SUGI 19 Proceedings
Dallas, Texas
April 10-13, 1994
Peter Kretzman, Conference Chair
Proceedings Index
All documents are in PDF format.
A Case Study in the Use of SAS/PH-Clinical for an Electronic Regulatory Submission of a Megatrial
Kathy R. Boussina, Dorene M. Emmrich, Guy Pawson, Alan Hopkins
A Case Study: SPC Analysis Using the SAS System
Bill Henley, Amitava Ghosh
A Comparison of the GLM, IML, and MIXED Procedures for Use in Spatial Statistical Analyses
William J. Price, Bahman Shafii
A Development Environment for Applications Based on SAS Software
Staff of SAS Consulting Services Inc.
A Macro to Associate Time-Oriented Data From Two Independent Sources
A Macro to Facilitate the Visualization of Individual Patient Efficacy and Safety During an Investigational (Phase III) Clinical Trial
Marjorie Bell, Marcella D. Stricklin
A Macro-Based Approach for Calculating Binomial Probabilities
A Poor Man's SAS/ASSIST Software
A Problem Tracking System Using the Graphics Object in FRAME
A Review of SAS/AF Decision Support Systems Based on an SQL/DS Data Warehouse
A SAS Approach to the Theory of Optimal Level of Output and Employment: A Management Decision-making Case
A SAS/AF System for Entry, Validation, Analysis, and Reporting of Diverse Survey Data from Multiple Sites
William A. Harris, Charles W. Warren
A Set of SAS Macros for Producing Customized Reports
Greg A. Grandits, Ken Svendsen
A Strategy for Running Fractional Factorial Experiments
A Use of External Files in Dynamic Code Generation
Greg M. Woolridge, Henry B. Winsor
Accelerating Maximum Likelihood Classification: An IML Application
Cecil R. Hallum, D. Mark Carpenter
Accessing Enterprise Data
Mark Lochbihler, Candy R. Habich, Emily P. Wallace
Act Local, Think Global in Installing the SAS System Release 6.08, for Microsoft Windows 3.1 in a Networked Environment
Advanced SQL and Database Connectivity
An Application of SAS Procedure In Evaluation of Drug Effect Estimation of Mean Residual Lifetime
An Automated Approach to Patient Exclusion Accountability: Summaries Using SAS Macro Language
Carl Arneson, Randall Austin, Beth Sherrill, Cam Huffman, Greg Silva
An Educational·Assessment Database for the State of Tennessee
An Executive Information System for General Hospitals
An Information System for All Users Built Using a Statistical Package on a Hacker's Paradise Platform
An Introduction to PROC TABULATE: A Hands-on Workshop
An Introduction to SAS/FSP Software
Terry J. Fain, Cyndie B. Gareleck
An Overview of the ADX Menu System and Design of Experiments
Almira A. Dumaual, Timothy E. Cooley
Another Point of View: Color Stereographic Projections for Machine Capability Studies
Application of Random-Effects Model for Categorical Data to Antiemetic Clinical Trials in Cancer Patients
Regina Louie, Alex Yaroshinsky
Automating the Plotting of Significant Effects in Analysis of Variance
Matthew Grover, Huixing Tang
Avoiding, Accepting, and Taking Advantage of Missing Data
BestClass: A Robust Nonparametric Classification Package
A. Pedro Duarte Silva, Antonie Starn
Biostatistics Study Management System Using SAS/AF Software FRAME Entry
Building a Simple Time Tracking System Using Screen Control Language
Business Decisions in Selecting Platforms for Information Systems
Daniel J. Squillace, Gary Burchett, Tom Cole, James C. Weathers, Ili
COMPARISON OF COPD ADMISSION ADHERENCE SCORES BY HOSPITAL
Calling External Modules from the SAS System
Catalog I/O Using the SAS Access Method Supervisor
Amitava Ghosh, Jeffrey A. Polzin
Chart Smart: Design Graphs, Maps, and Tables for Effective Communication
Code-Free Data Validation and Verification
Samuel Berestizhevsky, Tanya Kolosova
Colored Candies and Base SAS: A Sweet Way to Produce Chi-Square Control Charts Part 1: Tutorial
Sherry Joyce King, Melvin T. Alexander
Colored Candies and PROC MACONTROL: A Sweet Way to Produce Chi-Square Control Charts Part 2: Statistical Presentation
Melvin T. Alexander, Sherry Joyce King
Combined Estimates of Carryover Differences in Mixed-Model Procedure
Louis Munyakazi, Richard L. Hintz, B. D. Selby
Computing Case Diagnostics for Structural Equation Models
Constructing Multivariate Control Charts with SAS Software
Consulting Questions: Should I Become a Consultant? Which Consultant Should I Hire?
