SUGI 18 Proceedings

New York, New York
May 9 - 12, 1993
Jerry L. Oglesby, Conference Chair

Proceedings Index

All documents are in PDF format.

180 Terrific Ideas for Using and Learning the SAS System A Broadly Applicable Statistical Program (BASP) for the Preparation and Analysis of Longitudinal Data Sets A Corporate Revenue Planning Application Using SAS/AF Software A Data-Driven Graph Algorithm Using SAS/IML Release 6.06 A First Look at SAS Software for Windows A Fuzzy Clustering Approach in Support of Identifying Influential Observations and the Computation of Multiple Outlier Diagnostics A GIS Is Born! A Generalized SAS Management System for Online Data Entry Applications A Goal Management System Using SAS/EIS A Macro for Multiple Stars Plot A Macro to Make External Flat Files A Mainframe/Microcomputer Personnel Salary Review Input and Analysis Management Information Application A Menu System Featuring SAS/QC Software for Monitoring Alpha Detector Performance A Model for Multivariate Repeated Measures with Missing Data A Program Walk-through for a SAS Application A SAS Macro Procedure to Summarize the Output of Logistic Regression Models A SAS Macro to Calculate Standard Errors for Proportions from Simple Random Sampling within Strata A SAS Macro to Perform Tests for Heterogeneity of Variances A SAS Solution: Building a Flexible/Standard System to Report the Analysis of Efficacy Data for Clinical Trials A Simulation-Based Project For Experimental Design Based on SAS Software A Six Sigma Control Chart A Tutorial on Logistic Regression AUTODOC - An Automated SAS Programming Documentation System Adding Convenience to the SAS System: One Site's Implementation Strategy Administering a Large, Long-Term Clinical Trial Requiring a Hierarchical Database Using the SAS System, Release 6.07 Aesthetics/Artistry Alternatives Within the SAS System An Application of SAS Software in Auditing and Finance: Monetary Unit Sampling An Automated System Using SAS Software for Tracking Radiological Environmental Monitoring Data for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station An Automation Procedure to Create Codebook and SAS Files from Questionnaires An Environmental Database Using Character Data Storage An Exact Confidence Interval for the Ratio of Means Using Nonlinear Regression An Extraordinary Reporting System for the Pharmaceutical Industry-the Macro Way An Integrated Clinical Trials System Utilizing Client Server and Graphical User Interface Technology An Interactive SAS/AF System for Sample Size Calculation An Introduction to Compressing Data Sets An Introduction to PROC GREPLAY An Introduction to SAS/FSP Software An Introduction to SAS/LAB Software Analysis of Split-Plot Experiments Using SAS Software Analysis-of-Variance Computing: Then and Now, with Reference to UnbalancedData Analyzing Multiple Response Survey Data: An Overview of Strategies and Methods Application of Conditional Logistic Regression Methods to Event History and Multiple-Choice Data Application of SAS Software in Analyzing Strategic Network System Output: A Case Study at a Leading Brokerage Firm Applications of the IML Procedure for Multiple Response Permutation Tests Applying Quality Control to Retail Scanner Data Automatic Features for Row, Column, and Missing Value Handling for a Macro That Builds Tables from FREQ Procedure Output Files BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE vs TIME Bayesian Statistics in SAS Software Benchmarking PROC REPORT and PROC TABULATE for Complex Tables Beyond Column Input: Advanced Techniques with the INFILE and INPUT Statements Biometrics Software: What Tools Have Pharmaceutical Biometricians Got in Their Kits? Building Data-Driven Object-Oriented Applications: Selected Techniques Building an Executive Information System (EIS) without SAS/EIS Software Building and Maintaining End-User Applications Building the World's Largest Local SAS Users Group: An Organizationist Manifesto Cars, Dogs, and Drivers: Working with Large "Public "Data Sets Centralized SAS System Management: Just Do It! Chart Smart: Designing Graphs and Tables for Effective Communication Clinical Data Processing Efficiency Techniques Comprehensive Usage of PROC FSEDIT Version 6 Computing and Plotting First-Order Spatial Autocorrelation Statistics Using SAS Cooperative Processing with the SAS System Creating Flexible Reporting Applications Using Si\SjAFSoftware Current and Future Developments