SUGI 12 Proceedings
Dallas, Texas
February 8 - 11, 1987
Pat Hermes Smith, Conference Chair
Proceedings Index
All documents are in PDF format.
"Beeperless "Programming-Effective Methods of Testing Using SAS® Software
Neil H. Howard, James B. Pearson, Jr., Linda Williams Pickle
%QAFLIST-A Macro to Document SAS/AF® Software Libraries
A 'SAS® UTM Projection for Geographical Information Systems Applications
David J. Cowen, James S. Roberts
A Codebook Template for the Creation and Use of Permanent SAS® Data Sets and Format Libraries (CMS Applications)
A Comparison of Table Look-up Techniques
A Documentation Listing for SAS® Programs
A Flexible Mean-Standard Error Plot: Macro Program
Will A. Sullivan, Lianng Yuh
A Guide to Color Hard Copy Device Purchases
A Laboratory Notebook in SAS® Software
Caroline M. Bobik, Arthur C. Singer
A Macro for Estimating the Box-Cox Power Transformation
A Manufacturing WIP Flow Model Created using SAS® Software
Barry Klipsch, Mark S. Smith
A Menu-Driven CPE Reporting Application (The CPE Starter Set)
A Multi-Year Occupational Health Records System
A New Approach to Creating Full-screen Menu-driven Systems for the SAS® System under CMS
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words and Numbers
A Polygon Truncating Technique Provides Zoom for PROC GMAP
A Queuing Model for Analyzing Workloads of a Single-Threaded Process
Jeanne J. Paynter, Jerome P. Wood
A Rule-based Expert System Implementation for SAS® Software
A SAS/AF® Software Interface to Conversions Between FOCUS and SAS® Software under CMS
Dale C. Peters, Charles F. Sprague
A SAS/ETS® Software Forecasting and Inventory Planning System
David Brauer, Patrick Cardamone
A SAS/GRAPH® Software DISSPLA Interface using the Linkable and Metagraphics Drivers
A SAS® Macro for Estimating Missing Values in Multivariate Data
Gina M. Capalbo, James S. Roberts
A SAS® Software Macro Application in Number Theory or SAS® Software for Fun and Puzzles
A Sample Application for the New INFILE/FILE User Exit for IBM Mainframes
A Spreadsheet Application using Multiple Input Windows in the SAS® System for Personal Computers
A Systematic Response to Customer Complaints using PROC FSEDIT, PROC FSLETTER, and PROC GCHART
A VAX'M-VMS ""Command Procedure for Submitting SAS® Software Jobs in Batch Mode
James Barbour, John D. Smith
Accessing SAS® Software Sample Program Libraries Using CMS REXX
An Application That Interfaces PC and Host Resources
An End-User System for Reporting using SAS/AF® Software and SAS/FSP® Software as Code Generators
An Enhanced SAS/AF® Software Consistency Error Checking Routine
An Example of an Integrated Programming and Data Analysis System
An Integrated Audit System Based on the SAS® System
Kirk Paul Lafler, David R. Mutziger
An Interactive Method to Invoke SAS® Software Report Programs
An Interface for EPIC and SAS® Software
An Introduction to SAS/DMI® Software
Kerrie Brannock, Glenn H. Itano
An Overview of the SAS® System Random Number Generators
Analyzing Your Information Needs
Application Prototyping in a Decentralized Environment
Application of Intervention Analysis to Power Plant Monitoring Data
Automating Documentation: Or How to Avoid the Really Dull Work and Still Know What You Are Doing
Backing Up SAS® Software Files
Batch Environment SAS® System as an Aid to Managerial Decision Making
Batch File for Sharing SAS® Software for the Microcomputer on One PC
Beyond Default Colors: Introduction to Customizing Graphics Output
Building Custom-Designed Reports for Financial Executives
Edward B. Dailey, Jude L. Naes, Jr.
