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- SUMMARY: SAS Manuals
- E-ADDR: uncsm1@unc.bitnet
- NAME: Sally Muller
- PH/ADDR: 919-962-6501 OIT CB#3455, UNC, Chapel Hill NC 27514
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- Hi Everyone!
- We just finished a local SAS document,"SAS" G-034-3, and part of it
- is a guide to the SAS manuals. It only lists the manuals that
- are of interest locally. We used Claire Castell's idea (and some
- of her comments) by including comments about the manuals......
-
- SAS Institute documents
- SAS Communications is a free quarterly magazine distributed by SAS
- Institute. It contains news and tips about SAS. To get a copy,
- send your name and address to
-
- SAS Institute Mailing List
- SAS Campus Drive
- Cary, N.C. 27513
- (919) 677-8000
-
- OIT maintains an extensive collection of SAS manuals and technical
- reports for a variety of SAS software, including microcomputer
- products, that you can check out from the mainframe help desk in
- room 30, Phillips Hall. Some form of identification is required.
-
- The Bull's Head Bookshop in the UNC Student Stores stocks a wide
- selection of SAS manuals. The Caduceus Medical Bookstore also has
- SAS manuals available.
-
- SAS documents are also available from SAS Institute Inc. at the
- above address:
-
- SAS books fall into the following five categories:
-
- -- Introductory guides contain basic information and step-by-
- step instructions for people who are new to the SAS System.
-
- -- Reference guides are intended for experienced SAS software
- users. They are in encyclopedic format. There is a separate book
- for each SAS product.
-
- -- Usage guides are intended to fill the gap between introductory
- guides and reference guides by teaching users how to perform
- particular tasks. These include lots of examples.
-
- -- Syntax guides are for experienced users; they are intended for
- reference.
-
- -- Companions provide operating system-specific information.
- There is a separate companion for each operating system.
-
- For each SAS product, there are "Usage," "Reference," and "Syntax"
- manuals, and frequently technical reports as well. The following
- products have these specific manuals: AF, ASSIST, C, CALC,
- ENGLISH, ETS, FSP, GRAPH, IML, INSIGHT, LAB, OR, QC, STAT, and
- TOOLKIT.
-
- The following section gives an overview of the SAS documents you
- are most likely to find of interest, as well as brief comments
- describing the documents. Because GRAPH and STAT are so heavily-
- used here at UNC, we have provided more in-depth descriptions of
- the documentation of these products. Although the SAS Institute
- provides separate documentation for SAS products running under MS-
- DOS and PC-DOS, we only list the introductory manual. In most
- cases, MS-DOS and PC-DOS users can just as easily use the
- documents specified, which are the most current. You may obtain
- the SAS Institute's Publications Catalog, which contains a
- complete list of SAS documentation, from the OIT SAS Consultant or
- from the SAS Institute itself.
-
- Note: In the following section, two dashes (--) will precede the
- our comments regarding the SAS documentation that follows. If two
- or more different documents follow a single comment, that comment
- applies to each of the documents that follow it (until the next
- comment). Headings that describe a category of documents will be
- indented.
-
- Introductory, Reference, Usage, and Syntax Guides for
- All Platforms
-
- -- A good introductory manual for all platforms. Written for the
- novice.
-
- SAS Language and Procedures: Introduction,Ver.6,1st Ed. ISBN 1-
- 55544-410-5 Order# P56074 ($9.95)
-
- -- Specifically for MS-DOS and PC-DOS SAS 6.04. Better for PC SAS
- users than the manual above.
-
- SAS Introductory Guide for Personal Computers, Rel. 6.03. ISBN 1-
- 55544-95-9 Order# P5847 ($12.95)
-
- -- Essential for all platforms, these "usage" manuals for both
- Language (DATA step) and Procedures (PROC step) give lots of
- application-oriented examples. Usage 2 is particularly helpful.
- Written for all users of SAS.
