SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![It’s war… Stat Wars!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/12/marc_danny_Final.jpg)
There’s a new video series launching in the SAS Education department unlike anything that’s ever been done before. It’s called Stat Wars. Here’s how it works… two SAS instructors go head-to-head and battle it out over a statistics challenge. (So far no injuries have been reported.) It’s educational and engaging,
![SAS author's tip: Creating permanent data sets In the Know...SAS Tips and Techniques From Around the Globe](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/12/Mason_fallcover1.jpg)
This week's SAS tip is from Phil Mason and his ever-popular book In the Know...SAS Tips and Techniques From Around the Globe, Second Edition. In a review, SAS user Ian Whitlock said "Phil Mason is the grand master in the art of the SAS software tip." It was definitely difficult picking just one excerpt to
![Fun SAS graphs for the holidays](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/12/christmas_movies-702x336.png)
While I'm waiting for the next "data intense" event to show up in the news (so I can blog some SAS graphs about it), I thought I'd share a few fun SAS graphs in the spirit of the holiday season! Please don't hold me to too high of graphical "best practices"
We've been busy this year producing books for SAS users. Take a look at our Upcoming Titles list. These are just a few of the titles we have going right now. You've seen me promote specific topics throughout the year. Now is your chance to tell me where your experience
![Which SAS books would be on your ideal bookshelf?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/11/bookledge.jpg)
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
![SAS author's tip: Combining tables using SAS Enterprise Guide The Little SAS Book for Enterprise Guide 4.2](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/11/LSBEG4.2cover.jpg)
This week's SAS tip is from Susan Slaughter and Lora Delwiche's bestselling The Little SAS Book for Enterprise Guide 4.2. Susan and Lora are revered in the user community. And their work continues to help SAS users throughout the world. I hope you'll also find value in this week's excerpt. The following excerpt is from