for SAS Software under MV5 Current and Future Developments for the SAS System under CMS DATA Step Changes and Enhancements DATA Step Kappa Computations DBCS and NLS Support in the SAS System DELPAGE: A SAS Macro to Delete Page Breaks in SAS Output DSGEN: Magically Generate SAS Data Sets, Customized Screens and Formats Without Writing Source Code Data Compression and the SAS System Data Entry Using Extended Tables in Release 6.07 of the SAS System Date Manipulation Techniques, or How D'ya Show a Date a Good Time? Death Matching – An Algorithm and Comparison of Its Implementation in PROC SQL versus PROC SQL plus a DATA Step Demystifying Extended Tables Designing What IS Really Asked For: Volleyball Tournaments and Nonorthogonally Blocked, Split-Plot Fractional Factorials Developing Mainframe Applications in a PC Environment Developing User-Friendly Applications Using the sAs System for PCs Developing an Interactive Method of Displaying Pavement Management Information Development of an Analysis System Based on the Information System of a Social Organization Discovering the Fun in SAS Functions Distribution of Scientific Data via a Wide Area Network: A SAS/AF User Interface Based on VMS Double-Key Data Entry/Verification in SAS Software: Part of Downsizing a Clinical Data System to the OS/2 Operating System Downsizing a Mainframe SAS Application: Issue of Porting to the OS/2 Operating System END;END;END;END;END and Other Useful Shortcuts Using Function Keys Effective Data Graphics with SAs/GRAPH Software Effective Use of the MULTTEST Procedure in Japanese Biopharmaceutical Studies for Drug Development Emergent Visual Information Systems Enhanced Support Services from SAS Institute's Technical Support Division Enhancing Data Entry Screens for the Processing of "The Directory of Texas Manufacturers "Using SAS Screen Control Language, SAS/AF, and SAS/FSP Enterprise-wide Report Writing Estimating Neural Network Nonparametric Production Functions Using SAS Software Estimation of the Lorenz Curve and Concentration Ratio Experiences with a General SAS Macro for the Construction of Classification and Regression Trees Exploiting Personal Computer Operating Systems with the SAS System Exploratory Data Analysis Using SAS Software Facilitating Clinical Data Management and Regulatory Review in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Manager's Perspective Facilitation of Retrieval of Brain Image Measurements with the SAS System Fastest Route Problem Using Weighted Shortest Route Technique Fighting Over the Pie: A Base SAS Application to Forecast Market Shares Filling in the Blanks: Multiple Imputation for Replacing Missing Values in Survey Data Forecasting Financial Performance for Long-Term Care Facilities with SAS Software Forecasting Methods Forecasting the Volatility of Financial Markets: ARCH/GARCH Models and the AUTOREG Procedure Frequency Tables Using the SAS System: What They Are and What They Could Be Generating Confidence in the SAS System: Confidence Intervals for Commonly Used Procedures Generic Applications Development Using the SAS:Macro Language Getting What You Want Out of the TABULATE Procedure with Pre- and Post-Processing Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You: Simple Techniques for Forming a Relationship with Your Data Graphical Evaluation of Product Characteristics Graphical Presentation of Multivariate Longitudinal Data Guided Data Analysis with SAS/LAB Software Hindntarsh Electoral Division: Analysis of persons aged 65 and over How to Implement a Graphical User Interface Using the SAS System, Release 6.06 under MVS (without Confusing Your Present Users) IDENTIFYING SALES REGIONS USING PROC GMAP If Nested IF-THEN/ELSE Statements Give You Headaches, Then Try ARRAY 3-D-or Else Take Asprin Instant Makeovers: Changing the Appearance and Functionality of the X Interface to the SAS System Integrating Decision Support Internetworking for the Beginner Introduction to DATA Step Views Is It Possible to Print More Than One Graph on a Page? A Comparison of PROC GREPLAY and the DATA Step Graphics Interface (DSGI) Is The System Analysis Phase Really Necessary? Is the SAS System a Database Management System? Learning SAS by Diagrams and Examples Likelihood Ratio Tests for Regression Coefficients from the Cox Proportional Hazards Model Using the PHREG Procedure Linking AS/400 Databases with PC-DOS SAS Software Linking Databases with Base SAS Software to Facilitate