Building a Clinical Data Review System Using SAS/AF® Software
CARS -A Synergy of SAS® Software, COBOL, and Data Analyzer for Health Care Reporting
Combining SAS/GRAPH® Software Output with Text Using IBM's Document Composition Facility
Combining SAS® Software and SYSTEM 2000® Data Management Software
Comparison of Data Processing Procedures for the Statistical Analysis of Visual Field Data
Comparison of Four Univariate Methods for Forecasting Seasonal Data by the SAS® System
Comparison of PROC SORTT, Syncsort, and Plsort
Computer Center Chargeback Using SAS® Software and MICS
Confidence Limits for the Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Based upon Normalizing Transformations
Controlling the SAS® System and Its Users An Information System Tutorial
Conversion of UTM Coordinates to Geographic Coordinates for SAS/GRAPH® Software PROC GMAP Displa
David C. Chojnacky, Ronald P. Tymcio
Coordinating a Site License through a University Mainframe Computing Center
Corporate Computing: A Working Blend of Mainframe, Mini, and Microcomputers
Corporate and Area User Groups
Creating Selectively a Permanent SAS® Software Format Library from a Humongous Dictionary
Creating a "User-Friendly "General Ledger Reporting System
Creating a User-Friendly PROC FSCALC Application
Data Entry Backup System: An Application of PROC FSEDIT in SAS/FSP® Software
Decision Support Systems using SAS® Software and ISPF (or How ISPF Tables Can Enhance Your SAS® Software Life)
Christine Hendrick, David Howe, Walter Mercier
Determining End User Response Time Using NLDM and SAS® Software
Developing an Enhanced Facility for Installing SAS® Software for the Microcomputer under MS DOS and PC DOS
Effect of Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares (IRLS) on Teaching A Course in Quantal/Categorical Response
Rita C. Berg, James E. Dunn
Effective Analysis of Non-standard Clinical Data
Efficiency and Performance Considerations for the SAS® System under PC DOS
Gordon W. Davis, Scott C. Sweetland
Eight Key Questions on the Future Direction of Established SAS®
Electronic Mail Using SAS/AF® Software and PROC FSLETTER
W.D. Hutchison, Geoff Wheatley
Engineering Applications of SAS/GRAPH® Software
Enhancements to the Micro-to-Host Link
Edmund Burnette, Cheryl A. Garner, Todd Lloyd
Enhancements to the SAS® Text Editor and PROC FSLETTER on the PC
Claire Cates, Joyce DeHaan, Brenda Erickson
Establishing a SAS® Consulting Service at a Large Research University
Ronald Kalinoski, John Podgurski
Estimation of Variance Components in Mixed Factorial Models Including Model-based Diagnostics
Ronald H. Bremer, John W. Green, Ronald R. Hocking
Experiences with Teaching Experimental Design Using the SAS® System for Personal Computers
Robert A. McLean, Richard D. Sanders
Exploring the Mandelbrot Set
Anthony Patalocchi, Paul B. Schladenhauffen
Financial Statements from COMPUSTAT Quarterly Industrial Data Files
Forming SAS® Time Series Data Sets from the International Financial Statistics Data Tape of the International Monetary Fund
Frame It! Frame Generator Macros
Akos Felsovalyi, Erzsebet Felsovalyi
Full-screen Menu-driven Sample Size Programs Using SAS/AF® Software
J.A. Bebar, Phil Cirulli, L.A. Johnson
Generating Kappa Statistics and Testing Useful Hypotheses with PROC CATMOD
Generating Sample Sizes for Hypergeometric Sampling. Plans Using SAS® Software
Genius Report Writer System
Getting the Most from PROC TABULATE
Graphic Display of Data in Clinical Trials
Graphic Profiling of User Group Activity
Graphical Displays of Nonhierarchical Cluster Analysis Solutions
Graphical Illustration of a Water Pollution Index Using SAS/GRAPH® Software
Michael J. Millard, E. Barry Moser
Graphical Methods for the Analysis of Survival Data
Frank E. Harrell, Jr, Kerry L. Lee, Barbara G. Pollock
Graphical Presentation of Product Pricing
Vicki G. Morwitz, Theodore F. Rose
High-Performance Graphics for Exploring Multivariate Data
Harold W. Gugel, C. Ming Wang
How to Use SAS® Software Effectively on Large Files
Improving Statistical Methodology with the SAS® System in an Industrial Environment
