Thomas, If you're thinking to leverage your R programming skill in learning SAS, you'll be disappointed, as the two have quite different grammar. The book Erik mentioned is a good start. After that, just reading the SAS help file, which is pretty comprehensive, will keep you busy.
...Tao ----- Original Message ---- > From: Erik Iverson <er...@ccbr.umn.edu> > To: Thomas Levine <thomas.lev...@gmail.com> > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010 6:18:04 AM > Subject: Re: [R] SAS for R-users > > Thomas Levine wrote: > There are loads of resources for users of any > other > statistics package who are learning R. For example > > > http://www.google.com/search?q="r+for+sas-users"; > > The > reverse isn't the case > > > href="http://www.google.com/search?q="; target=_blank > >http://www.google.com/search?q="sas+for+r-users"; <snip> > > I can't wait that long. Until then and until I can > convince colleagues > and teachers to use better > software, how do you suggest that I learn > SAS? > I suspect that it'll be a book on R for SAS-users, > so I'm > expecting recommendations of books like > those that are best for R-users > learning SAS. > > This question would be more appropriate for > a > SAS mailing list, I couldn't find any except for > those of a > few regional groups. I don't think there is any shortage of SAS books, > since it's been around so long. I think they even have their own > Press. The books don't need to assume you do or don't know R. If you > know nothing of SAS, I personally recommend The Little SAS Book: A Primer. > It's short, basic, and useful for > beginners. ______________________________________________ > ymailto="mailto:R-help@r-project.org"; > href="mailto:R-help@r-project.org";>R-help@r-project.org mailing list > href="https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help"; target=_blank > >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting > guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, > minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
