SUGI '84 Proceedings
Hollywood Beach, Florida
March 18 - 21, 1984
Sally Carson, Conference Chair
Proceedings Index
All documents are in PDF format.
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Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, Judith Stafford
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Frank E. Harrell, Jr, Michael J. Helms, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier
A Botanical Garden Data Base Implemented in SAS Software
Edward A. Greenberg, Bruce R. Lewis
A General Approach to Decision Support Systems Utilizing the SAS System
William Ingram III, Thomas P. Rothrock
A General Woolf-Haldane/Mantel-Haenszel Procedure for Dichotomous or Polychotomous Exposure Variables and for Any Number of Stratification/Control Variables
Philip N. Gallagher, Jr., William M. Haenszel
A Generalized Interactive Full Screen Edit-Update System Using SAS Software
Jesse Gary, Donald J. Henderson, Connie G. Welch
A Hierarchical Approach to Daily Stock Market Forecasting
A Human Resource Information System Using SAS Software
A Macro for Fitting Nonlinear Models to Poisson Distributed Data
Edward L. Frome, Richard W. McLain
A Phosphate Product Mix Model Using the LP Procedure
A Procedure for Selecting Multiple-Item Cutoff Samples
A Queueing Theory Model for Optimization Using SAS Software
A Review of SAS Interfaces with Various Software Systems
A SAS Data Base Updating System for Clinical Data
Paul J. Mailloux, George C.S. Yu
A SAS Macro for Determining the Causes of Interaction in a Two Way Model
Edward P. Barry, Dar-Shong Hwang
A SAS Macro for Increasing the Reliability of a Binary Test Using Item Interactions
Robert J. Jannarone, James S. Roberts
A SAS Macro for Performing Repeated Significance Testing in Censored Survival Analyses
Gordon W. Davis, James F. Ward
A SAS Program for Correspondence Analysis Using PROC MATRIX
Bernard Clement, Daniel Levesque
A SAS Program for Non parametric Tests for Homogeneity of Dose Response Growth Curves
Saeid B. Amini, Kantilal M. Patel
A SAS Testscoring and Item Analysis Program Which Utilizes the SAS Macro Facility
A SAS-Based System for Producing Tables for a Monthly Circular
A System for the Storage and Retrieval of Citations and the Generation of Bibliographies
A Systematic Approach to the Understanding of SAS Macros
A Text Retrieval System Based on Numerical Encoding
ACBPS: A Budget Planning &Reporting System Using the SAS/FSP Product
Jesse Gary, Donald P. Gleason
AEPG-Automated Edit Program Generator
AURORA - Automated Rostering Application
Dick te Winkel, Erik W. Tilanus
AUTOMAP, A Conversational Front-End to the SAS/GRAPH Product for Producing Maps
Maureen Baran, Shyh-Te Peng
An Evaluation of SAS Training Mediums
Kim Edward Trif, Kirk Paul Lafler
An Evaluation of the Power of the K-Sample Bell-Doksum Statistics
An FSEDIT Screen Building Program to Allow Multiple Observations per Screen
Judith A. Burns, Leon T. Hairie, Thomas R. Hoffman
An Interactive Graphics Procedure for SAS Software with Application in Computer Performance Evaluation
An Interface Between the Inquire Data Base and SAS System via Application Generator
An M-Population Covariance Stabilization: PROC VARSTB
James E. Dunn, Mike Zodrow
An Overview of the SAS/REPLAY-CICS Product
Analysis of Covariance-Models, Strategies and Interpretations
Analysis of a Balanced Latin Square Design Using the SAS System
Kent R. Skalland, M. Lorie Skalland
Applications of Computer Cartography for Marketing Research and Corporate Planning
Vince Bartle, John G. Blodgett, Marius Janson, L. Douglas Smith
Applying Pattern Recognition to Validating Time Series Data for Electric Utility Load Research
Andrew E. Allen, Tom L. Johnston, Edward L. Tabakin
Applying a Markov Process to Organizational Dynamics
BESTREG: A Procedure for Computing "BEST "Regression Subsets
CPDMS-A Clinical Pharmacology Data Management System
Rita Brilla, Lorna Lyall, Lois Preis
Changes and Enhancements to SAS/ETS Procedures
