SUGI 16 Proceedings

New Orleans, Louisiana
February 17 - 20, 1991
Martin J. Rosenberg, Conference Chair

Proceedings Index

All documents are in PDF format.

"Rumors of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated ": Mark Twain Discovers SAS/SHARE Software in Version 6 1990 Census Mail Response and Related Variables: An Examination at the County Level Using Regression Analysis A Blueprint for Interactive PC-Based Applications Development A CMS-based, Multi-User Planning System for Clinical Data using SAS/AF and SAS/FSP Software A Clinical Data Review System to Facilitate Pharmaceutical Research A Comparison of DATA Step Performances in Releases 6.06 and 5.18 A Comparison of RS/1 and SAS Software in Meeting Information Systems Development Needs .. . A Data Entry Application in Clinical Research Using Quality Assurance Tools A Debugging Facility for SAS Macro Systems A Factor Analysis of Employee Attitudes about the Internal Operational and Administrative Characteristics of a City Government A Flexible User Interface Developed Using SAS/AF and SAS/GRAPH Software A Macro For Principal Component Logistic Regression A Macro Program for Generating Customized Reports from User-Specified Column Variables and Page-Sort Variables A Macro for Analyzing Insulin or Glucose Concentration Time Curves A Macro for Multivariate Statistical Process Control A Macro to Create a SAS Data Set Containing Commonly Reported Statistics for the Analysis of Multiple 2 x 2 Tables A Maintenance Tool for Reporting on Release 6.06 SAS/AF Applications A Procedure for Deciding Which Treatments to Accept in a Screening Study Involving Pseudo-Bernoulli Data A Program for Outputting P Values and Confidence Intervals in an Analysis of Variance without the Use of the GLM or PR/NTTO Procedures A Program to Compute Odds Ratios and Confidence Intervals from LOGISTIC Output A Reasonably Comprehensive Test of SAS Programming Skills A Roadmap to Macro Facility Error Messages and Debugging A SAS Macro for Assessing Differential Drug Effect A SAS Macro for the Robust Analysis of Repeated Measures Data A SAS Procedure for Outlier Detection in Bioavailability/ Bioequivalence Studies A SAS Program for Calculating and Displaying Regression Lines in Two-Way ANCOVA Models with Unequal Slopes A SAS Program for Choosing Random Unblocked Designs Balanced for Correlation between Neighbors A SAS Program for Seasonal Kendall Trend Analysis of Monthly Water Quality Data A SAS/AF Application for Developing Project Schedules Using SAS/FSP and SAS/GRAPH Software A Sophisticated Algorithm for Annotating SAS Polygons A System for Pinpointing Areas. Needing Process improvement A Tale of Two Releases: Benchmarking the Performance of the SAS System Release 6.06 against Release 5.18 A Tool to Create a Cross-Reference Listing of Variables and Literals in a SAS Program A Window-based Graphics Toolkit Using SAS/IML Software ALMA: A Library Management Information System Using SAS/AF and SAS/FSP Software on a DOS NOVELL® PC Network About JMP 2.0 An Approach: Meeting the Ad Hoc Reporting Needs of Clients An Insider's Sneak Preview of the Next DATA Step Release An Introduction to Features of the C Language An Introduction to SAS Functions An Introduction to the FSEDIT Procedure An Introduction to the SAS Macro Language Analysis of 2 x 2 Cross-over Trials Using an Integrated Macro Package Analysis of Designs with Detached Control Groups Analysis of Paired Categorical Data Using McNemar's Test and Bowker's Test Analysis of Sparse Repeated Categorical Measurement Data Analyzing Product Test Data in a Relational Database Using SAS Software Analyzing Transmission Conductors under Various Meteorology Conditions Using Macros and Graphics Analyzing a Survey: A Bunch of Tips for a Mess of Questions Automated Generation of Statistical Tables: Integration of Structured Programming and SAS Macros Being Dynamic Best Presentation of Data-Color Best Presentation of Data-Monochrome Box and Whiskers Revisited - Using SAS/GRAPH Software to Produce Box and Whiskers Plots Building a VM Print Accounting System with Base SAS Software Building and