SUGI 15 Proceedings

Nashville, Tennessee
April 1 - 4, 1990
Tony L. Ona, Conference Chair

Proceedings Index

All documents are in PDF format.

&&&&&&&&&&SAS - Resolving This and Other SAS ® Code Challenges A Blueprint for Interactive PC-based Applications Development A CMS EXEC for the Calculation of Exact P-Values Using the SAS ® System Noninteractively A Cross-Reference Listing Program for SAS ® Software Macros A Hierarchical Database Engine for Version 6 of the SAS' System A Macro-driven System for Background Graph Generation A Mainframe SAS/FSP ® Mailing List System A Managerial Approach to Tracking Staff Assignments Using SAS/AF ® and SAS/FSP ® Software A Methodology for Computer Performance Evaluation in the Apollo ® Domain/OS Environment A Multisite Data Collection and Analysis System Based on the SAS System A Programmers Tool Using SAS/AF ® Software A SAS/AF ® Procedure Using Regression Analysis to Estimate Remaining Recoverable Petroleum Reserves A SAS ® Macro Based System for the Preparation of Data for Comparative Bioavailability Analysis A SAS ® Macro for Testing for Compound Symmetry and the Hunyh-Feldt Condition A SAS ® Macro for the Box-Cox Transformation: Estimation and Testing A SAS ® Software-based System for Tracking Clinical Study Case Record Forms Utilizing Bar Codes A Simple Method of Producing a Ratio Table A Software Interface between the SAS' System and ORACLE' A Solution to Unique Match-Merge Situations A Study in Repetition Resulting in a Utility Macro for Substitution A Survival Kit for Academic Consultants or How to Keep Users from Stealing Your Job A Tutorial on SAS/IML ® Graphics A Tutorial on the NETFLOW Procedure in SAS/OR ® Software ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE: REPEATED IfEASURES AND SPLIT-Plur DESIGNS Adult Education Student Tracking System Aids in Data Checking Alternative Methods of Estimating Piecewise Linear and Higher Order Regression Models Using SAS ® Software Alternative Parameterization for Anova Models Using SAS ® Software An Automated, Intelligent Algorithm for GPLOT Procedure and PLOT Procedure Graphics Axis Scaling An Exploratory Data Analysis Approach to Qualitative Response Modeling Using SAS/IML ® and SAS/GRAPH ® Software An In-House SAS ® Users Group as Utilized by an Electric Utility Corporation An Interactive Front End for a Data Editing Procedure Using SAS ® Windows An Introduction to SAS/GRAPH ® Software for New or Nervous Users An Introduction to Screen Control Language with the FSEDIT Procedure An Online System for SAS ® Information Exchange Using SAS/AF,' SAS/FSP ® and SAS/SHARE ® Software Analysis of Covariance: Repeated Measures and Split-Plot Designs Analyzing Balanced or Unbalanced Latin Squares and Other Repeated-Measures Designs for Carryover Effects Using the GLM Procedure Analyzing a Regression Model with a General Positive Definite Covariance Matrix with the SAS ® System Analyzing and Reporting Fixed Effects in the Real World Andrews Function Control Chart for Bivariate Quality Control Aspects of LAN-Based Decision Support Systems Basic Text Handling with the DATA Step Best Presentation of Data-Color Best Presentation of Data-Monochrome Better Forecasting with SAS/ETS ® Software Buffering the SAS ® System VSAM Performance Headaches Build a Production System in SAS ® Macro But I Don't Want to Learn the SAS ® System, System 2000 ® Software, Communications, or Timesharing to Get My Report CAMS: A System Built on Three Platforms: Useful Techniques CARDS: An Inverted List Database Created Using SAS ® Software CBT versus Instructor-led Classes CPU Load Forecasting Using the ARIMA Procedure Calculating the Jonckheere-Terpstra Test Statistic Using the SAS ® System under VMS. . Calling IBM ® Programs and Products from C Changes and Enhancements to Version 6 Procedures Classroom Presentation Techniques Comparing Two Files Comparison of SAS/GRAPH ® with Other Mainframe Graphics Software Computation of Variances of Functions of Parameter Estimates for Mixed Models in the GLM Procedure Confidence Intervals and Curvature Measures in Nonlinear Regression Using the IML and NLIN Procedures in SAS ® Software Conquering the Dreaded Macro Error Constructing Integrated Clinical Information Systems for Traditional and Nontraditional Users Consulting, Counseling, and Consoling: The Rest of the Story Converting SAS/DB2'"Applications from Version 5 to Version 6 Converting SAS ® Data Libraries under MVS from a Version 5 to a Version 6 Format: When and How Converting Version 5 Files to Release 6.06 Files: Using the V5TOV6 Procedure Creating PMENUs for Application Windows Creating a Variable for Collapsing a File Using the FORMAT Procedure Creating and