David M. DeLong, Leigh A. Ihnen, Mark Little
Choropleth Mapping with United States Geologic Survey Land Use/Land Cover Digital Files: A LIRAS to SAS/GRAPH Interface
Randy S. Bullard, David J. Cowen, Pete H. Oppenheimer, W. Lynn Shirley
Clinical Trial Management Using the SAS System
Jeffrey S. Kouba, Gary D. Novack
Computing for Unbalanced Repeated Measures Experiments
Construction of a Procedure to Convert Map Coordinates Between Geodetic and Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates
Donald W. Sparling, Jeffry S. Yaplee
Custom Graph Axes with PROC GPLOT
DASD Management, An Overview of the Hows and Whys
Data Base Design for Decision Support Systems
Design Concepts for SAS Applications
Designing Effective Graphs: Human Information Processing and Its Consequences for the SAS/GRAPH Product
Terri S. Ackerman, William A. Simcox
Developing A Computer Cost Distribution Method Using the MICS Data Base
Anne N. Bluth, Jean L. Waits
Developing a SAS Training Course
Development of a Multi-Disciplined Environmental Data Base Management System
James R. Johnson, Marji J. Randall
Efficient Data Retrieval-Direct Access Using the Point Option
Neil H. Howard, Linda Williams Pickle
Estimating Power for Tests of the Multivariate General Linear Hypothesis
Keith E. Muller, Bercedis L. Peterson
Estimating a Transformation Between Projections Using Least Squares
Paul W. Fingerman, Marcia A. Tolbert
Expert Based Training of SAS Users: Getting Productivity Fast
FSGRAPH-A Combination of the SASIFSP and SAS/GRAPH Products for Developing Graphics
Financial Statements and Ratios from CompustatTM Accessed and Displayed Using SAS Software
J. R. Byington, M. T. Dodd, Mary S. Hirsch
Forecasting Customer Air Conditioner Loads and Load Drops for Electric Utility Load Management Program Planning
Marjorie R. McRae, Richard M. Scheer, Bruce A. Smith, Louise Weiler
Forecasting Industrial Production in 1981-1984
Format 1-2-3, A SAS Software to LOTUS 1-2-3 Interface
Valerie Van Langen, Dennis Van Langen
Full Screen Interface for Line Graphs
GENISYS-A Generalized Inventory System for Clinical Trial Data
Generating Bivariate Exponential Distributions via SAS Macros with Application to Repeated Measures Designs
Melvin Moeschberger, P .K. Tandon
Getting Started with the SAS/I MS-DUI Product
Graphic Representation of Logistic Regression Models
John K. Gohagan, Donald G. Sessions, Edward L. Spitznagel
Graphical Analysis for Telecommunications Engineers
How the SAS System is Used by Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at Toronto General Hospital
R. J. Baird, B. S. Goldman, E. J. Kuzin, L. L. Mickleborough, H. E. Scully, Cathy P. Tong, R. D. Weisel
Human Factors Engineering in SAS/FSP Applications
ISPF Interplay with the SAS System
Improving Programmer Productivity with Coding Conventions
Anne M. Asher, Migdalen C. Eley
Initial Experiences with the SAS System for Minicomputers
C. David Hardison, Edwin D. Suckstorff
Interaction Plots
Interactive Psychological Testing Using the SAS System: A SAS Program to Administer and Score the MMPI
Joseph M. Antonello, Robert M. Hamer
Interactive SAS Programming
Interactive SAS Use in Batch Mode: Making the SAS System User Friendly in a ROSCOE Batch Environment
Interfacing SAS Software with the SCA System: the SCALINK Procedure
Lon-Mu Liu, Houston H. Stokes
Interfacing SAS/GRAPH Software with Graphics Hardware
Keyed-Access to SAS Data Sets
Linear Goal Programming Using the SAS/OR Product
Logistic Regression and Associated Diagnostics using PROC MATRIX
Making Systems Portable
Managing Human Resources Information: Using the SAS and SAS/FSP Products in the CMS Environment
Joel Achtenberg, Douglas G. Fishel, Paul M. Roesti
Managing a Data=Base of Permanent SAS Data Sets
Mechanization of the Income Tax Accrual using SAS Software
Microcomputers and SAS Software in a Distributed Human Resource Information System
Modeling Congenital Cardiac Surgical Caseload Using the SAS/ETS Product..