Incorporating Management Judgement in Forecasting
Information Systems in the Utility Industry Based on the SAS® System: A Southern California Perspective
Jacob C. Epperson, Roger B. Glaser, Clark M. Roberts, James H. Sorenson
Input of Questionnaire Data Using the PROC FSEDIT Screen
Instructional Building Blocks of Computer-Based Training
Integrated Information Systems
Integrating Information System Technologies: Laser Printing, Model 204 DBMS, and the SAS® System
Integrating SAS® System Analysis and Reporting into an ISAM Production Environment on the VAX'"A
Interactive Learning Curve Calculator Using SAS® Software
Interfacing SYSTEM 2000® DBMS with Fourth Generation Languages
Interpretation and Diagnostics of the Multinomial Logistic Regression
Intricacies and Ramifications of PC SAS® System Management and Distribution at Large Academic Institutions
Introduction to SAS/DB2™ and SAS/SQL-DS™ Software
Introduction to Version 6 SAS/AF® Software
Brenda Erickson, Linda Wharton
Jittering and Other Graphics Macros for Exploratory Data Analysis
Lean and Mean: A Guide to Self Discipline in Using the SAS® System
Low-Dimensional Representation of High-Dimensional Data for Multiple Populations with Unequal Covariance Matrices
Virgil R. Marco, Danny W. Turner, Dean M. Young
MVS Security and the Use of SAS® Software to Gather SMF Data
Bruce H. Blank, Mike Mirabile
Making Health Analysts Independent: A User-Friendly Management Information System
J. Patrick Nicol, Leslie L. Roos, Jr., Andre Wajda
Making SAS/GRAPH® Software Work for You
Making SAS/IMS-DL/l® Software User Friendly
Making Version 5 SAS® Software Work for You: The Design of a Dynamic Reporting System for All Users
Man Hour Estimating System
Management Graphics in a Quality Assurance Environment
Management Information Systems (MIS) for Information Centers using SAS/FSP® SAS/GRAPH® and Base SAS® Software
Michael P. Farrell, Jeffrey L. Fowler, T.J. Gross, T.R. White
Matrix Generation Using SAS® Software
Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Simulation for One and Two Stage Sampling of Normal Mixtures Using SAS® Software
Kirby Jackson, Wesley Kemmerlin
Measures of Multivariate Skewness and Kurtosis
Ronald Kalinoski, NamJun Kang
Mechanization of the Telephone Allocation Plan -A Network and/or Transportation Problem
Micro-to-Host Application
Micro-to-Host Link Performance and Setup
Monitoring Corporate Plan Implementation with the SAS® System
Kathleen D. Crook, Mark F. Jackman
Mr. TIB: A Test Item Bank for Physician Assistants
Network Performance and Resource Management
New CBT Features in SAS/AF® Software for Version 6
New Developments in Psychometric and Market Research Procedures
Douglas P. Kent, Warren F. Kuhfeld, Forrest W. Young
Nonparametric Density Estimation
Numeric Precision Considerations in SAS® Software
OS SAS® Installation: Performance and Tuning Considerations
On PLEX and Custom SAS® Procedures
One Approach to SAS® Training
Optimizing IBM PC Systems for SAS® Software
PC Hardware Considerations for SAS/GRAPH® Software Graphics
PROC GREPLAY -- Developing a Presentation That Your Users Will Appreciate
PROC TRANSPOSE -A Powerful Tool for Data Restructuring
Panel Discussion
Performance and Feature Enhancements in the SAS® System under VMS (5.16)
Performing the Friedman Test and Associated Multiple Comparison Test using PROC GLM
Permanent PROC FORMATs
Preparing and Presenting Management Reports using SAS/AF® Software
Processing Large Data Sets into Customized Tables
Tamara R. Fischell, Elizabeth G. Hamilton
Processing SAS® Software Code: Smart Filters Today, a Proposed PROC and a Smarter Display Manager Tomorrow
Receipt Control and Assessment Monitoring for a Multisite Clinical Trial
Norman A. Constantine, Henk Pechler, Michael S. Shing
Report Writing with PROC PRINT and PROC QPRINT
James A. LeGoullon, Debra Martinson
SAS/FSP® Software, SAS/DMI® Software, and SAS/AF® Software as Tools for Work Stations
SAS/GRAPH® Annotate Application
SAS/GRAPH® Software: Data Analysis, Presentation Graphics or Pretty Pictures?
