SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition [Kindle Edition] Author: SAS Institute | Language: English | ISBN:
B007RFE6VA | Format: PDF, EPUB
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- File Size: 9291 KB
- Print Length: 808 pages
- Publisher: SAS Institute; 3 edition (August 8, 2011)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B007RFE6VA
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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The book was rife with formatting atrocities, typos, and inane repetition. (I believe I counted 3 instances of exact same "operators in SAS" table, and the topic was introduced each time as though you'd never seen it before). Sometimes it felt like the author(s) were attempting to fill whitespace.
On the whole, the book reads like it was written by a non-native English speaker and evidence of editorial review is noticeably absent.
But...
As poorly written as the book is, it does the job of preparing you for the exam and lets you know what to study.
It is written by SAS, and they are the ones who ultimately write the exam. Still, I expect better.
By Tim
This is the first E-book I've read that had programming errors in it. I don't mean error in the SAS code (though there are some of those too) but errors in the way the book is read by the Kindle Reader for Android. More than once, I turned the page to find myself on the same page, and turned the page again to land on the same page, and again and again and again...yes the book gets stuck in an iterative loop. Ironically it is a book about programming.
Also, some of the quiz questions are tricky, which I guess is good, but some of the "correct" answers aren't correct in all circumstances. This may cause an experienced programmer to choose the "wrong" answer when in fact their choice makes better sense. For example, the correct answer to one question is that formats assigned in the data step are assigned permanently. This is NOT true if the dataset is a work dataset...I would choose temporarily, but according to the book, this is wrong.
If you want to study for the SAS Certification exam cheaply, this is the way to do it, in spite of the problems.
ADDENDUM: I have now taken the SAS Certification test and can add that this book does NOT COVER EVERYTHING ON THE TEST. Though I think there is enough information in this book to pass the test, it is no substitute for practical experience.
By Andrew
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