Submitting Jobs Using TSO and the SAS System But I Don't Want to Learn the SAS System, System 2000 Software, Communications, or Timesharing to Get My Report Coding A User Application into the Executive Information System of SAS/ASSIST Software Comparing File Size to Free Disk Space When Copying DOS Files from within SAS/AF Applications in Release 6.03 Comparison of Mainframe Hardcopy Devices Compatible with SAS/GRAPH Software Comparison of SAS/GRAPH Software with Other Mainframe Graphics Software Competing Risk Multi-Spell Survival Analysis: The CTM Procedure Computer Performance Evaluation Using SAS/CPE Software under VMS: A Case Study Confidence Intervals for Contrasts in the Unbalanced Analysis of Variance Using SAS/IML Software Contrast Generating Macros for the GLM Procedure Conversion of a SAS/AF Graphics Reporting System from Release 5.18 to Release 6.06 in the TSO Environment Conversion to Version 6 of the SAS System: Experiences and Advice from a Management Information Systems Department Converting Applications from Release 5.18 to 6.06 Creating Course Notes from an Annotated SAS Program Creating Dot Diagrams Creating a User-Friendly Statistical Processing System in a Batch Environment Customized In-House Training with a SAS Trainer's Kit DB2 Performance Management Data Analysis Applications for the Semiconductor Industry Database Design Options Using Release 6.06 of the SAS System Database Design Using Compiler Theory Techniques Database Update with Incremental Audit Trail and Rollback Using the FSEDIT Procedure and Screen Control Language Database Validation: A Random-Sample Audit Procedure Decision Tables as SAS Analysis and Programming Tools Design Considerations for Optimizing File Processing in an Integrated Data Management and Analysts System Designing a SAS Software Based System to Track Multistage Data Processing Tasks for Multiple Databases Developing Statistical Application Workshops with SAS Software on a PC Developing a Barcoded Tool Tracking and Checkout System using SAS/AF Version 6.06 Developing a Data Entry and Retrieval Application Using SAS/AF and SAS/FSP Software Developing a Generic Application to Prepare Mailing Lists Developing a SAS/AF System for Statistical Process Control (SPC) Applications Differences and Interrelationships Between the SQL Procedure and SAS/ACCESS Software Dynamic Code Replaces Itself Every 3,000 Executions or Less ERROR: What to Look for When Debugging SAS Programs Econometric Modeling of Sweetgum Stem Biomass Using the IML and SYSLIN Procedures Effective Use of Indexes in the SAS System Effective Use of SAS Data Set Indexes in SAS Applications Efficiency Revisited: Large Files and Release 6.06 Efficiency Techniques for Improving I/O and Processing Time in the DATA Step Efficient SAS Software Programming Efficient Use of Numeric and Character Data Types Efficient Use of Resources Using Release 6.06 of SAS Software and SCL Efficient Use of the SAS/ACCESS Interfaces to INGRES® and Sybase® Enhancements to the GPSS / SAS Compiler Evaluating the Probability Distribution of the Sum of Independent Finite Integer-Valued Random Variables Evolution and Anatomy of an In-House, PC-Oriented SAS User Group Exact Confidence Intervals for Estimating Proportions When Sampling from a Finite Population Experiment Design in Engineering Design and Development Features of SAS/PH-Clinical Software Fitting Sums of Exponentials Using the Method of Residuals and the NLIN Procedure in SAS Software Five Steps to Choosing Optimal Training at Your Site Fun/Aesthetics Getting Data from VAX' to JMP-A Way to Handle Sloppy Data Getting Help from SAS/AF Applications Getting Started with SAS/AF Software How Good is Your Data: A Discussion of the Measurement Process How to Enhance Version 5 SAS/FSP Spreadsheet Applications with Version 6 SAS/CALC Software Implementation in the SAS System of the Bradu and Mundlak Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator of the Mean of a Lognormal Distribution Improving the FSEDIT Procedure's Data Entry Applications with Release 6.06 of SAS/FSP Software and SCL Incorporating Adjustment into Sample