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Posted: 9/10/2004 6:05:11 PM EDT
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I spent a few years programming SAS in the mid-90s. It is an extremely powerful database tool, but very different than anything else - i.e. very quirky.
If you are new to relational databases, I'd get a good book on databases in general first (C.J. Date's is the classic, but may not be the best choice for a beginner). The best docs on SAS used to come from SAS. HTH |
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Posted: 9/10/2004 6:10:13 PM EDT
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What I've been using is oracle to query data, and access and excel to do shit with it.
We hired this guy to run an "advanced analytics" department and he's a big SAS evangelist. So now they're all keen on all of us learning to use SAS. We'll see ... the presentation he gave on it sure made it look powerful. |
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Posted: 9/10/2004 6:26:43 PM EDT
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Good luck. I install it for PHD's to use for statistical analysis and the like. It is the most cantankerous piece of software on the planet, and I loathe its very existence. I have NO IDEA how to make it do anything but launch... |
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Posted: 9/10/2004 8:20:19 PM EDT
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I have been using it for close to 20 years. Great software. I am not sure what books to recommend though, apart from the SAS manuals. It's more like old-fashioned BASIC or FORTRAN than C.
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