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
Helen D. Carey, Ginger Carey
A Broadly Applicable Statistical Program (BASP) for the Preparation and Analysis of Longitudinal Data Sets
Susan Y.J. Zhou, Lawrence A. Kingsley, Sheila S. H. Leung, Patricia S. Wehman
A Corporate Revenue Planning Application Using SAS/AF Software
William F. VanderLippe, Joseph s. Bartling
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
Konstantinos Triantis, Ritu Puri, William L. Seaver
A GIS Is Born!
Francois Tessier,, Michael Beaudry, Richard Toussaint
A Generalized SAS Management System for Online Data Entry Applications
Roger Mueller, Priscilla E. Van Grevenhof
A Goal Management System Using SAS/EIS
Khasha Dehnad, Matthew Casella, David Bowman
A Macro for Multiple Stars Plot
Andy Mauromoustakos, Kevin C. Thompson
A Macro to Make External Flat Files
A Mainframe/Microcomputer Personnel Salary Review Input and Analysis Management Information Application
Robert A. Somer, Charles E. Pecot
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
Benjamin I. Broder, Chih-Ping Chou
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
Judy A. Sullivan, Naitee Ting
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
Mitchell Snyder, Mark Goldberg, Michal Benderly
Aesthetics/Artistry
Alternatives Within the SAS System
An Application of SAS Software in Auditing and Finance: Monetary Unit Sampling
Pankaj Patel, Laura G. Bacon
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
Eric Yu I. Wang, Chih-Ping Chou, Meliessa M. Jordan
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
Cyndie B. Gareleck, Terry J. Fain
An Introduction to SAS/LAB Software
Analysis of Split-Plot Experiments Using SAS Software
Stephen P. Jones, Monica Y. Chi
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
William D. Johnson, Donald E. Mercante
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
Felix G. Meale, Robert G. Hall
Beyond Column Input: Advanced Techniques with the INFILE and INPUT Statements
Kathy McLeod, Nancy Mae Bonney
Biometrics Software: What Tools Have Pharmaceutical Biometricians Got in Their Kits?
Building Data-Driven Object-Oriented Applications: Selected Techniques
SAS Consulting Services Staff
Building an Executive Information System (EIS) without SAS/EIS Software
Stephen Davidson, Gregory A. Smith
Building and Maintaining End-User Applications
Jamie Robbins, Khasha Dehnad
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
Bernadette H. Johnson, Bonnie Duncan
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
Charlotte Corelle, Dean MacLaughlin, Lois Drew, Mary Longacre
Demystifying Extended Tables
Designing What IS Really Asked For: Volleyball Tournaments and Nonorthogonally Blocked, Split-Plot Fractional Factorials
Diccon R. E. Bancroft, William D. Kahn
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
Habibollah Bin Haran, Mohd Yunus B. Majid, Faridah Maaral, Noriah B. Idris
Discovering the Fun in SAS Functions
Distribution of Scientific Data via a Wide Area Network: A SAS/AF User Interface Based on VMS
Debra A. Battista, Jeffrey S. Rosen,, Richard W. Latimer
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
L. M. Harschnitz, Laurie A. Abell
Effective Use of the MULTTEST Procedure in Japanese Biopharmaceutical Studies for Drug Development
Masakazu Andoh, Tohru Uwoi
Emergent Visual Information Systems
Anthony R. MacKay, Stuart A. Nisbet
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
Daric L. Brummet, Lawrence C. Marsh
Estimation of the Lorenz Curve and Concentration Ratio
Experiences with a General SAS Macro for the Construction of Classification and Regression Trees
Roland Brandmaier, H. Ansari, D. Dickson
Exploiting Personal Computer Operating Systems with the SAS System
Exploratory Data Analysis Using SAS Software
Greg J. Weier, Randall D. Tobias
