Acknowledgments

There is only one name on the cover of this book—mine. However, that doesn’t mean I am the only person who put in long hours creating this book.

First, I would like to thank and acknowledge the fantastic work of Lauree Shepard, my acquisitions and developmental editor. Lauree provided technical support, coordinated the team of editors, the reviewers, cover artist, and most importantly, provided psychological support to me! This is the second book I have produced with Lauree, and she is a delight to work with. Thank you, Lauree!

Because this is a book about statistics and SAS, I had a team of technical reviewers who had expertise in either statistics, SAS, or both. Once again I need to give a huge shout-out to Paul Grant. I’m pretty sure Paul has reviewed every book I have published with SAS Press. Not only does he carefully read every word, he also runs all of the programs to be sure the programs that you can download from my SAS author site match the programs printed in the book. That is an amazing amount of work, and I don’t understand why he keeps coming back for more. I have known Jeff Smith for over 40 years and co-authored two books with him. Jeff makes sure that my sometimes loose discussion of statistical topics will not upset “real” statisticians. Holly Sweeney is both a statistician and SAS expert. I was so fortunate to have her carefully read every word of this book. Her critiques and comments really helped make this a better book. My last technical reviewer, Amy Peters, is a developer in the SAS Studio group and helped me in so many ways. It’s such a pleasure to have an expert like Amy ready to assist anytime I call or email. So, a hearty thanks to Paul, Jeff, Holly, and Amy!

There is a team made up of Denise Jones (technical publishing specialist), Robert Harris (graphics designer), Suzanne Morgen (copy editor), and Melissa Hannah (digital marketing specialist) who all played key roles in getting this book to press (or e-Book). It really takes a team to produce a book like this, especially when it needs to be available in print form and several different electronic media. Thank you all!

I already mentioned Robert Harris (graphics designer) but he needs special thanks for creating three different cover designs for me to choose from. I liked all three, but the one you see here was my favorite (and my wife’s favorite also).

Speaking of wives, thank you Jan for your support and for making me take a break once in a while. You even took my picture for the back cover!