Client/End-User Access to an Extended Data Resource MONOSEL: A SAS Macro for Model Selection in Linear Regression Analysis MONTE-A Risk Analysis Program Macros Can Condense and Simplify Statistical Output for Presentation to End Users Mailing Large PC SAS Files via BITNET Management of Time-Range Data Migration and Growth: Generating Small Area Population Projections Using SAS Based Multiregional Modeling Techniques Model Comparison in the One-WaY,Between Subjects Design: A SAS Implementation Model Estimation with Inequality Constraints: A Bayesian Approach Using SAS/IMLSoftware Modular Programming for a Screen Control Language Application Moving Your Names Without Losing An Alias New Features of PROC NETFLOW: Using IBM's Optimization Subroutine Library (OSL) OS/2 SAS Server: Using SAS Software in a Networked Cliet-Server System Object-Oriented Graphical User Interface (OOGUI) Using FRAME Entries in SAS/AFSoftware-Part I Object-Oriented Graphical User Interface (OOGUI) Using FRAME Entries in SAS/AFSoftware-Part II Object-Oriented Graphical User Interface (OOGUI) Using FRAME Entries in SAS/AFSoftware-Part III Object-Oriented Graphical User Interface (OOGUI) Using FRAME Entries in SAS/AFSoftware-Part IV Once Upon a Time There Was a Menu PC Data Conversion: Avoiding the Pitfalls PROC REPORT: An Introductionto the Batch La,nguage Performance Issues to Consider When Migrating Production Jobs from Version 5 to Version 6 of the SAS System under MVS Performance and Capacity Planning in a Mainframe Environment Performance of the SAS System for Personal Computers under Popular Operating Environments Planning, Preparing, Documenting, and Referencing SAS Products Power Pull-down Menus Practical Econometric Analysis for Assessment of Real Property Using the SAS System on Personal Computers Predicting Charitable Behavior: A Factor Analysis of a Gallup Survey Programming for Job Security: Tips and Techniques to Maximize Your Indispensability Psychometric and SAS Programming Aspects of Objective Examinations Publication Quality Output from the SAS System Putting Yourself on the Map with the GMAP Procedure Putting the Pieces Together: Applying Advanced SAS Macro Techniques to Everyday Problems RNs, MDs and the SAS System: Describing Medical Professional Trends Using SAS Procedures Re-engineering the Drug Development Process with 'the SAS Information Delivery System Recruiting, Interviewing, and Hiring a SAS Programming Staff Relating Orthogonal Contrasts to Regression Coefficients through Estimable Functions in the GLM Procedure Relational Processing of Tape Databases Reliability of Biostatistical Data: A SAS Macro for the Calculation and Presentation of Some Commonly Employed Statistics Replacement of User-Supplied Dates with Variables That Were Calculated Using SAS Date Functions Requests Tracking System (RTS): A Facility for the Management of Post-NDA Regulatory Requests Robust Estimation Using IRLS Procedures SAS Applications Programming with DB2/SQL SAS Data Dictionary Tool Box SAS Documentation: My Achy Breaky Back SAS Macro for Analyzing Step and Impulse Response Functions Derived from Transfer Function Models SAS Macros for Converting between ARC/INFO Single-Variable Files and SAS Data Sets SAS Macros: What'sReally Happening? SAS Program Function Key Remapping in the UNIX Environment SAS Software to Fit the Generalized Linear Model SAS System Graphical User Interface (GUI) Changes and Enhancements SAS System Visual Performance in Evaluating Arrhythmia Time Series SAS Transport Files or SAS/CONNECT Software: Considerations for the Proper Choice SAS/AF Software Information Systems on Multiple Platforms: Welcome to the Real World SAS/EIS Software: A Tutorial SAS/ENGLISH Software: A User's Story SAS/LAB Software for Guided Data Analysis SAS/PH-Clinical Software: CANDA Implementation Strategies SET, MERGE, UPDATE, or MODIFY? (And What about Indexing?) SIMSPRT: A SAS Code for Simulation of Sequential Probability Ratio Tests STAB: A PC/SAS Stability Analysis Software Sample Size versus Detection Probabilities of Off-Aim Drifts in Support or Quality Improvement: A SAS/GRAPH Application Secrets of a Successful SAS Users Group Sheet Product Conformance Reporting System Simulation Models for Business Planning and Economic Forecasting Software Intelligence: Applications That Customize Themselves Some Recommendations for the Selection of a Response Surface Design Some Unusual SCL Techniques