Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using SAS - Tapa blanda

This essential handbook provides an introduction to the use of SAS for a variety of statistical analyses. Each chapter describes a particular technique applied to a particular data set, describes the relevant questions, gives a brief account of the methods used, details the SAS instructions needed to undertake analysis, and interprets the SAS output.
Handbook of Statistical Analysis Using SAS serves as an easy introduction to using SAS for statistics and as a stepping stone to using the more comprehensive SAS manuals available. Statistical users of SAS, especially in the pharmaceutical industry and medical research, will find this book of particular interest.

SAS is a major software package used for statistical analysis, and has become almost the standard in the pharmaceutical industry. In this handbook each chapter deals with the use of SAS as a tool for answering questions about a particular set of data, (using an appropriate set of statistical techniques). Also, each chapter introduces the data, describes the relevant questions, gives a brief account of the methods to be used, details the SAS instructions needed to undertake the necessary analysis and interprets the SAS output. It is very similar in style and applications to Everitt's book on S-Plus. This text should be of interest to statistical users of SAS, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry and medical research.