Steven P. Davis, Ronald C. Elkins, Mary M. Lane, Cynthia K. Murray
NODIS Procedures for Demographic Analysis
Mark J. Salling, Janice S. Tobin
New SAS Survival Procedures
New SAS Tools for Data Base Management
New SAS/GRAPH Features
Nutrient Data Base Systems as Educational Tools for Allied Health Sciences Professionals using the SAS/FSP Product
John W. Corliss, Wayne W. Crutcher, David P. Menapace, Mark A. Simmons
On Generating Statistics, Formatting Results and Efficiency
Ingrid A. Amara, Gary G. Koch
On the Limitations of Akaike's Information Criterion and Its Use in PROC STATESPACE
On the Study of Clusters with Factor Analysis
Eric Deaton, Richard Israel
PROC ARKMAP: A Low Cost Method of Presenting Geographical Data in an Educational Environment
Dennis W. King, Richard M. Smith
PROC CPM
PROC FSCALC in the Estimating Environment
B. J. Collins, Robert T. Grant
PROC GLM-Rearrangement of Output
PROC JACKREG-A SAS Procedure for Jackknife Regression
Daniel M. Chilko, Panayiotis Hambi, Gerald R. Hobbs
PROC QRPT: Procedure for the Estimation of ED50, Relative Potency and Their Fiducial Limits in Quantal Response Assays
Nguyen V. Dat, Ronald G. Fleming, Sue Huang
PROC SPFLINK: A Direct Interface Between the SAS System and ISPF
Luigi Muro, Larry Shetzer
PROC SUMMARY as the Basis for Efficient Analyses of Large Files
Carol Leininger, Juliana M. Ma
PUMPCSR: An Interactive Data Management System for Customer Service Requests of Infusion Pumps
Panel Discussion
John C. Boling, Kathryn Council, Mason Nichols
Panel Discussion of SAS Users Under the VMS Operating System
Louise Horny, Kevin Mallory, Gerald Perry, Brad Reese
Panel Discussion of SAS Users under the AOS/VS Operating System
Jon Fleig, Jerry Harber, Steve Sashihara
Power Analysis for Linear Models: The Time Has Come
Virginia I. Lohr, Ralph G. O'Brien
Power Analysis for Multivariate Linear Models: New Results and SAS Software Make It Practical
Keith E. Muller, Bercedis L. Peterson
Power Analysis for Univariate Linear Models: The SAS System Makes It Easy..
Virginia I. Lohr, Ralph G. O'Brien
Prechecking SAS Syntax with a Microcomputer
Predicting Prison Population With the SAS/ETS Product
Preliminary Transformations in Time Series Modeling
John C. Brocklebank, David A. Dickey
Problem Tracking at SAS Institute
Procedure Writing: How to Implement Custom Procedure Statements
Progress and Prospects
Proposed U.S. Passenger Car and Light Truck Sales Forecast Model
John Janakiraman, Stuart J. Olson, Jr.
