with a third on the way. This week’s SAS tip is from Shotak’s SAS Programming in the Pharmaceutical Industry.  The following excerpt is from SAS Press [...]

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