Spectral Decomposition and Reconstruction of Nuclear Plant Signals Statistical Graphics in Environmental Regulatory Studies Statistical Procedures in Automated Cervical Cytology Strategies for Performing Multiple Comparisons on Means Strengths and Weaknesses of the SQL Procedure Compared to Standard SAS Language Structured Systems Engineering and the SAS System: Godzilla Versus Megalon Support for Sales Figures Analyses with VIPAS at Deutsche Bank Life Insurance System Trending for Statistical Analysis of System Performance Measurement of Plant Wellness Techniques for Merging Non-Indexed Data Sets with Duplicate Values of the BY Variables Techniques for Sharing Screen Control Language Programs ih a SAS/AF Application The 20-Minute Installer-Using a Laptop to Distribute the SAS System for PCs The Evolving Role of SQL in Genetics, Breeding, and Selection Work The FlLEVAR Option: A Tool for Management of Large Numbers of Raw Data Files The Generation of a Series of Annotated and Templated Statistical Graphs Using SAS Macros The Importance of SAS Software in a TQM Environment The Laboratory Review System: A SAS-based Graphical and Statistical Tool Developed for a Computer-Assisted New Drug Application (CANDA) Submission The MODECLUS Procedure: Nonparametric Significance Test, for Clusters The One-Eyed Guide to Internet, EMAIL, LlSTSERV, and SAS-L The Pricing of Stock Returns That Have a Time Varying Beta Coefficient Using the SAS/IML Module The Progression and Integration of the CANDA at Merck The SAS System for OpenVMS: Migrating from VAX to RISC Architecture The SAS System in a Longitudinal Environmental Health Intervention Study with Repeated Monitoring The SET Statement and Beyond: Uses and Abuses of the SET Statement The Urge to Merge: A Computational Method for Linking Datasets With No Unique Identifier The Use of Biplots in Diagnosing Interaction Patterns of Two-way Classification Data The Use of Cluster Analysis in Molecular Design The Use of SAS Macros and Formats in an Information Delivery System The Version 6 SAS System Under VSE/ESA Tools and Techniques to Integrate and Map Geographic Data Using SAS/GRAPH Software Tuning Tips for Applications That Use SAS/SHARE Software Understanding the Transpose Procedure Universal Data Access: A Success Story Using GOPTION Statements for PC/SAS Graphic Devices Using SAS Software in Pharmacoepidemiologic Research: Identifying Episodes of Drug Use and Determining Average Daily Dose Using SAS Software to Create a Modular Forecasting System Using SAS Software to Develop an Online Pregnancy Registry System Using SAS Software to Identify Critical Variables in the Manufacturing of Hybrid Microelectronics Assemblies Using SAS/ACCESS Software with PC Files and Databases Using SAS/AF and SCL Extended Tables to Build a Custom·Designed Data Editor Using SAS/ETS in Applied Econometrics: Parameter Estimates for the CES-Translog Specification Using SAS/GRAPH Software to Create Unclassed Choropleth Maps Using SAS/IML Software to Generate Odds Ratios and Associated Intervals Based on Logistic Regression Output Using SAS/IML for Multiyear Rotation Design Sampling and Estimation in Agricultural Surveys Using SAS/PUBLIsH Software as a Document Creation System Using SCL to Build Portable UNIX Applications Using the FRAMf Entry to Develop a Graphical-based Patient Laboratory Safety Review Application Using the Release 6.07 PRINT Procedure Enhancements to Improve Your Output Using the SAS ADX Menu System for Continuous Quality Improvement Using the SAS DATA Step Language to Read dBASE III Files Using the SAS System for Error Control in Clinical Trials Data'bas'es Using the SAS System in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Project Setup and Standardization for the Analysis of Clinical Trial Data. Using the SAS System to Integrate Managerial Economics Concepts of Optimization Using the SQL Procedure Visualization of N-Dimensional Databases Using Parallel Coordinates Visualization of Porous Media Warning: Apparent Macro Invocation Not ResolvedTechniques for Debugging Macro Code Who Should Teach, What to Teach, How to Teach: An Illustration Using the SAS Macro Facility as an Example Why Forecasting Is a Waste of Time: The Three Aphorisms Why We Replaced DB2 Software with SAS Software as a Relational DBMS for a 30-Gigabyte User Information System Writing SAS Code behind the Scenes: A Conversational Macro Example Yes, the SAS System Can Read the Data