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Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics
By: Gary Cokins
 
Provides an overview of the current trends in performance management. Unlike other books on the topic, this book, by performance management pioneer Gary Cokins, is not a dry recipe or "how-to" guide; it provides a detailed discussion of the relevant aspects of performance management.
 
ISBN: 978-0-470-44998-1
List price: $49.95

PROC SQL by Example: Using SQL within SAS
By: Howard Schreier
 
Using a side-by-side approach, this concise reference guide illustrates the use of PROC SQL in the context of the SAS DATA step and other SAS procedures (such as SORT, FREQ, MEANS, SUMMARY, APPEND, DATASETS, and TRANSPOSE) whose functionality overlaps and complements that of SQL.
 
ISBN: 978-1-59994-297-1
List price: $39.95

The Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market
By: John R. Kohl

This detailed, example-driven guide illustrates how much technical communicators can do to make written texts more suitable for a global audience. Accompanied by an abundance of clearly explained examples, the Global English guidelines show you how to write documentation that is optimized for non-native speakers of English, translators, and even machine-translation software, as well as for native speakers of English. You'll find dozens of guidelines that you won't find in any other source, along with thorough explanations of why each guideline is useful.

ISBN: 978-1-59994-657-3
List price: 39.95 USD

Validating Clinical Trial Data Reporting with SAS
By: Carol I. Matthews and Brian Shilling

This indispensable guide focuses on validating programs written to support the clinical trial process from after the data collection stage to generating reports and submitting data and output to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The authors provide practical examples, explanations for why different techniques are helpful, and tips for avoiding errors in your output. This book is designed for SAS programmers who are new to the pharmaceutical industry as well as for those seeking a good foundation for validation in the SAS programming arena.

ISBN: 978-1-59994-128-8
List price: 36.95 USD

The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Fourth Edition
By: Susan J. Slaughter and Lora D. Delwiche

Now in its fourth edition, The Little SAS Book has become a classic, helping many people to learn SAS programming. Its friendly, easy-to-read style gently introduces readers to the most commonly used features of the SAS language. Topics include basic SAS concepts such as the DATA and PROC steps, inputting data, modifying and combining data sets, summarizing data, producing reports, and debugging SAS programs.

ISBN: 978-1-59994-725-9
List price: $49.95