Managing an SQL'"Database with the SAS' System Criteria for Moving a SAS ® Application to SYSTEM 2000 ® Data Management Software Current and Future Enhancements of Version 6 .of the SAS ® System under CMS DB2' and the SAS' System - Information Delivery for the 1990s DB2'"Performance Management: A Strategy Using DB2PM and SAS ® Software DB2'"and SAS/DB2' Software "EXPLAINed Data Center Service Level Management System Data Management Procedures for Large and Small Projects Data Reduction and Summary Statistics in the DATA and PROCEDURE Steps Efficiency Considerations Debugging Your SAS ® Macro Application under VMS'": A Practical Approach Determining Sample Sizes Needed to Achieve the Specified Confidence Levels - Binomial Distribution Approach Determining Weight Values for EWMA Control Schemes Using the ARIMA Procedure Determining and Profiling MVS System Activity with MXG ® and SAS ® Software Developing Release 6.03 SAS/AF ® Applications as a Statistical Teaching Aid Developing User Applications Using the FSVIEW Procedure in Release 6.06 SAS/FSP ® Software Developing User Applications with SAS/AF ® Software for PCs: The SAFARI Extract Generator Experiences Disk Inventory and Control System: A REXX Tool for the Management of SAS ® Databases under CMS Displaying Multiple Graphic Output EVAL: An Application of SAS/ASSIST ® Software to Forecast Evaluation Easier User Interface with SET and MERGE Macros Effective Use of SAS/CONNECT "Software Effectively Grappling with Graphics Effectively Using the FSEDIT Procedure Efficient Data Summary: A Comparison of PROC and DATA Step Techniques Efficient Use of SAS Institute's Technical Support Enhancements to the User Interface in Version 6 of the SAS ® System under MVS and VM Enhancing SAS/GRAPH ® Output with the Annotate Facility Enhancing Your Graphics Output Using New Features in Version 6 Error Bars with Line Graphs and Bar Charts Establishing SAS ® Software at a Large Corporation Estimating Standard Errors for a Proposed Survey Estimation of Area Under Concentration - Time Curves (AUC) Using the LAG Function and the Trapezoidal Rule FILE and PUT Statements FocusEZ: The User-Friendly, Full-Screen, Menu-Driven Utility for Using SAS ® Software with FOCUS ® Databases Formatted Tables: SAS ® Macro Programs Fun and Games with the LENGTH and LABEL Statements Future Directions for NeoVisuals ® Software Getting the Most from Your Release 6.06 SAS ® Session under OS/2 ® Gracefully Handling Empty Files in the SAS ® System How SAS/AF ® Software, Other Version 6 Products, and Screen Control Language (SCL) Can Help You Make a Presentation (and Test Your Country Music Knowledge) How to Get the Most Out of Your SYSTEM 2000 ® Data Management Software How to Stop a Simulation Hypotheses and Sample Size for Showing Equivalence IUPUI Test Scoring System - Using the SAS ® System and REXX under CMS and MVS If an Axis Is Too Long for the PAGESIZE=, LINESIZE=, HSIZE=, or VSIZE= Options PANELIZE Routines Importing Data from External Files to NeoVisuals ® Software Increasing the Value of Graphics Using the SAS ® Annotate Facility Inside SAS ® Catalogs in Version 6 of the SAS ® System Institute Support for SAS ® Users Groups Integrating Graphics into a Document Using SAS/GRAPH ® Software and WordPerfect ® 5.0 Integrating SYSTEM 2000 ® Data Management Software and the SAS ® System: Getting Started Integrating the SAS ® System with DOS Applications Interactive Random Sampling Interfacing Normalized Relational Database Structures with SAS Software Introducing New Computer Users to Release 6.06 of the SAS ® System Introduction to CPE Using the Mainframe and PC Introduction to Interlanguage Communication with the SAS/C ® Compiler JMP° Tutorial Linear Programming Meets SAS/AF ® Software Loan Comparison and Analysis Look Ma, No DATA Step! An Introduction to SAS/FSP ® Software MIS - A Decision Support System for Management Mainframe-based PC Software Maintenance Making More with Less - Inventing the Three-Dimensional Pie'Chart Using Release 5.18 of SAS ® Software Management Reporting for Capacity Planning and Computer Performance Evaluation Managing a Multi-vendor DBMS Environment with the SAS' System Managing a Multiuser SAS ® Database with Version 6 SAS/AF ® Software: Generic Tasks Manipulating Data Sets and Views from Screen Control Language Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Qualitative Analysis System (MPTQ): A SAS ® Software-based Application to Satisfy DoD Requirements Mastering the SAS ® System Using Master Indexes Menu-driven Interfaces Using SAS/FSP ® Software and the SAS ® Macro Language Menuing Through the SAS ® System: Version 6 Migrating From PC DOS Systems to OS/2 ® Systems - Hardware