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
Gail Lerner, Nancy Y. Li, Martin Redmond, Houwei Wu, Jose Alvir, Robert Bilder, Manzar Ashtari
Fastest Route Problem Using Weighted Shortest Route Technique
Mohd Yunus Maji, Faridah Maara, Syed Othmawi A. Rahman
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
Katherine J. Roggenkamp, Wayne E. Watson, Randall D. Tobias
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
Judy A. D. Alicante, Glenn D. lronhat
Instant Makeovers: Changing the Appearance and Functionality of the X Interface to the SAS System
Integrating Decision Support
Internetworking for the Beginner
Janice Kolb, David F. Kolb
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
Chao-Ying Joanne Peng, Shu-Yeng Wong
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
Caroline C. Bahler, Katie Pentz, Sue Colyer
Linking Databases with Base SAS Software to Facilitate Client/End-User Access to an Extended Data Resource
Philip J. d'Almada, Cynthia J. Berg
MONOSEL: A SAS Macro for Model Selection in Linear Regression Analysis
Victor Kamensky, lIya Muchnik
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
Linda M. Quinn, Allan M. Kominek, Tina M. Sluga
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
Allan E. Williams, David A. West
Object-Oriented Graphical User Interface (OOGUI) Using FRAME Entries in SAS/AFSoftware-Part I
Bill Powers, Jeff Cartier
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
Marge Scerbo, John P. Elrod
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
Amitava Ghosh, Leigh A. Ihnen
Performance and Capacity Planning in a Mainframe Environment
Thomas G. Confrey, Ellie Rosenbaum
Performance of the SAS System for Personal Computers under Popular Operating Environments
Planning, Preparing, Documenting, and Referencing SAS Products
RoJeanne Liu, Arthur Foreman
Power Pull-down Menus
Practical Econometric Analysis for Assessment of Real Property Using the SAS System on Personal Computers
Shah Amal, Robert Weselowski
Predicting Charitable Behavior: A Factor Analysis of a Gallup Survey
Christopher Toppe, Arthur Kirsch, Stephen M. Noga
Programming for Job Security: Tips and Techniques to Maximize Your Indispensability
Psychometric and SAS Programming Aspects of Objective Examinations
W. J. Klein, Gordon Emslie
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
Joseph E. Earley, Joyce Bailey, Archie J. Calise
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
Louis Munyakazi, Roy H. Sorbet, Richard L. Hintz
Relational Processing of Tape Databases
Reliability of Biostatistical Data: A SAS Macro for the Calculation and Presentation of Some Commonly Employed Statistics
Howard M. Proskin, Albert Kingman, William C. Murphy
Replacement of User-Supplied Dates with Variables That Were Calculated Using SAS Date Functions
Darlene M. Gerber, Allan M. Kominek
Requests Tracking System (RTS): A Facility for the Management of Post-NDA Regulatory Requests
Robert Thomas Stemplinger
Robust Estimation Using IRLS Procedures
SAS Applications Programming with DB2/SQL
SAS Data Dictionary Tool Box
Allan E. Williams, Peter Dueber, Lynette M. Browne
SAS Documentation: My Achy Breaky Back
Deborah Blank, Johnny Williams
SAS Macro for Analyzing Step and Impulse Response Functions Derived from Transfer Function Models
Martha Elva Ramirez-Guzman
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
Burtt Blodgett, John Powers
SAS/EIS Software: A Tutorial
Scott Isaacs, Gail Kramer
SAS/ENGLISH Software: A User's Story
Patrick J. Keating, Kevin M. Rapp, James V. Gigliotti, H. John Maxwell, Scott R. Hampton
SAS/LAB Software for Guided Data Analysis
Wayne E. Watson, Katherine J. Roggenkamp, Randall D. Tobias
SAS/PH-Clinical Software: CANDA Implementation Strategies
Juliana M. Ma, Sandra D. Schlotzhauer
SET, MERGE, UPDATE, or MODIFY? (And What about Indexing?)
