SAS System
statistics software
Version: 9.1.3
Worst program EVER.
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: big_mig Saturday, March 19 2005 @ 09:24 PM PST
Product Platform: WinNT,Win95,Win98,WinME,WinXP,Win2k
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
Avoid this program like the plague. It is the worst program I have ever come across, period. The "user interface" is impossible to interface with, and the syntax and grammar of the programming language make no sense at all (it's as if they were designed in the 1950s...probably because they were). Even something as simple as opening a SAS data file from an older version of SAS can take a veteran user several hours. (I know this from experience!) Software built with this type of incompetence and user-unfriendliness does not deserve to exist. Stata and SPSS are far better alternatives for statistical analysis.
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Worst program EVER. - martin.scholze
I completely disagree! - It's still the best statistical software for professionals, and to my knowledge only S-Plus can cope with it when it comes to more advanced statistical problems. But it is definitely nothing for beginners. The only really big disadvantage is its price ......Reply to This
Monday, July 02 2007 @ 05:37 AM PDT