Delwiche (U. of California, Davis) and Slaughter, a consultant, explain the SAS language to programmers in business, government, and academia. They present topics in a two-page format, with examples, explanations, and graphics, and avoid technical jargon. They cover features mostly from Base SAS, but include procedures from SAS/STAT in one chapter and methods for importing and exporting data from other types of software that may require SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files. They describe how to get started; get data into SAS; work with, sort, print, and summarize data; modify and combine data sets; visualize and export data; and debug the program. Only a few statistical procedures are addressed. This edition has a new chapter on ODS Graphics, including the SGPLOT and SGPANEL procedures, as well as more coverage of linguistic sorting, a new section on concatenating macro variables with other text, added discussion of how to send results to the LISTING destination, and other new topics. No prior experience with the software is necessary, but knowledge of computers and operating environments is required. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less