Data Products Inside the SQL Procedure's Query Optimizer Installing and Maintaining Supervisor and Product Bundles in LPA/ELPA for MVS/XA "and MVS/ESA° Sites Installing the SAS System for Personal Computers Intelligent Production Graphic Reporting Applications Interaction Contrasts in Repeated Measures Designs Interactive Terminal I/O Techniques in the DATA Step Using Base SAS Software in the VMS Environment Introduction to Efficient Programming Techniques Introduction to Graphic Presentations Introduction to Hypothesis Testing Using the Normal Distribution, the t-Test and the SAS System Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words? Job Submission Menu (JSM): A Programming Tool to Standardize Clinical Trial Summarization Life in the SAS Lane: User Experiences LionTamer: Conversion of a Line Segment File to a SAS Map Data Set Load Data Analysis Workstation (LDAW): A SAS/AF Information Systems Application MSHAP-The Market Share/Hospital Analysis Program: A Case Study in Application Development with the SAS System Macro Tricks to Astound the Folks on Thursday Morning: Ten Immediately Useful Macro Techniques Macro Windows: Creating a User-Friendly Application Managing Multicollinearity with the SAS System Manipulating SAS Data Sets: An Introduction Marie Annotate: How Not to Lose Your Head When Enhancing SAS/GRAPH Output Maximizing SAS Training Micro-To-Host Link Performance Considerations Mixed Models: A Future Direction Most Creative Use of the Software-Color Most Creative Use of the Software-Monochrome Multiple Engine Architecture: A Comparison of Database Management Systems Using the SAS/ACCESS Interface NeoVisuals, the Movie Normalized Data: Implications for the Use of SAS Software, SQL, and Views Novel Use of SAS Macros and the GREPLAY Procedure to Display Multiple Scatter Plots in the VMS Environment Object Oriented Program Design: A New Wave for SAS Software Old Wine, New Wineskins: Why the SQL Procedure Will Change the Way You Think Optimizing the Performance of the SAS System under OS/2 PC Performance - How to Upgrade Existing Equipment, What Kind of Machine to Buy PIAF-A Real End-User Computing Environment PRIME System, A SAS System for PCs Application Used as a Tool to Analyze and Improve Many Aspects of Work Performance Performance Tuning for Release 6.06 of the SAS System under MVS Picking the Right Informat for Numeric Data Planning for a Smooth Transition to Release 6.06 of the SAS System in Production Support or What Do You Mean, "Not Transparent!" Power Analysis and Instructional Monte Carlo Simulations Problems with Missing Values? Use the SAS System to Generate Replacement Data Processing VSAM Data Sets Using the SAS System under MVS Producing Publication Quality Business Graphs with SAS/GRAPH Software Profiling and Rebundling Medical Care Claims Using the FORMAT Procedure and Macros Psychometric Applications with Optical Scanning and Analysis Regression on Medians of Probability Distributions Relational Database Design Theory: An Overview Remote Access Pulse Recorder (RAPR) SAS and SAS/AF Programs for Electric Utility System Reports Repeated Generation of Random Samples to Simulate a Larger Sample Using Arrays and Macro Variables Report Writing Using DATA Step Programming in Base SAS Software Ridge Regression from Correlation Matrix Input Robust Estimator for Linear Regression Running Release 6.07 of the SAS System under UNIX Operating Systems Running SAS Software on a PC under Microsoft windows SAS Applications at the Frankfurt University Hospital SAS Dates Simply Stated SAS Macro Language Features for Application Development SAS Macros for Converting Between ARC/INFO® Import/Export Files and SAS Data Sets SAS Report Writing in an HMO Claims Database Environment for Utilization Review SAS Software Automated IC50 Parameter Estimation with Repeated Measures Data SAS Software Gets Wet: A Statistical Analysis of New Orleans Weather SAS Software Puzzles '91: The Debugging Continues SAS Software and Fractals SAS Software and the Complete P &L Approach to MIS Reporting SAS Software with Other Tools on a PC Platform: Experience in a Clinical Pharmacokinetic Laboratory SAS Training on PCs for Students in a Graduate Econometrics Course at the University of Florida SAS Transport Disk Files: Mainframes, PCs, and Minis SAS/ACCESS Interface for IMS: Now You See It, Now You Don't SAS/ETS Forecasting Application SAS/ETS Software in Applied Econometrics: Evaluating Input Separability in a Model of the U.S. Manufacturing Sector SAS/GRAPH Software - All the Maps You Will Ever Need SAS/OR Software: Solving Real World Problems SIGNIF and GENFMT.