SAS/SHARE Software Overview and Features
SAS® Macros Designed to Create Camera-Ready, "Typed "Tables Directly from SAS Data Sets
SAS® Prototype Applications: Bringing Power to the End User
SAS® Software Data Sets from NOMAD2
SAS® Software Implementation of Rockart and Treacy's Data Cube: a Typical Executive Information System
SAS® Software Installation-Things Your Site Representative Never Told You
SAS® System Interfaces to Data Base Management Systems
SAS® System Statistical Procedures Applied to the Analysis of Water Quality Data
SAS® System to IDMS/R Interface Overview
SAS® Training in an Information Center's Diverse Environment
Sandra Robinson, Sallie R. Teaf
SYSTEM 2000® Data Management Services and the SAS® Macro Language
Sampling Very Large Datasets from SAS® Software: PROC RANDOM and PROC RANSTRAT
William T. Douglass, Gail Johnson
Sampling with SAS® Software: A Macro for Drawing PPS Samples
Eleanor M. Dillon, James E. Smith
Screening for Potential Confounders in an Epidemiologic Analysis
Seasonal Adjustment Operations of Canadian Socio-Economic Time Series
Estela Bee Dagum, Misako Grafton
Simulating 2-D Gel Electrophoretograms using Techniques from Version 5 SAS® Software
Software Mirrors in a Mainframe/Microcomputer Environment
Some Applications of PROC MATPAR: Match Pair Partial Correlation Procedure
Chun Chen, Robert E. Johnson
Some Useful Features in PROC REG
Speech Recognition, the PC, and SAS® Software
Speller: A Mainframe Spelling Checker
Strategies for Development of a Corporate Graphics Center
Suzanne S. Gordon, Jerry J. Hosking
Strategies for Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance
Supporting End-User Computing through Full-Featured SAS® Files
Supporting SAS® Software in an Academic Environment
TABLETS-A Table Generator
Teaching Technical Subjects to Adult Learners
Techniques for Using SAS/AF® Software More Efficiently
The Analysis of Mapped Spatial Point Patterns
The Analysis of Survival Data with Concomitant Information using Parametric Models: PROC HAZARD and PROC HAZPRED
Eugene H. Blackstone, David C. Naftel
The Bayesian Estimation of Linear Models: An Application of the Lindley-Smith Hyperparameter Model
Dennis J. Aigner, Joseph G. Hirschberg
The Busman's Holiday: Automating the Systems Development Process
Roger E. Booker, Julie Keenan
The Design and Programming of Large Systems using SAS® Software
The Development of CHESMAP-A Program for Mapping Environmental Data
Dan Jacobs, David G. Swartz
The Evolution of a Plot
The Generation of User Defined Reports Using SAS® Macros
The Information Center: The Growing Pains and the Adolescent Years
The Information Centre at AEtna Life in Sydney Australia
Linda Renneberg, Peter Sweeney
The Internals of Macro Processing
Lynn Hannah Patrick, Lynn H. Patrick
The SAS® Supervisor
Donald J. Henderson, Merry G. Rabb
The SAS® System for Personal Computers and Electronic Data Recorders at a Field Location
Russell T. Graham, Jonalea R. Tonn
The SAS® System under CMS: Tricks of the Trade
The Traveling Salesman Problem and the SAS® System
Akos Felsovalyi, Erzsebet Felsovalyi
The Wild Side of. the Annotate Facility
Time Series Intervention Analysis Using SAS® Software