Considerations Migrating from PC DOS Systems to OS/2 ® Systems - Software Considerations Modular Course Design: Develop and Deliver a Technical Course Mortar and Bricks: Using Basic SAS ® System Procedures to Manipulate Your Data Most Creative Use of the Software-Color Most Creative Use of the Software-Monochrome Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Military Force Management NeoVisuals ® Software: Year One At The University of Guelph New Display Manager Features for Version 6 of the SAS ® System Nifty Tricks: Using FSCALC "Templates "for Management Reporting Nonparametric Estimates and Confidence Intervals for the Medians and Difference in Medians Between Two Treatment Groups Nonsymmetric Bootstrap Confidence Intervals Using SAS/IML ® Software on a PC Organizing CMS Files Using the SORT Procedure, REXX, and FILELIST Overview of SAS/GRAPH ® Procedures and Facilities Overview of the SET, UPDATE, AND MERGE Statements PERSPECT: Extracting Perspectives from Super-Encoded Data PLOTCORR: A SAS ® Macro for Appending Correlation and Regression Statistics to the PLOT or GPLOT Procedures Parameter Estimation For Models Defined By Differential Equations Performance Considerations for the Database Engines Performance of Multiple Comparisons in Repeated Measures Designs under Nonsphericity Planned ESA/378'"Exploitation by the SAS ® System under MVS Polychlorinated Biphenyls Information Management and Modeling System for the Unsaturated Soil Zone Porting C to the IBM ® Mainframe Environment Processing of External Data Sets in Version 6 under MVS Program to Generate Atkinson's and Resistant Envelopes for Normal Probability Plots of Regression Residuals Programming Techniques Using Choice Groups with Extended Tables in Version 6 SAS/AP Software Programming with SAS ® Functions, with a Special Emphasis on SAS ® Dates and Times Projecting Course Enrollments at Syracuse University Using the SAS ® System Quick Start to C Using the SAS/C ® Mainframe Compiler Real Men Do Use Menus: Developing Applications with SAS/AF ® Software Reproduction of Ambulance Runs of the Chicago Fire Department Resampling-Based Multiple Testing Rod Mill Billet Surface Quality Reporting System SAS Institute's Online Customer Support Facility SAS/ACCESS ® Interface to ORACLE ® and Rdb/VMS;"Release 5.18 and Release 6.06 of the SAS ® System SAS/ASSIST Software under Release 6.06 SAS/GRAPH ® Software Meets the Logo Turtle SAS/GRAPH ® Software and Numerical Taxonomy SAS/GRAPH ® Software to Macintosh ®: A User's Experience on -a VAX "System SAS ® Commands from the CMS Command Line SAS ® Macros for Source. Program Tracking SAS ® Software Performance in the Persona! Computer Environment SAS ® Software and the Single Research Scientist SAS ® System Performance on 80386 Class PCs SIGNIF, a C Function to Compute Significant Digits SUN_Q: Measuring Customer Delight Using SAS ® and Sybase ® Software Scheduling Programming Projects Using SAS/OR ® Software in Version 6 of the SAS ® System Scientific Workstations and SAS ® Software: Getting Jobs Completed Screen Control Language - An Invaluable Tool in Applications Development Segmenting the Tourist Market Using Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis Selecting Optimal Branch Locations Based on Geographic Distribution of Service Call Volume Shortcuts to Customize Clinical Trial Reports Software Tools for Processing U.S. Census Bureau TIGER Line Files Solving 2,000 SAS ® Problems a Year. Help Desk Personnel -Solutions Faster Than a Speeding SAS ® User Solving Business Needs as a Team Solving Grouping Problems: Using the POINT= Option Sponsoring SAS ® Training through a Local Users Group Standards and Macros: The Keystroke Busters! StatLab Revenue System Strategies for Planning and implementing the Conversion of SAS ® Applications from Version 5 to Version 6 Subsetting and Combining SAS ® Map Data Sets to Produce Custom Maps Table Lookup without a Table Teaching the SAS ® Programming Language to Programmers and Nonprogrammers The Analysis of Data from 2 X 2 Crossover Trials with Baseline Measurements The Bootstrap and Jackknife Estimates of Variance: Two Resampling Techniques Using Release 6.03 of SAS/IML ® Software The Calculation of Average Run Length for a Nonparametric CUSUM Procedure The Consultant's Life Is/Is Not A Happy One The Development of an Integrated Tracking Application in an Information Systems Environment The Distribution of Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha from the CORR Procedure of SAS ® Software The Distribution of the SAS ® System for PCs via a Mainframe Computer The GLIM Procedure: An Interface to the SAS ® System The Hazardous Exposure Computer Control System