This SAS tip is from Robert Virgile and his book “SAS Macro Language Magic: Discovering Advanced Techniques”. We hope you find this tip useful. You can also read an excerpt from Virgile’s book. In macro language, as in life, timing is everything.  Macro language students need to learn the timing

This SAS tip comes from Clement A. Stone and Xiaowen Zhu, authors of Bayesian Analysis of Item Response Theory Models using SAS. Item response theory (IRT) models are the models of choice for analyzing item responses from assessments in the educational, psychological, health, social, and behavioral sciences. SAS PROC MCMC

Helping students to reason statistically is challenging enough without also having to provide in-class software instruction. “Practical Data Analysis with JMP, Second Edition” walks students through the process of analysis with JMP at their own speed at home, allowing faculty to devote class time to crucial or subtle statistical concepts