-
- SAS Language and Procedures: Usage,Ver.6,1st Ed. ISBN 1-55544-
- 371-0 Order# P56075 ($16.95)
-
- SAS Language and Procedure: Usage 2, Ver.6, 1st Ed. ISBN 1-
- 55544-445-8 Order# P56078 ($28.95)
-
- -- Essential for all platforms, these "Reference" manuals have few
- examples, but detailed explanations. Written for anyone who will
- be doing a lot of programming in SAS.
-
- SAS Language: Reference, Ver.6,1st Ed. ISBN 1-55544-381-8
- Order# P56076 ($20.95)
-
- SAS Procedures Guide,Ver.6, 3rd Ed. ISBN 1-55544-378-8 Order#
- P56080 ($17.95)
-
-
- -- Optional for all platforms, the "Syntax" manuals are quick
- references for syntax. These replace the fanfold reference card
- in earlier manuals. Written for experts.
-
- SAS Language and Procedures: Syntax, Ver.6, 1st Ed. ISBN 1-
- 55544-400-8 Order# P56077 ($6.95)
-
-
- Companions for Specific Platforms
-
- -- Essential for each individual platform, these "Companion"
- manuals address system-dependent features of SAS. For anyone who
- will be doing a lot of programming in SAS on a particular
- operating system.
-
- SAS Companion for the CMS Environment, Ver.6, 1st Ed. ISBN 1-
- 55544-399-0. Order# P56103 ($7.95)
-
- SAS Companion for the MVS Environment,Ver.6,1st Ed., ISBN 1-
- 55544-398-2 Order# P56101 ($19.95)
-
- SAS Companion for the VMS Environment, Ver.6, 1st Ed., ISBN 1-
- 55544-392-3 Order# P56102 ($17.95)
-
- SAS Companion for the OS/2 Environment, Ver.6, 1st Ed., ISBN 1-
- 55544-417-2 Order# P56106 ($18.95)
-
- SAS Companion for the UNIX Environment and Derivatives, Version 6,
- 1st Ed., ISBN 1-55544-420-2 Order# P56107 ($12.95)
-
- -- Written specifically for systems administrators, this document
- supplements the UNIX Companion.
-
- SAS Technical Report P-210, System Administrator's Guide to the
- SAS System Release 6.07 under UNIX Operating Systems and
- Derivatives ISBN 1-55544-436-9 Order# P59127 ($7.00)
-
-
- SAS File Transfer Documentation
-
- -- These documents provide information on transferring SAS files
- between different systems.
-
- SAS/CONNECT Software: Usage and Reference,Ver.6,1st Ed. ISBN 1-
- 55544-408-3 Order# P56017 ($12.95)
-
- SAS Technical Report P-195, Transporting SAS Files between Host
- Systems ISBN 1-55544-374-5 Order# P59112 ($7.00)
-
-
- Specialized Guides
-
- -- Optional for all platforms, these "Guides" address more
- advanced topics--macro processing, tabulating complex and flexible
- frequency tables, generating easy and fancy reports, and efficient
- SAS programming. For any-level SAS user with a specific need.
-
- SAS Guide to Macro Processing, Ver.6, 2nd Ed. ISBN 1-55544-382-6
- Order# P56041 ($13.95)
-
- SAS Guide to Tabulate Processing, 2nd Ed. ISBN 1-55544-416-4
- Order# P56095 ($13.95)
-
- SAS Guide to the SQL Procedure: Usage and Reference, Ver.6,1st
- Ed. ISBN 1-55544-367-2 Order# P56070 ($7.95)
-
- SAS Guide to the REPORT Procedure: Usage and Reference, Ver.6,1st
- Ed. ISBN 1-55544-422-9 Order# P56088 ($17.95)
-
- SAS Programming Tips: A Guide to Efficient SAS Processing. ISBN
- 1-55544-431-8. Order# P56150 ($13.95)
-
-
- SAS/GRAPH Documentation
-
- -- Introduction for novices.
