Acknowledgments
We wish to acknowledge our family, friends, students, colleagues, employer, publisher, suppliers, and others who have helped make us who we are and, thereby, contributed to this book.
In particular, we are grateful to Stephenie Joyner, our acquisitions editor, who guided us through this process with patience, fortitude, and a sense of humor. Thankfully, she talked us out of living in a van down by the river. This book could not have happened without the help of many others at SAS Press. A very special thank you to Mary Beth Steinbach, Candy Farrell, and Jennifer Dilley for their support and creativity; Shelly Goodin, Aimee Rodriguez, and Stacey Hamilton for their marketing prowess; Amy Wolfe for her perseverance and endurance; ...
