Thanks for the suggestions! This will keep me busy for a while. Tom
2010/5/15 Muenchen, Robert A (Bob) <muenc...@utk.edu>: >> Thomas Levine wrote: >>Bob Muenchen says that 'Ralph O’Brien says that >>in a few years there will be so many students >>graduating knowing mainly R that [he]’ll need to >>write, “SAS for R Users.” That’ll be the day!' > > Heh! I quite agree. I've had a few people write me saying they had used my > book "R for SAS and SPSS Users" to learn SAS, but I certainly didn't aim for > that when writing it. For R programmers wanting to learn SAS, here's what I > recommend: > > 1. Read the text of the free version of "R for SAS and SPSS Users" at > http://r4stats.com. That version has extremely short explanations of the > differences by topic. Most of the explanation about R is in the form of > comments in the R programs, which you can skip of course. The SAS programs > will give you an idea of the basics. The book version adds lots of > explanation but it's all about R, so skip that. > > 2. Read "The Little SAS Book" > http://www.amazon.com/Little-SAS-Book-Primer-Third/dp/1590473337/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273963558&sr=8-1 > > This is a quick and easy read that covers the basics well. > > 3. Read "SAS and R" > http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Management-Statistical-Analysis-Graphics/dp/1420070576/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273963594&sr=1-1 > > "SAS and R" is a good book that covers both SAS and R. The explanations are > very brief but well written. That brevity allows it to cover a lot of ground. > > 4. For in-depth topics, the SAS documentation is well written and all online: > http://support.sas.com/documentation/index.html > > Although the SAS manuals are online, knowing what to look up is the challenge > for an R user. That's where 1 and 3 will help. > > Get ready for a whole different kind of world! > > Cheers, > Bob > > ========================================================= > Bob Muenchen (pronounced Min'-chen), Manager > Research Computing Support > Voice: (865) 974-5230 > Email: muenc...@utk.edu > Web: http://oit.utk.edu/research, > News: http://oit.utk.edu/research/news.php > Feedback: http://oit.utk.edu/feedback/ > ========================================================= > > > > ______________________________________________ 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.
