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Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![Setting new goals? Come grow with us!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2013/01/BookTree_art.gif)
It’s that time of year when we all reflect on our accomplishments and consider what our next great moves will be. Maybe you’ve been wondering how you could have a greater impact on the SAS user community, develop your SAS skills further, impress your boss, maybe even become famous in
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Being that 2013 is the International Year of Statistics, I wanted to make sure everyone knows how to handle my favorite statistic - percent (%) - in SAS! I often see data in spreadsheets/csv/etc that purport to represent "percents"... but you have to be a bit careful when working with
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This first SAS tip of 2013 comes from the illustrious Ron Cody and his bestselling book Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer's Guide. I hope you'll find this excerpt helpful- as well as all of our future weekly tips on this blog. Here's to a great year! The following excerpt is from SAS Press
![Using statistics to help you... get dressed gabrielerosa56](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2013/01/gabrielerosa56.jpg)
In the spirit of the new year – the International Year of Statistics – I thought I’d share some different ways to use statistics. Can statistics help you in your everyday life? Certainly! And here's an example to prove it... Let's say you have a dresser drawer full of white socks.
![Top 10 blogs of 2012](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/01/LearnSAS-2.png)
We decided to take a look back at our blogs in 2012 and see what piqued the interest of our readers. We had a little bit of everything from tricks to advice on all things SAS. Here’s the list of the Top 10 Blogs from 2012. Enjoy reading them again
![12 bestselling SAS books of 2012](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2017/01/LearnSAS-2.png)
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