• SAS Macros for Computing and Reporting Significant Digits SMP/E Exception SYSMOD Reporting Using SAS Software SPAM: its Not Just for Sandwiches Anymore SYSTEM 2000 Data Management Software Release 12 Enhancements and Why SYSTEM 2000 Software Is the Best Place to Maintain Your Production SAS Data Scheduling with the CPM Procedure Screen Control Language Programming Techniques for Concurrently Accessed Data Screen Control Language Versus Macros in Batch Environments Screen Control Language: An Invaluable Tool in Applications Development Selecting Vendor-Produced Training Simple Construction and Modification of Computer Generated Tables Simple Regression Analysis and Detection of Influential Observations in Censored Data Using SAS Software SoCalGes Spot Gas Purchasing: An OR Application Which Generates the Input Matrix Based Entirely on User Specifications Software Reliability Measurement: A SAS Application Software Validation and Quality Assurance in the Delivery of Software Systems: A Panel Discussion Some Motivation and Comments on Statistical Supercomputing Statistical Graphics for Multivariate Data Structuring SAS Data Sets for Use with the SQL Procedure Subsetting and Ranking Data Using the DISCRIM Procedure Support for Users Groups: What Is Available from SAS Institute System Performance and Capacity Planning Using SAS Software TERNPLOT-SAS Creation of Ternary Plots Taking a Bite Out of SAS Software: Jaw Motion Studies on a PC Techniques for Assessing Differential Item Performance on Achievement Tests Techniques for Improving Coding and Processing Efficiency in the DATA Step Testing Separate Correlations for Homogeneity and Estimating Common Correlations: Extending the Information from the CORR Procedure Testing for Cluster Structure before a Cluster Analysis Testing for Lack of Fit in Regression Using SAS Software Texas Instruments' Workstation Interface for Statistical Analysis and Reporting of Data (WISARD) The Advantages of the SAS System under OS/2® The Afterlife of a Production System: Software Library Maintenance in a Large Data Processing Environment The Analysis of Two-Period Cross-Over Design with a Binary Response Variable The Balancing Act: An Approach to Analyzing Data Integrity During DATA Step Processing The Best of All Possible Worlds: Part Il (The SQL°) The DATA Step Debugger: Bug Hunting Made Easy! The Delights and Plights of a SAS Users Group: One Analyst's Story The ETRANK Procedure: Procedures for Analyzing Incomplete Repeated Measures Trials with Treatment Related Withdrawals The Integration of SAS Software in a Multicentric Tumor Registry The Macro as a Tool The Null Hypothesis and Regression-Based Predictions The Obsolescence of the SAS System Revisited The PMENU Procedure and SCL: Forging the Missing Link for Pull-down Menus in Applications The Pair Chart Macro: A Simple Graphical Representation of the Two-Sample Problem The Quality Control Process in Applications Development Areas of MIS The REPORT Procedure: An Introduction and Overview The REPORT Procedure: Common Questions and Problems The Real Work in Converting Version 5 SAS Users to Version 6 in a Mainframe Environment The Role of SAS Software in Building a Distributed End-User Computing Environment The SAS System -A Full-Featured Utility and Language for Programmers The SAS System Supervisor: A Version 6 Update The SAS System and the UNIX Environment: You Gotta Luv' It The SAS System, Release 6.06: A User's First Impression The SAS System, Release 6.07, and the X Window System: Design &Implementation as Shaped by Market Issues The SAS System: Interface to DEC'"'s Common Data