SUGI 17 Proceedings

Honolulu, Hawaii
April 12 - 15, 1992
E. Jeffrey Hutchinson, Conference Chair

Proceedings Index

All documents are in PDF format.

"You Need This Done by When?"- Increasing Your Efficiency with the SAS® System A Binary Search for Non-Unique Keys A Bootstrap Evaluation of the EM Algorithm for Censored Survival Data A Comparison of the SQL Procedure with Conventional DATA and Procedure Step Methods A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Creating a Data Entry Application Using SAS/FSP® Software and Screen Control Language (SCL) A Guide to Modifying an Introductory SAS® Course A Macro Procedure in SAS® Software to Summarize Output of Regression Models A Menu-Driven SAS/QC® Software Application A Menu-Driven Table Generator A PostScript Macro Library A SAS/IML® Program to Simulate Data with Nonnormal Distributions A SASS Interface to System 1032: Writing a User-Maintainable Interface to Data Management Systems A SAS® Code Formatter A SAS® Database of Chemical Substance Information from the Environmental Protection Agency's "The 1990 List of Lists " A SAS® Macro for Performing Analyses of Random Effect Models of Longitudinal Data Using the IML Procedure A SAS® Macro to Extend the Friedman Test for the Unbalanced Case Plus a Multiple Comparisons Procedure A SAS® Program for Reproducing the Results from the ITEM Procedure A SAS® Program to Analyze Statistical Distribution of Airborne Material A SAS® Program to Compute Factors for One-Sided Tolerance Limits for a Normal Distribution A SAS® Program to Create Output Files Used for a Randomization Code Distribution Procedure A SAS® System: From Mainframe SAS® Data to Spreadsheet via the SAS® System for PCs A SAS® Window Application for Generating Follow-up Clinic Schedules and Monitoring Accrual in a VA Cooperative Study A Simulation Study of Estimators for Rates of Changes in Longitudinal Studies with Attrition A Supplemental SAS® Function for Computing Moving Average A Tool for Compiling DATA Steps in Large SAS® Systems A User-Friendly Front End to Access GDGs: Automatic JCL A User-Friendly SQL Query Generator Using SAS/AF® Software and SCL AUTO WRAP/TABS: Are These Parameters a Limitation on IBM® Terminals? Ad Hoc Access to Diverse Databases for the Computer Illiterate Adding the SAS® Patriot to Your COBOL Arsenal Advanced Programming Topics for the SAS/ACCESS® Interface to DB2® Using the New Features of Release 6.07 An Advance in Geographic Information Systems Using SAS® Software: Address Level Lat-Longing An Alternative Convergence Criterion for the NLIN Procedure An Easy-to-Use Double-Entry Routine An Executive Information System Prototype at Long Island Jewish Medical Center An In-House SAS® Users Group: Facilitating the Transition to Version 6 An Integrated Clinical Information System for Pharmaceutical Research An Interactive SAS/AF® System for Assessing Bioequivalence Analysis of Incomplete Categorical Repeated Measures Analytic Modeling in SAS/INSIGHT "Software Analyzing Business and Economics Data with SAS/ETS® Software Analyzing Multiple Response Questions: Facilitating an Existing Method and Presenting an Alternative Appeal to a HIER Authority: Graphing CA-7 Scheduling Dependencies Are We Having Fun Yet? Human Factors in Designing a SAS/AF® Job Submission System Are Your Manufacturing and Distribution Systems Optimal? Exploiting Networks to Solve Linear Programming Models Faster Artificial Intelligence and the SAS® System: Why You Have to Teach the SAS® System about SEX! Artistic/Aesthetics Assessment of Interrater Agreement for Multiple Nominal Responses among Several Raters Automated Workload. Forecasting - A Large Complex SAS® Application Automatic Documentation of COBOL Systems Automatic Documentation: Using SAS® Software to Create the Data Dictionary, Data Structure, and Process Flow Tables Best Presentation of Data-Color Best Presentation of Data-Monochrome Beyond Executive Information Systems Blocked Randomized Assignment of Treatments to Patients in Clinical Trials Bootstrap Estimation of the Variance of Percentile Regression Parameters Building Data-Driven Applications Using the SAS® Applications System: Selected Techniques CDMSTAT. A Case Report Forms Tracking System using SAS/AF® and SAS/FSP® Software CHECKING OUT-OF-RANGE DATA CPU and DASD Impacts of Release 6.06 of the SAS® System CUMULUS, Graphic Representation of Factorial Planes Calculating an Exact Permutation Trend Test Statistic Using the SAS® System Computer Aided Name Matching Control and