-
- SAS/GRAPH Software:Introduction, Ver.6,1st Ed. ISBN 1-55544-395-8
- Order# P56019 ($9.95)
-
- -- For all levels of users; contains a wealth of examples.
-
- SAS/GRAPH Software: Usage, Ver.6, 1st Ed. ISBN 1-55544-421-0
- Order# P56021 ($46.95)
-
- -- Detailed explanations. The first volume also includes
- examples. All graphs in these manuals are available to you in the
- SAS sample library.
-
- SAS/GRAPH Software: Reference, Ver.6, 1st Ed., Vols. 1 and 2 ISBN
- 1-55544-379-6 Order# P56020 ($59.95)
-
- -- For experts; quick reference for syntax.
-
- SAS/GRAPH Software: Syntax, Ver.6, 1st Ed. ISBN 1-55544-487-3
- Order# P56024 ($10.95)
-
- -- For MVS programmers on the IBM mainframe.
-
- SAS/GRAPH Software: Using Graphic Devices in the MVS Environment.
- ISBN 1-55544-492-X Order# P56025 ($14.95)
-
- -- For CMS programmers on the IBM mainframe.
-
- SAS/GRAPH Software: Using Graphic Devices in the CMS Environment.
- ISBN 1-55544-501-2 Order# P56026 ($12.95)
-
- -- New graphics editor for INTERACTIVE modification of graphics.
-
- SAS/GRAPH Software: Graphics Editor, Ver.6, 1st Ed. ISBN 1-
- 55544-419-9 Order# P56023 ($27.95)
-
- -- Guide to approaching SAS/GRAPH from a statistical perspective.
-
- SAS System for Statistical Graphics, 1st Ed. Written by Michael
- Friendly ISBN 1-55544-441-5 Order# P56143 ($44.95)
-
- -- For creating maps; replaces old D-101 and D-104 documents.
-
- SAS Technical Report P-196 SAS/GRAPH Software: Map Data Sets,
- Release 6.06 ISBN 1-55544-401-6 Order# P59113 ($6.00)
-
- -- For experts needing special type styles and fonts.
-
- SAS Technical Report P-170 Type styles and Fonts for Use with
- SAS/GRAPH Software ISBN 1-55544-4310-9 Order# P5961 ($2.25)
-
- -- For experts wanting to digitize maps.
-
- SAS Technical Report A-107 Creating Your Own SAS/GRAPH Map Data
- Sets with a Digitizer. Order# P5902 ($4.00)
-
-
- SAS/STAT Documentation
-
- -- For all levels of SAS/STAT users. You'll want both volumes.
-
- SAS/STAT User's Guide, Ver.6, 4th Ed.,Vols. 1 & 2 ISBN 1-55544-
- 376-1 Order# P56045 ($37.95)
-
- -- This technical report describes several new PROCs: LOGISTIC
- (which replaces LOGIST), CALIS (which estimates parameters, linear
- structured equation models), and PHREG (which replaces PHGLM, and
- can be used, among other things, to fit multinomial logit models).
-
- SAS Technical Report P-229, SAS/STAT Software: Changes and
- Enhancements, Release 6.07 ISBN 1-55544-473-3 Order# P59146
- ($8.00)
-
- -- All these manuals are part of the statistical series. They
- show specifically how to use SAS for statistical applications and
- are written by SAS users rather than SAS staff. Some manuals also
- have data diskettes, which are purchased separately.
-
- SAS System for Elementary Statistical Analysis. IBSN 1-55544-076-
- 2. Order# P5619 ($21.95)
-
- SAS System for Forecasting Time Series, 1986 Ed. IBSN 1-55544-
- 027-4. Order# P5612 ($15.95)
-
- SAS System for Linear Models, Third Ed. IBSN 1-55544-430-X.
- Order# P56140 ($20.95)
-
- SAS System for Regression, Second Ed. IBSN 1-55544-429-62.
