Title: Data Sets Not Available
Product review: The Strength of this book is the "hands on" use of SAS. [Actually, this is what the author, Rebecca J. Elliott, perceives as the strength.] This strength is accomplished by completing the exercises at the end of each of the 23 modules. However, to complete the exercises you must download 36 data sets from the publisher, Duxbury, of which only 23 are available. Thus, many module exercises can not be completed because of the lack of data sets, negating the strength of this book. In fact, in many modules, over 50% of the exercises can not be completed because Duxbury does not provide the data set needed on their web page.I have e-mailed Duxbury numerous times alerting them of the data set availability problem, but have received no response. Thus, I urge anyone considering buying this book to reconsider.
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