Monitor Facilities for Multi-User Access Control of Batch Program Execution with the SAS® System Controlling which files are displayed in the PROC ACCESS window Corporate Data: Bringing Together the Islands of Information with SAS/ACCESS® Software Creating Comma-Delimited Files from SAS® Data Sets for Downloading to Microcomputers Creating a Data Dictionary for Large SAS® Data Sets Creating a Developer's Toolkit: Facilitating the Development of SAS/AF' Applications DATA Step Performance Dances with Data Data Exchange Between the SAS® System and Microsoft® Excel Data Set Manipulation with Screen Control Language (SCL) Data-Checking Methods in a Data Entry System Based on SAS® Software: Exploring the Possibilities Database Features Extend the Scope of SAS/SHARE® Software DateDiff - More Than a SAS® Macro Departmental Automation Using Release 6.06 of the SAS® System Design Features of a Clinical Information System Desktop Strategies: Should I Go to OS/2® Windows, or UNIX? Determination of Response Surface Function Using Repeated Measures Developing Relational Database Interface Applications Using Version 6 SAS/FSP® Software Developing SAS Applications Using Information Engineering Methodology Development of a User-Friendly Mapping System Development of the RELIABILITY Procedure Using SAS/TOOLKIT "Software Diagnosing Error Messages in Version 6 of the SAS® System: But What Does It Really Mean? Diagnostics for Model Selection in Nonlinear Regression Based on the Concept of Closeness to Linearity Using SAS/IML® Software Do We Always Need Clinical Stratification in Multicenter Clinical Trials? Results of a Simulation Study Effective and Efficient Information Delivery for Executive Management Effective and Efficient Use of SAS/GRAPH® Software Efficient SAS® Software Programming: A Version 6 Update End-User Reporting: Deliver More Information Sooner Enhancing the Printed Appearance of Your SAS® Reports Essential SAS® Software for Engineers Estimating the Cost and Time for Developing SAS® Software Applications Evaluating Export Marketing Decisions Using Cluster Analysis and Correspondence Analysis Experiences Using SAS/ACCESS® Software in a Complex Relational Database Application Experimental Design of the Mace with JMP Design Experiments in Indexing Exploiting Features of Release 6.07 of the SAS® System that Are Specific to the VMS Operating System Extending the SAS® System's Statistical Capabilities with SAS/IML® Software Faculty Productivity Information System Fun with the SQL Procedure---An Advanced Tutorial Future Directions in Working with Procedure Output Generating Statistical Tables Meeting NDA Guidelines the Lazy Way Getting It and Keeping It with SAS® Software-Advanced Strategies Getting Mainframe SAS/GRAPH® Output into Your PC Software Getting the Most Out of the CMS Operating System with SAS® Software Graphical Aids for Summarizing Inferential Results of Nonlinear Regression Graphical Methods for Categorical Data Graphical Presentation of Gypsy Moth Severity Using dBase 111+ and the SAS® System HOMOVAR: A Macro for Testing Homogeneity of Variances Have It Your Way! Customized SAS® Training: A Case Study of the Texas Instruments Training Solution Hitting a Moving Target: A Simple but Effective Table Look-Up How Southern California Gas Company Implemented an Interactive and Complex Forecasting System Using SAS® Software How to Gain a Working Knowledge of the FREQ Procedure without Freaking Out How to Use the WHERE Statement I/O Performance Improvements in Release 6.07 of the SAS® System under MVS, CMS, and VMS INSIGHT into Multiple Regression Ifs, Ands, and Buts: A Case Study in Advanced Macro Implementation Importing SAS/GRAPH® Output into WordPerfect Importing X Window System- Raster Images into SAS/GRAPH® Software Output Improving SAS® System Support (Version 6) at a Large Site Improving the Interpretation of Cluster Analysis: Developing a New Rescaling Algorithm Increasing Corporate Productivity with Decreasing Training Dollars Influence Measures in Nonlinear Regression Intelligent Production Graphic Reporting Applications Interactive Data Analysis Strategies Linear Time Lines: A Visual Summary of Critical Patient Data Little Orphan Annotate: How to Dress Up SAS/GRAPH® Software Output Load Data Analysis Workstation (LDAW): A SAS/AF® Information Systems Application Macros Invocation Hierarchy: Session-Compiled, Autocall, and Compiled-Stored Macros Making Use of the SAS® Implementation of SQL Managing General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) In/Outpatient