SAS for Linear Models, Fourth Edition

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 About This Book

1.2 Statistical Topics and SAS Procedures

1.1 About This Book

The fourth edition of SAS^® for Linear Models, like earlier editions, plays a role somewhere between a textbook on applied linear models and a manual for using certain procedures in SAS. It can serve as a companion to various courses offered at colleges and universities. Most universities offer a course on statistical methods directed at graduate students in scientific fields that utilize analysis of variance and regression analysis. These topics are covered at an appropriate level for such a course. In addition, this book makes a useful companion to a graduate course in linear models for statistics students to bridge the gap between theory ...