The Impact of Machine Architecture on the Implementation of the SAS ® System The Painless Path to Release 6.06 of the SAS ® System The Patient Discharge Reporting System The QUERY Window The REPORT Procedure: Filling the Gap in Report Writing The Relational versus Hierarchical Database Debate Continues The SAS System for Statistical Graphics - A Preview The SAS ® Documentation Library for Release 6.06 Software The SAS ® Macro: An Aid to the User The SAS ® Multiuser interactive System in Version 6 of the SAS ® System The SAS ® Supervisor - A Version 6 Update The SAS ® System - A Full-Featured Utility and Language for Programmers The SAS ® System Earns an MBA: Using SAS ®Software in an MBA Economics Course The SAS ® System as Simulation Language: An Application to Tunnel Construction Modeling The SAS ® System as a Database Manager in Environmental Problems The SAS ® System for PCs: A Time Saver from Spreadsheet to Mainframe The SAS ® System for PCs: Management Reporting Using Data from External Sources The SAS ® System for PCs: Some Speed Surprises The SAS ® System on AIX "(OSF ") Platforms The Secret Life of the SAS ® DATA Step Tips and Techniques for Using I/O Subsystems in Version 6 of the SAS ® System under VMS. Tips and Tricks on Rearranging and Manipulating Data and Datasets for Efficient Data Processing and Output Generation Transfer Function Model for Gloss Prediction of Coated Aluminum Using the ARIMA Procedure Transferring SAS ® Data Sets with the XCOPY Procedure Transporting Files in Release 6.06 of the SAS ® System Tuning Version 6 of the SAS ® System under MVS Unbiased Estimators of Shrinkage for Chi-Square Based Measures of Association Updating Your SAS ® Training Program for Release 6.06 of the SAS ® System Using Relational Database Technology and the SAS ® System to Develop SAS' System Applications under the VMS "Operating System Using Release 6.06 of the SAS ® System for Financial Applications Using Release 6.06 of the SAS ® System for Marketing Information Systems Using SAS Macros to Automate Data Set Creation and Analysis for Epidemiologic Studies on a PC Using SAS/AF Software in a Marketing Information System Using SAS/AF ® Program Screens to Create a Program Manager/ Document Producer for Data Editing Using SAS/AF ® Software to Transport SAS ® Data Files from the VMS'"Environment to an IBM ® OS Environment Using SAS/CPE ® Software for Analysis of VMS'"Computer Performance Data Using SAS/GRAPH ® Maps as a Nucleus For an Interactive Geographic Information System Using SAS/GRAPH ® Software To Detect Medicaid Fraud Using SAS/GRAPH ® Software to Analyze Student Study Habits Using SAS/OR ® Project Management to Plan and Manage a Major Electric Generation Facility Outage Using SAS ® Software to Create WordPerfect ® Files Using SAS ® Software to Develop a Clinical Studies Status System Using Variance Components and Confidence Contours to Estimate Numbers of Primary and Secondary Sampling Units Using a NeXT "Workstation as a Development Platform for Version 5 SAS ® Applications Using a SAS/AF ® Application to Calculate the Power of a Statistical Test Using the ADX Menu System for Taguchi Applications in Quality Improvement Using the Annotate= Data Set to Highlight the Graphical Quality of the G3D Procedure Using the DBLOAD Procedure to Create and Populate SYSTEM 2000' Data Management Software Databases Using the FORMAT Procedure to Enhance the Subsetting IF Statement in Table Lookup Using the GSLIDE Procedure to Produce Data Collection Forms Using the Interactive Features of the REG Procedure Using the SAS/C ® Source Level Debugger's STORAGE Command Effectively Using the SAS ® System for Data Collection under the VMS'"Operating System Using the SAS ® System on a Microvax for a Computer Assisted Interviewing System Using the SAS ® System to Analyze Quality Control Data from Data-Collection Devices Using the SAS ® System to Develop Some Experimental CASE Tools Using the SAS ® System to Prepare Hospital Inpatient Claims Data for Case-Mix Analyses Using the Semicolon: Put the Horse before the Cart and Other Tips for SAS ® Users Using the Stored Program Facility Using the Template Facility in the GREPLAY Procedure: Zoom, Rotate, Cut, and Paste Using the Panel Coordinates Using the Version 6 SAS ® System with Your Operating System: Helpful Information Sources for Your Host Environment What SAS/IML ® Software Has to Offer beyond the MATRIX Procedure Working with Arrays Working with the SUMMARY Procedure: An Introduction Writing Efficient C Code for Optimizers Writing Efficient SAS/DB2'"Applications in Version 6 of the SAS' System Writing an 80386 C Compiler for the SAS ® System introduction to the C Programming Language