Tools for Accessing SYSTEM 2000® DBMS Data Using SAS® Software
Henrietta Cummings, Nancy J. Wills
Training Manufacturing Management Using the SAS® System
Training Support for the SAS® System for Personal Computers
Transfer Functions using PROC ARIMA
John C. Brocklebank, David A. Dickey
Treatment of Lagged Dependent Regressors and Autocorrelated Errors in SAS/ETS® Software
Thomas B. Fomby, Joseph G. Hirschberg
Tuning the SAS® System under CMS
Understanding the SAS® Macro Facility
Use of Base SAS® Software as a Teaching Language for an Introduction to Information Systems in a University Environment
John M. Plunkett, Kathryn L. Plunkett
Use of SAS® Procedures for Estimating Design Based Logistic Regression Variances by Balanced Repeated Replication (BRR)
Daniel H. Freeman, Jr., Philip J. Leaf, Martha Livingston Bruce
Use of Version 5 SAS® Software Explicitly Subscripted Arrays to Perform Bioavailability Calculations
User Interface Tools and the Design of Interactive Systems
User-Written Procedures in C
User-written Procedures in Version 5
Using Formats to Enhance the Appearance of Your Reports
Using New Features of Release 11.5 of SYSTEM 2000® DBMS
Using PROC NLIN to Develop Capture Ratios
Using SAS/GRAPH® Software on IBM Mainframes with Coax-attached PCs
Using SAS/GRAPH® Software to Display Box-Whisker Plots
Using SAS/GRAPH® Software with a Protocol Converter
Using SAS/IML ""Software -A Multivariate Control Chart Example
Using SAS® Software Graphical Procedures for the Observer Agreement Chart
Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Hope E. Bryan
Using SAS® Software as the Focal Point in Developing Integrated Systems
Using SAS® Software to Develop a Prototype for Determining Participant Profiles and for Assessing Potential Relationships Among Health Insurance Variables
Ralph F. Catalanello, Bruce W. Eagle
Using SAS® Software to Pass Data to IBM's Graphical Data Display Manager
Using SAS® Software to Provide Information Feedback to Subjects in a Long-Term Study
Using SAS® Software to Quantify Dissimilarity among Environmental Samples
Using SAS® Software to Write a SAS® Program: A Practical Introduction and a Survey Processing Sample
Using WINDOW and DISPLAY in the SAS® System for PCs for the Patient Registry of the VA Coronary Artery Surgery Study
Using the SAS/C ""Compiler on the IBM Mainframe
Using the SAS/GRAPH® Software Interface to GDDM
Using the SAS® System with Another Programming Language
Frank R. Fry, Hank Leddon
Using the SAS® System with Relational and Hierarchical Data
Utilization of SAS® Software to Solve Transportation Problems
Jack Hudson, Jr, Ginner Weatherby
VISUALS: Experimental Software for Dynamic Hyperdimensional Graphics
Douglas P. Kent, Warren F. Kuhfeld, Forrest W. Young
Variance Component Estimation with the SAS® System
Ramon C. Littell, Barbara G. McCutchan
What Good is the SAS® System for Personal Computers?
J. Philip Miller, Robert P. Parks
What's New from the Education Division at SAS Institute Inc.
Writing Customized Reports Using the DATA Step
XMERGE: A Generalized Macro for Subsetting and/or Expanding SAS® Data Sets
Thomas E. Schneider, Donald D.M. Tong
XRECALL: An Enhanced Replacement for the DMS RECALL Command