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August 30, 2010 11:50 AM Subscribe
SAS Filter: Is there a good MetaFilter-esque bulletin board where I can ask questions?
I'm somewhat familiar with SAS and am going to be using it some more in the future for some projects. I'm aware of a few resources like The Little SAS Book and the UCLA videos online. However, sometimes I have very specific, but I think relatively simple, questions. (Like how to convert dates in a particular way or something along those lines.) There is no one at work that I know of that I can ask. (No programmers, etc.) There are too many questions for me to just use my AskMeFi questions.
Are there any good bulletin boards specifically for SAS that might be a good resource? If there are any additional books or online guides I'd be interested in those as well. I'd be willing to pay a small MetaFilter level fee if necessary for bulletin board access. Books or guides don't need to be free either, but that's always a plus. Thanks.
I'm somewhat familiar with SAS and am going to be using it some more in the future for some projects. I'm aware of a few resources like The Little SAS Book and the UCLA videos online. However, sometimes I have very specific, but I think relatively simple, questions. (Like how to convert dates in a particular way or something along those lines.) There is no one at work that I know of that I can ask. (No programmers, etc.) There are too many questions for me to just use my AskMeFi questions.
Are there any good bulletin boards specifically for SAS that might be a good resource? If there are any additional books or online guides I'd be interested in those as well. I'd be willing to pay a small MetaFilter level fee if necessary for bulletin board access. Books or guides don't need to be free either, but that's always a plus. Thanks.
I haven't used SAS in while, and even then sparingly (RATS, eViews and R) but have you tried the SAS Institute Forums?
Also Kleinman & Horton run the SAS and R blog, where they post both SAS snippets as well as the R code that performs the same task. They are also have book, SAS and R: Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and Graphics that you might find helpful. The book has a companion website with lots of examples and sample code.
Since you mention Delwiche &Slaughter's The Little SAS Book you probably are aware of their web site with lots of sample code.
Finally, in addition to videos UCLA has a fairly good compendium of textbooks and websites dealing with SAS; you might find something helpful there.
Hope this helps!
posted by Mutant at 12:15 PM on August 30, 2010
Also Kleinman & Horton run the SAS and R blog, where they post both SAS snippets as well as the R code that performs the same task. They are also have book, SAS and R: Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and Graphics that you might find helpful. The book has a companion website with lots of examples and sample code.
Since you mention Delwiche &Slaughter's The Little SAS Book you probably are aware of their web site with lots of sample code.
Finally, in addition to videos UCLA has a fairly good compendium of textbooks and websites dealing with SAS; you might find something helpful there.
Hope this helps!
posted by Mutant at 12:15 PM on August 30, 2010
I like the SAS-L listserv for quick answers to very specific SAS questions. You can probably find answers to most of your questions right in the archives, but the people there are very helpful and usually friendly.
posted by plantbot at 12:48 PM on August 30, 2010
posted by plantbot at 12:48 PM on August 30, 2010
When I run into a wall writing SAS code, more often than not I can find the solution among the SAS Papers and Presentations. There are also some pretty neat tricks people took time to write up.
SAS for Dummies is also a good reference in addition to the Little SAS Book. Co-author Chris Hemedinger is a senior manager in the R&D department at SAS. He maintains a blog, the SAS Dummy, which offers tips and tricks though the postings of late have mostly been company going ons.
posted by vilandra at 12:58 PM on August 30, 2010
SAS for Dummies is also a good reference in addition to the Little SAS Book. Co-author Chris Hemedinger is a senior manager in the R&D department at SAS. He maintains a blog, the SAS Dummy, which offers tips and tricks though the postings of late have mostly been company going ons.
posted by vilandra at 12:58 PM on August 30, 2010
It looks a little sparse currently, but there is a Stats StackExchange site that might be of use.
posted by benzenedream at 2:45 PM on August 30, 2010
posted by benzenedream at 2:45 PM on August 30, 2010
I'm not sure what sorts of things you're looking to do in SAS, but I bought and never really used the little blue SAS book. "Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language" by Cody and Smith has a lot more of the details I wanted--not just for stats, but for things like formats too. If shipping is cheap I'll send you my copy of the blue book.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 4:23 PM on August 30, 2010
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 4:23 PM on August 30, 2010
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posted by zabuni at 12:08 PM on August 30, 2010