SAS Learning Post
Technical tips and tricks from SAS instructors, authors and other SAS experts.![SAS author's tip: Reading multiple observations per line of raw data](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/08/delwiche_slaughter4.jpg)
SAS users world-wide have turned to Susan Slaughter, Lora Delwiche, and The Little SAS Book to learn SAS programming. This week's SAS tip is from their bestselling fourth edition of the book (the fifth edition is now available for preorder). Whichever version of The Little SAS Book you use, you'll benefit from the friendly
![Why SAS skills are more in demand than ever before](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/08/hot-jobs1.jpg)
Wondering why technology is such a big deal and why working with SAS will be in demand forever? The great blackout of Toronto in 2003 proved that so well. We could barely survive without electricity for a whole day. While breakdowns make us acutely aware of our dependence, technology also
According to Wikipedia, "Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments, and society. Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereas
![Browser wars: And the winner is ...](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/08/mobile_os_wars-702x336.png)
Have you ever tried to put something on the Web, and then it looks different for other people (or maybe doesn't work at all)? ... And you eventually found that it was because they were using a different browser? That's one of the reasons I like traditional SAS/Graph output -- it's simple
![SAS author's tip: Using PROC PRINT to list observations in a data set](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/08/Bailer_2012cover.jpg)
This week's SAS tip is from A. John Bailer and his book Statistical Programming in SAS. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association, John has been using SAS for 30 years. He's also Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Statistics at Miami University. To read a free chapter and user reviews
![Is there bias in Facebook graphs? minimum_wage_and_rent.png](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/files/2012/08/minimum_wage_and_rent-702x336.png)
Facebook has millions of users, and therefore when people share an interesting graph on Facebook it can "go viral" and millions of people might see it. Some of the graphs are obviously a bit biased - especially ones that are trying to sway your opinion one way or another on a topic