Census Data Using the SAS® System and DEC VAX VMS DCL Managing Time and Resources: Enterprisewide Project Management Mapping Alcohol Availbility in Los Angeles County: A Practical Application of SAS/GRAPH Marginal. Probabilities: An Intuitive Alternative to Logistic Regression Coefficients Marketing Research: Uncovering Competitive Advantages Maximizing Computer Resources with Cooperative Processing and Distributed Data Access Model Selection for Uncensored Lifetime Data Using SAS/IML® Software Most Creative Use of the Software Moving SAS® Transport Files Across Different Hardware Platforms: An Advanced Tutorial Moving a Health Data System from a Research to a Business Environment Multicriteria Decision Making with SAS® Software Multitrait Scaling Program: MULTI Multivariate Inequality Hypostheses Using SAS/IML® Software New Features in SAS/TOOLKIT "Software New Publications for SAS® Software Users New Technology-Transforming A Mainframe System to the PC using SAS/AF® Software Optimal Clinical Data Structures for Use with SAS/PH-Clinical Software Optimal Tax Strategies for Small Businesses and Professional Practices Ordination and Display of Multivariate Data POWER: A Simple Macro for Power and Sample Size Calculations Performance Enhancements in SAS® Procedures for Small and Large Applications Pharmacokinetic Statistical Analysis System - A SAS/AF® and SAS/FSP® Application Picturing Production Data Using Base SAS® and SAS/GRAPH® Features Pie Charts and Bar Charts: Getting Their Best out of SAS/GRAPH® Software Planning for the Future with the SAS® System Plot Mean with Standard Error by Using the SAS/STAT® GLM Procedure and the SAS/GRAPH® GPLOT Procedure Plotting with Mainframe Power and PC Flexibility in Version 6 of the SAS®System Point and Click Your Way to a Mainframe Database: The Easy Way to Download Data to Your PC Processing Longitudinal Data for Input into the LIFETEST Procedure: Examples from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Project Tracking System Using SAS/AF® Software Proportional Hazards Analysis of Left-truncated Survival Data Put Presentation Graphics in Your Applications Quality Sciences at Delco Electronics Corporation Realizing Improved Efficiency on Large Databases with SQL in SAS® 6.06 with Further Improvements under SAS 6.07 Resource Usage and Capacity Management in Large UNIX Environments Running the Business: Financial Management with the SAS® System SAMP/AID - Sampling Applications and Demonstrations in Learning Statistics SAS/EIS- Software: Developing Applications for Information Delivery SAS/IML® Software: An Application-Oriented Introduction SAS/NVISION'"Software: The Sequel SAS/NVISION® Software Graphics SAS® Classes for Nonprogrammers in the Clinical Data Management World SAS® Curriculum - An Integrated Approach SAS® Software - The Power Tool for Information Professionals SAS® Software Puzzles 1992: Conversion Techniques SAS® Software and the Bard: Using SAS® Software Procedures to Measure One-Person Theatrical Show Preferences SAS® Software on the IBM RISC System/6000® Workstation - The Wave of the Future for Information Delivery SAS® Users Groups: A Network of SAS® Software Professionals Simple SAS® Analyses That Add Value to Corporate Databases Small Area Analysis of Hospitalization Rates Using SAS® Software Smarter SAS® Programming through the Use of Coding Conventions Some Considerations in Designing SAS®-Based Data Management Systems for Large International Epidemiologic Studies Some Problems in Computer Aided Design of Experiments Some Suggested Modifications to the SAS® Conjoint Macro_ Sources of SAS® System Information in the MVS Environment Spin, Rotate, and View Three-Dimensional Point Clouds: Dynamic Exploration of SAS® Data Sets without SAS/INSIGHT "Software Statistical Simulations Using the CALIS Procedure Strategies for Advanced Merging Applications Using the SQL Procedure and the Data Step Tabulating the Results: An Application of SAS® Software to Periodic Reporting in a Longitudinal Epidemiologic Study Taking Advantage of Xerox 3700/4050 Printing Ability within a SAS® Batch Processing Report Taking Advantage of the Power and Flexibility of the SAS® System for OS/2® and Microsoft Windows Techniques for Using Screen Control Language in an FSEDIT Multi-User Environment Testing the Rationality of Panel Data Forecasts Using a GMM Estimator Tetraplot - Four Vertices Are Better Than Three The Art of Defensive Coding The Colour Centrifuge! The Consortium Alternative: