… it facilitates a translation between SAS and R, without getting overly detailed or technical. … the book provides a powerful starting point to a wide variety of statistical techniques available in SAS and R.
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Significance, July 2011 … a convenient reference text to quickly learn by example how to perform common tasks in both software packages. The book is comprehensive and covers an extensive list of statistical techniques from data management to graphics procedures, cross-referencing, indexing and good worked examples in SAS and R at the end of each chapter. Professional analysts as well as statisticians, epidemiologists and others who are engaged in research or data analysis will find this book very useful. The book will strengthen the analytical abilities of relatively new users of either system by providing them with a concise reference manual and annotated examples executed in both packages. … For statisticians with knowledge of both SAS and R programming, this book provides a useful resource to understand the differences between SAS and R codes and can be used for browsing and for finding particular SAS and R functions to perform common tasks.
Biometrics, 67, September 2011 It is an excellent text that is designed to translate SAS to R. … it is a potentially useful reference material for experienced users of one of the two systems, who need to quickly find how to perform a familiar task in the alternative system. It is clearly written and code is appropriately highlighted to facilitate readability.