Date:         Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:10:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Peter Flom <flom@NDRI.ORG>
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From:         Peter Flom <flom@NDRI.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Best Ways To Learn SAS?
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Doesn't the "best way to learn SAS" depend on what you already know and what you want to learn?

The only parts of SAS I know at all are BASE and STAT (and there's still lots I don't know about them!).   The way I learned is first, by looking at and playing with  programs others had written (typically, in my stats classes, the professor gave us a program, which we had to modify), second, by reading a couple books by users (I found Cody's book on data analysis with SAS and DiIorio's book especially good).  After that, I knew enough to get something from the SAS manuals, and then from this list.   I've also attended a couple SUGIs and read some papers.

I took a couple SAS courses, but didn't find them as useful as the other things I've mentioned




Peter L. Flom, PhD
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