I have read hundreds of SAS(r) books and manuals in my career as a researcher and teacher. Most provide important rules of the road or "Sasoids," a phrase coined by Andy Ravenna an instructor at the New York SAS(r) Training Center. Since1980, they include manuals for all of the software releases from Version 4 in the1980s through Version 9 in 2008. Each serves as a resource to answer a coding question. In addition, SAS(r) provides on line help that codifies all of the coding questions with examples and syntax. These can be found on your help screen of you current SAS(r) release or at...