SIMSPRT: A SAS Code for Simulation of Sequential Probability Ratio Tests
Kenny C. Gross, Kristin K. Hoyer
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
D. Mark Carpenter, Cecil R. Hallum
Secrets of a Successful SAS Users Group
Sheet Product Conformance Reporting System
L. Richard Woodyatt, John A. McNamara
Simulation Models for Business Planning and Economic Forecasting
Software Intelligence: Applications That Customize Themselves
Some Recommendations for the Selection of a Response Surface Design
Douglas C. Montgomery, James E. Taggart
Some Unusual SCL Techniques
Spectral Decomposition and Reconstruction of Nuclear Plant Signals
Kristin K. Hoyer, Kenny C. Gross
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
James E. Johnstone, Stuart Leven
Support for Sales Figures Analyses with VIPAS at Deutsche Bank Life Insurance
Berthold Kerl, Wolfgang Scholz
System Trending for Statistical Analysis of System Performance Measurement of Plant Wellness
Joseph G. Moyer, Steve Leshnoff, Mark Orski, Judy Keiper
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
Derek Drummond, Veronica R. Walgamotte, Jeffrey C. Phillips
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
Carmela C. Janagap, Ambekar A. Eknath
The FlLEVAR Option: A Tool for Management of Large Numbers of Raw Data Files
Henry W. Buffum, Jeffrey S. Rosen,, Richard W. Latimer
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
David A. Bright, Russell R. Holmes
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
Bruce Binkowitz, Wanda Bidlack, Nancy Bauer
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
Joan Kessey, Robert M. Bell, Toni Richards
The Use of Biplots in Diagnosing Interaction Patterns of Two-way Classification Data
William J. Price, Bahman Shafii
The Use of Cluster Analysis in Molecular Design
C. Frank Shen, Kimberly A. Mason, Alan H. Katz
The Use of SAS Macros and Formats in an Information Delivery System
Clive Cooper, Clare Somerville
The Version 6 SAS System Under VSE/ESA
Paul Mortensen, Catherine B. Corbett
Tools and Techniques to Integrate and Map Geographic Data Using SAS/GRAPH Software
J. Jacob Wind, Bernard R. Baum, Chapman P. Gleason
Tuning Tips for Applications That Use SAS/SHARE Software
Bill Brideson, Stephen M. Beatrous, Daniel J. Squillace, Jan Squillace
Understanding the Transpose Procedure
Universal Data Access: A Success Story
Bruce Babbitt, Marianna Suciu, Emily P. Wallace
Using GOPTION Statements for PC/SAS Graphic Devices
Using SAS Software in Pharmacoepidemiologic Research: Identifying Episodes of Drug Use and Determining Average Daily Dose
Charlotte Corelle, Marjorie Bennett, Bentson McFarland, Richard E. Johnson
Using SAS Software to Create a Modular Forecasting System
Tom Fischetti, Steve Heathcate, Don Perry
Using SAS Software to Develop an Online Pregnancy Registry System
Using SAS Software to Identify Critical Variables in the Manufacturing of Hybrid Microelectronics Assemblies
Melvin T. Alexander, Brian Hogan, Ingrid Jensen Vaughan
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
Michael Swift, Diane Nishri
Using SAS/IML Software to Generate Odds Ratios and Associated Intervals Based on Logistic Regression Output
Catherine O. Cowie, Danita D. Byrd-Hol, Keith F. Rust
Using SAS/IML for Multiyear Rotation Design Sampling and Estimation in Agricultural Surveys
Yillian Yuan, Raj S. Chhikara, Lih-Yuan Deng
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
William C. Murphy, Howard M. Proskin, Gary B. Freeman
Using the SAS System in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Project Setup and Standardization for the Analysis of Clinical Trial Data.
Cam Huffman, Carl Arneson, John Horton, John H. King
Using the SAS System to Integrate Managerial Economics Concepts of Optimization
Using the SQL Procedure
Visualization of N-Dimensional Databases Using Parallel Coordinates
John J. Helly, Arthur L. Carpenter
Visualization of Porous Media
Leon L. Fedenczuk, Brian Wyvill
Warning: Apparent Macro Invocation Not ResolvedTechniques for Debugging Macro Code
Veronica R. Walgamotte, Jeffrey C. Phillips, Derek Drummond
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
Michael Gilliland, John LaBella
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