topic Re: Reference of SAS University Edition in SAS Studio

Reference of SAS University Edition

mariaroman — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:19:33 GMT

Hi,

I have been using SAS University Edition and I just wanted to ask how I can cite SAS University Edition (version??) in the document and which reference of the programme I should include in the reference list.

With many thanks,

Francisca

Re: Reference of SAS University Edition

Rick_SAS — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:10:26 GMT

If you are trying to document an underlying statistical procedure, most researchers refer to the underlying version of SAS or SAS/STAT (ETS, IML, OR,...) software. For example, in the text you might say. "We implemented the algorithm by using the IML procedure in SAS/IML 14.1 software."

"We computed the descriptive statistics by using the MEANS procedure in SAS 9.4 software."

In a bibliography, the typical reference is to the documentation. You can find the correct bibliographic citation in the PDF version of the documentation, on the page after the title page. For example, the SAS/IML 14.1 User's Guide has the following sentence:

"The correct bibliographic citation for this manual is as follows: SAS Institute Inc. 2015. SAS/IML® 14.1 User’s Guide. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc."

Of course, if you are writing about a particular interface, you can also refer to the documentation for those products. See the web page for all SAS product docs and click on the PDF link for the product.

SAS University Edition has it's own product page.

In summary, if you want to talk about the analysis, reference the underlying procedure or product. Only referene the interface if that is the topic of your paper (for example, "How to install SAS Univeristy Edition.")

Re: Reference of SAS University Edition

trickeration — Wed, 03 May 2017 01:58:13 GMT

I am hoping for some clarification. If I am reading this right, then SAS Studio is using SAS release: 9.04.01M4P11092016 ?

Is that SAS version 9.0 from 2002? I appreciate help with this detail.

Re: Reference of SAS University Edition

Rick_SAS — Wed, 03 May 2017 09:28:55 GMT

No. This is SAS 9.4m4 ("maintenance 4), which was released in late 2016. It is the most recent version of SAS.

Re: Reference of SAS University Edition

trickeration — Wed, 03 May 2017 19:58:07 GMT

Thank you for explaining that. I was definitely having trouble deciphering and differentiating the digits after SAS Release and Site Name.

Re: Reference of SAS University Edition

Rick_SAS — Wed, 03 May 2017 20:20:37 GMT

For more about those system variables that reveal the SAS version, see "Determine the version of SAS software at run time."

Re: Reference of SAS University Edition

trickeration — Thu, 04 May 2017 19:07:21 GMT

SYSVER is just what I need. Thank you for directing me to your blog post.