Date:         Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:43:54 -0400
Reply-To:     Kevin Viel <kviel@EMORY.EDU>
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From:         Kevin Viel <kviel@EMORY.EDU>
Organization: Emory University
Subject:      Re: SAS library
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Carla Grayson wrote:
>
> Thanks to Warren for his answer re cluster analysis and MDS. Now that I
> need to learn SAS, what books would people encourage me to purchase as a
> basic library? I can spend $200-$300. And I'm a total SAS beginner.
> However, I am comfortable in syntax in SPSS.
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> Carla Grayson
> Assistant Professor
> Psychology Department
> University of Montana

Carla,

        I almost always recommend this book to beginners:
http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=56074

        In fact my copy is on loan to a Muskie fellow from Tajikistan doing his
summer internship at the CDC.  It covers the basics like statements and
variables and has a nice section on the data step process.  It also has
some basic procedures.  Later you can read about the documentation on
the CLUSTER procedure on-line and ask question here.  Somethings will
change but the basics should be relatively the same between v6 and
v8/v9.


Good luck,

Kevin

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Kevin Viel
Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322