Dictionary The TPSTAT System for the Analysis and Reporting of Toxicology and Pathology Data and Its Implementation under Version 6 of the SAS Software The Table Macros: A Pathway for Converting the QPRINT Procedure in Version 6 of SAS Software The Techniques to Improve Nonlinear Regression Curve Fit The Use of the SAS System in Statistical Training The Utter Simplicity of PROC TABULATE The Version 6 Implementation of SAS/SHARE Software in the CMS Environment Three Year Follow-up of a Transition from a Mainframe to a PC Computing Environment Using SAS Software Tools for Conversational Programming in the SAS System: An Overview Toward a Unified Analysis Environment: Two Years Later Traverse: The Macros' Macro Treasure Trove in the SUGI Proceedings Uses of SAS Software for Implementation of SPC on Continuous Processes Using Advanced Annotate Functions to Display Wind Distributions Using Experimental Design to Optimize SAS Performance on the Personal Computer Using Hypertext for Online Information Needs in Data Entry Applications Using OS/2® Features with Release 6.06 of the SAS System Using Pull-down Menus with SAS/AF Applications Using SAS Macro Language for Efficiency and Flexibility in Displaying Data for Clinical Trials Using SAS Macros with SAS/AF and SAS/FSP Software in Developing User-Friendly Applications Using SAS Software as a Programming Language to Develop Generalized Systems Using SAS Software to Assess Factors Affecting Employee Attitudes and Turnover in Temporary Offices Using SAS Software to Develop a Clinical Studies Summarization System Using SAS Software to Report Mainframe Utilization and Performance Using SAS/AF Software, SCL, and the SAS Macro Language to Develop an Interactive Archival System Using SAS/CONNECT and SAS/ACCESS Software to Access Data in a Distributed Environment Using SAS/GRAPH Mapping Features to Display Meteorological Data for Geographic Interpretation and Analysis Using SAS/GRAPH Software to Create Trees that Model Developmental Biological Phenomena Using SAS/GRAPH Software to Produce High-Resolution Color Images for Publication Using SAS/IML Software in a New Approach to Dealing with Multicollinearity Using SAS/IML Software to Forecast Corn and Soybean Yields Using a JCL Repository-Informating a Data Center's Production Function Using the ALL-IN-1 Integration of the SAS System under VMS Using the ANOVA Procedure with Summary Statistics as Input Using the C Language with SAS/TOOLKIT Software Using the Concurrency Engine Effectively under VMS Using the DATA Step Graphics Interface in Screen Control Language (SCL) Using the IML Procedure for Iteratively Reweighted Multiple Linear Regression with a Block-diagonal Covariance Matrix Using the PLOT Procedure to Avoid Fear of Curves in Economics Using the Power of SAS Software to Manage a Graphical Database Using the REPORT Procedure in a Nonwindowing Environment Using the REPORT Procedure to Generate Monthly Summaries of Invasive Bacterial Diseases Using the SAS System in a Distributed DOS to VMS Environment Using PCSA Software Features Using the SAS System to Customize Life Table Reports for Clinical Trials Using the SAS System to Solve a Complex Programming Problem Using the SAS/ACCESS Interface with Relational DBMSs: Beyond the Basics Using the SQL Procedure Using the SQL Procedure in Data Management Applications Using the VBAR and HBAR Statements and the TEMPLATE Facility to Create Side-by-Side, Horizontal Bar Charts with Shared Vertical Axes Labels Using the Version 6 SAS/ACCESS Interfaces to ADABAS and to CA-DATACOM/DB Utilizing RMS File Attributes Using Release 6.06 of the SAS System under VMS Variable Format Report Generator Version 6 of the SAS System under VSE: You Have to See It to Believe It What's New in Version 6 for Batch Users Why Be Normal? Constructing SAS Based Tools to Facilitate Database Design Workload Characterization Algorithms for DASD Subsystems Writing Efficient Screen Control Language Programs Writing SAS/IML Functions to Call Subroutine Library Functions X Command - Your Gateway to Speedy PC Inquiries

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