- Order# P56141 ($18.95)
-
- SAS System for Statistical Graphics, First Ed. IBSN 1-55544-441-
- 5. Order# P56143
-
- Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language, 3rd Ed. ISBN
- 0-444-01619-8 Order# P56191 ($29.50)
-
-
- Master Indexes
-
- -- A must-have index for anyone who will be doing much SAS
- programming. Indexes all SAS documentation on all platforms.
-
- Master Index to SAS System Documentation, Version 6, 4th Ed. IBSN
- 1-55544-423-7 Order# P56003 ($20.95)
-
- -- Another must-have index for serious SAS programmers
-
- Master Index to SUGI Proceedings, 1991 edition. Order# P56054
- ($19.95)
-
-
- SUGI Conference Proceedings
-
- -- Proceedings manuals carry all of SUGI's invited and contributed
- papers, posters, and tutorials, covering every SAS-related subject
- imaginable.
-
- SAS Users Group International Proceedings, 1992. ISBN 1-55544-
- 505-5 Order# P56053 ($40.00)
-
-
- Sample Library Usage Notes, Online Customer Service
- Facility
-
- -- The SAS sample library contains sample programs for practically
- every SAS procedure. Usage Notes contains helpful information
- about known bugs, ways of circumventing known problems, and
- details regarding esoteric subjects. Online Customer Support
- Facility is an electronic bulletin board SAS provides for users
- (there is a charge for the long-distance phone call).
-
- SAS Technical Report U-111, A Guide to the SAS Usage Notes, Sample
- Library, and Online Customer Support Facility, Release 6.03. ISBN
- 1-55544-351-6. Order# P59251 ($3.00)
-
- SAS Technical Report U-115, A Guide to the SAS Notes, Sample
- Library, and Online Customer Support Facility for the UNIX
- Environment and Derivatives, Release 6.07. ISBN 1-55544-434-2.
- Order# P59255 ($4.00)
-
- SAS Technical Report U-116, A Guide to the SAS Notes, Sample
- Library, SUPPORT Application, and Online Customer Support
- Facility, Release 6.07. ISBN 1-55544-474-1. Order# P59256
- ($4.00)
-
-
-
- Changes and Enhancements
-
- -- These manuals are invaluable to SAS programmers who need to
- keep abreast of new ways of using SAS. Some are platform-
- specific; others are product-specific--the list here is just a
- sampling, and is not by any means comprehensive.
-
- SAS Technical Report P-208, SAS/GRAPH Software: Changes and
- Enhancements to Map Data Sets, Release 6.07 ISBN 1-55544-437-7
- Order# P59125 ($5.50)
-
- SAS Technical Report P-215, SAS/GRAPH Software: Changes and
- Enhancements, Release 6.07 ISBN 1-55544-461-X Order# P59132
- ($4.00)
-
- SAS Technical Report P-218, Changes and Enhancements to the SAS
- System, Release 6.07, for the MVS Environment ISBN 1-55544-467-9
- Order# P59135 ($6.00)
-
- SAS Technical Report P-219, Changes and Enhancement to the SAS
- System for the CMS Environment ISBN 1-55544-464-4 Order# P59136
- ($5.00)
-
- SAS Technical Report P-220, Changes and Enhancements to the SAS
- System, Release 6.07, for the VMS Environment ISBN 1-55544-462-8
- Order# P59137 ($7.50)
-
- SAS Technical Report P-222, Changes and Enhancements to Base SAS
- Software ISBN 1-55544-466-0 Order# P59139 ($12.00)
-
- SAS Technical Report P-230, SAS/IML Software: Changes and
- Enhancements, Release 6.07 ISBN 1-55544-478-4 Order# P59147
-
- SAS Technical Report P-231, SAS Software: Summary of Changes and
- Enhancements, Release 6.07 ISBN 1-55544-479-2 ($5.00)
-