Getting the Best Training for Less The Development of a Flasher Tracking System The DynaLink System The Estimation of Drug Shelf-Life The Evolving Role of the SAS® System in the Development of the Production System for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) The GREPLAY Procedure: A Valuable Tool for the SAS® Graphics User The History of the SAS® System at the Census Bureau The Investigation of Suicide Using SAS® Software Procedures: A SAS/ETS® Approach The Mighty Macro versus the Lowly Link The Parke-Davis Assessment Program - An Example Using SQL in SAS® Programming The REPORT Procedure: An Introduction to the Batch Language The SAS System Enters the Third Dimension Using DATA Step Views for Real-time Quality Control The SAS® System Supervisor - A Version 6 Update The SQL Procedure as a Tool for Natural Language Processing The Stand-up Trainer Is Not Yet Obsolete The Use of Logit Analysis: Pitfalls and SAS® Tips The Use of SAS/GRAPH® Software in the Management of Clinical Trials The Utter "Simplicity?"of the TABULATE Procedure The View Review: PROC SQL Views, SAS/ACCESS® Views, and DATA Step Views Training and Supporting Nontechnical People Who Use theLAS® System Transporting Files between Host Operating Systems Twin Studies: Now That I Have Your Attention, or How One Users Group Kept Its Crowd After Lunch Use of SAS/AF® and SAS/FSP® Software to Integrate a Payment System for Patient Information in a Large Multi-Center Clinical Trial Use of the KEEP and DROP Concept in Batch SAS® Programs Using Features of the SAS® System, Release 6.06, to Enhance Data Entry Applications Using Macros to Run Regressions Using Personal Computers as Host Graphics Devices Using Pipes to Help Your Plumbing Using SAS/ACCESS® Software for Rdb in Clinical Trials Research Using SAS/AF® Software and SCL in Version 6 Using SAS/Access® Software and Database Management Systems in a Distributed Environment Using SAS/CALC° Software to Complement SAS/STAY' Software Using SAS/GRAPH® Software for Three-Dimensional Illustrations of VL Amino Acid Diversity7 .. Using SAS® Econometric Modeling to Predict Year 2000 Census Mail Response Using SAS® Macros and SAS/GRAPH® Software to Produce Data-Driven Laboratory Data Plots Using SAS® Macros to Generate Code (So Your Program Can Figure Out What to Do for Itself) Using SAS® Software Windowing Products to Develop a Remote Data Entry Diskette Tracking System Using SAS® Software to Deliver an Offender Population Profile System (OPPS) Using SAS® Software to Develop a Geographical Database for Aerial Photography Using SAS® Software to Develop a User-Friendly Application Interface Using SAS® Software to Evaluate the Imaging Performance of Presurgical Diagnostic Tests in the Detection of Cancer Using SAS® Software to Evaluate the Power of Alternative Data Analytic Methods for Repeated Measures Designs Using SAS® Software to Teach a University Course in Statistical Computing and Database Management Using Task Broker to Enhance SAS® Batch Processing in a UNIX Environment Using TeX to Format SAS® DATA Step Reports Using and Understanding SAS® Formats Using the ARIMA Procedure in Forecasting the Demand and Utilization of Inpatient Hospital Services Using the CATMOD Procedure to Estimate Linkage between Pairs of Gene Loci from Offspring of Selfed Heterozygotes Using the FSLETTER Procedure in the SAS® Macro Facility to Produce Quality Letter Output for a Marketing Department Using the GLM Procedure to Analyze Multivariate Response in Crossover Designs Using the Make Routine to Aid System Development Using the NLIN Procedure to Combine Estimates of Relative Potency Using the Project Management Tools in the SAS® System Using the SAS® BMDP and SPSS Engines with Release 6.07 of the SAS® System and VMS 5.4 Using the SAS® System for Medical Data Processing and Event Analysis: An Overview Using the SAS® System for an Analysis and Reporting System for Effluent Monitoring Using the SAS® System to Evaluate Syphilis Control Using the SAS® System to Supervise Disk Pack Usage in an MVS Environment Using the SAS® System within a Strategic Information Architecture Using the SQL Procedure Validation of the UPLOAD and DOWNLOAD Procedures in the SAS® System Weather Sensitive Appliance Load Curves: Conditional Demand Estimation What's New in Release 6.07 of SAS/GRAPH® Software X Window Applications and the SAS® System: A Partnership in Quality YTD Reporting Using the SUMMARY and TRANSPOSE Procedures

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