First, do you already have access to SAS through school or work? It is incredibly expensive to license for a single individual. Assuming the answer is "yes" ...
For analysis, stating with one of the Books By Users for SAS Enterprise Guide will go a long way to becoming productive. Either "SAS for Dummies" or "The little SAS book for Enterprise Guide 4.x" is a good start. Neither cover statistics, but both prepare one well for using the analysis tasks in EGuide.
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