Quality Control Through Random Error Generation
RANKPLOT: A SAS Macro for Generating Line Printer Scatterplots of Points and Point Labels Without Overprinting the Points and Labels
REPREG: A Repeated Measures Regression Program
Randy L. Carter, James T. Love
Rapid Response to the FDA Questions on an NDA
Repeated Measures Analysis in PROC GLM
Residential Energy Forecasting: A Pragmatic Application of Box-Jenkins
Response to "On the Limitation of Akaike's Information Criterion and Its Use in PROC STATESPACE
SAS Applications to a Spring Wheat and Sunflower Yield Modeling Project
Paul G. Held, James Knuteson, D. Patterson, Michael Ulmer
SAS Data Base Systems for Research and Development, Analysis and Data Collection
SAS Execution Panels for Users
SAS Functions Useful for Probability Computations
SAS Macros for Sample Size and Power Calculations
SAS Methods for the Rank Regression Model with Missing Values
R. Michael Rubison, Michael K. Thran
SAS Processing Techniques
SAS Programs for Reporting the Results of Bioequivalence Trials
James T. Crowe, Jr., Thaddeus J. Malicz
SAS Software, the Gateway to Microcomputer Applications
SAS/GRAPH Applications for Plotting Saline Soil Profiles
Paul G. Held, Alex Maianu
SEQURAN-An Interactive Sequential Randomization System for Clinical Trials
Estelle M. Fondy, Jeannette Y. Lee
STRATI F: A Procedure for Producing Stratified Variables
Saving Time with the SAS Display Manager
Solving the IBM Graphics Problem
Some Preliminary Tests in Repeated Measures Design
M.F. Huque, Harji I. Patel, T. Roy
Stagewise Experimental Design Techniques for Nonlinear Models
Starting a Local SAS Users Group: Some Issues and Guidelines
Statement Style Macros
Donald J. Henderson, David L. Kuhn
Statistics Automation: Using SAS Macros to Produce Report-Ready Statistical Analysis Tables
THECIS-The Clinical Information System
Judith A. Burns, Leon T. Hairie, Thomas R. Hoffman
Technical Exposition of Graphical Tools in Survival Analysis
Gregory G. Enas, C. David Hardison, Frank W. Rockhold
Techniques for Applying SAS Software to VM/CMS-Based Business Systems.
Tennessee's Federal/State Tax Comparison
The Construction of a Standardized Analysis File From Multiple Inputs
The Information Center at BBL Microbiology Systems
The Role of the SAS System in the Information Age
The SAS System Can Replace Traditional Programming Languages
The SAS System and the Microcomputer
The SAS System as an Information Center Tool
The SAS/GRAPH ANNOTATE Facility
The Use of CATMOD for Repeated Measurement Analysis of Categorical Data
Gary G. Koch, William M. Stanish
The Use of SAS Software in New Product Introductions
The Use of SAS Software in the 1DB
E.F. Mastal, G.W. Morrison, K.J. Notz, V.G. Trice
The Use of the SAS System under VM/CMS in Teaching Introductory Statistics: A Model for Instructing First-Time Computer Users
Delwyn L. Harnisch, Carolyn J. Palmer
Transferring Data Between the SAS System and FOCUS
Use of PROC FSEDIT to Generate SAS Code
C. David Hardison, Roger D. Muller
Use of SAS Software for Trend and Sequential Trend Test Analysis
Thomas P. Capizzi, Hina Mehta, Leonard Oppenheimer
Use of SAS Software to Process and Analyze Animal Skin Tumor Response Data from a Data Acquisition System
R. Dana Laurie, Judy A.Stober, Freda Truman, Thomas Wessendarp
Use of the SAS and SAS/FSP Products to Make the MSA/QPAC-Salary Package 'Online'
User Written Device Drivers
Using A SAS Data Base
Using New Features of the SAS System for Minicomputers
Stephen M. Beatrous, Bruce M. Tindall
Using New SAS Features in an Information Processing Course
Robert Carr, Karen Griffin, Robert S. Workman
Using SAS Procedures to Examine Monthly Levels of Industrial Natural Gas Sales
Using SAS Software To Do Non-Parametric Statistics
Using SAS Software for Fatigue Life Prediction of Mechanical Springs
Using SAS Software for Generalized System Testing and Verification
Claude Briggs, Katie A. Hubbell
Using SAS Software to Produce Summary Tables of GLM-Calculated Statistics
Using SAS Software with TSO/SPF to Monitor Network Availability
Using the SAS System to Perform Univariate and Cross-Spectral Analysis ..
John C. Brocklebank, David A. Dickey
Using the SAS and SAS/GRAPH Products for Transportation Analysis
Using the SAS/GRAPH Device Driver for the IBM Personal Computer
Using the SAS/GRAPH Product for the Display of Environmental Matrices
James R. Carter, Robert A. Muenchen
VAX Family--The Computing Strategy with a Future
Workload Characterization Using PROC FASTCL US