Converting Mainframe Technical Information Resources to a Distributed Environment Using SAS: Two Case Studies
Kalman J. Gyirnesi, Gregg A. Spindler, Richard A. DeVenezia
Counting in a PROC FSEDIT Subset
Creating Character Collating Sequences Using the TRANSLA TE Function
Creating Portable GU/-based Decision Support Systems with SAS Software
Cross-Architectural Comparison of Processor Speed Using the SAS System
Customized Training for SAS Users: Organization-based and Industry-based
DATA Step Efficiency and Performance
Data Selection Techniques in SASjAF: Making Users' Lives Easier
Developing Custom Training Solutions
Chip Rhodes, Claire McCullough
Developing Easily Maintained SAS Code
Developing Integrated Clinical Trials Systems: The ClinAccess Experience
Developing a SAS System Autocall Macro Library as an Effective Toolkit
Developing an Air Quality Data Management System
Discovering the FUN in SAS Functions
Discovering the Secrets to a Successful SAS Users Group
Donut Charts: Poking Holes in Pie Charts
Valerie Blettner, Lee Richardson
Downsizing a Mainframe SAS Application to UNIX: An Application Developer's Perspective
Easy Host File Selection Via Dialog Box for the SAS System, Version 6.08, for Windows
Eating Our Own Cooking: The Role of SAS/CPE Software in Managing Information Systems Resources at SAS Institute
Daniel J. Squillace, Virginia M. Dineley, David A. Fahey, Robert N. Bonham
Effective Utilization of Region Attachments in a FRAME Application
Enhancements to the Graphical User Interface for the SAS System on Personal Computers
Enhancements to the SAS System to Support Data Acquisition in a Real Time Environment
Environmental Monitoring Data Entry and Data Quality Application
Estimating Components of Variance for a Linear Model Having a Mixed Fixed/Random Factor in a Large Data Structure
Dawn VanLeeuwen, N. Scott Urquhart
Estimating Spatial Regression Models with SAS/IML
Estimation of the Values below the Detection Limit by Regression Techniques
Shi-Tao Yeh, Gayland Ridley
Evaluating the Performance of the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test in SAS Software
Exploiting the Scheduling Algorithms in SAS/OR Software
Exploring Broadway with SAS/ETS: A Statistical Analysis of the Acting Profession
Joseph E. Earley, James D. Ryan, Archie J. Calise
Exploring Data With Base SAS Software
Find the Fish: using PROC SQL to Build a Relational Database for a Mark-Recapture Study
Mary C. Fabrizio, Scott R. Nelson
Finding Business Solutions by Extending SAS/EIS Applications
Merry G. Rabb, Ben T. Cochran
Flipping Your List: Using the REVERSE Function to Break Up Text Strings
Forecasting Operational Indices Using SAS/ETS Software
From 'A' to 'VSE': Questions Most Frequently Asked about the SAS System under the VSE Operating System
From the Ridiculous to the Sublime: Getting Files from There to Here
Tamara R. Fischell, Robert H. Upson, Gail M. Barnes
Gems in the FORMAT Procedure
Getting Intimate with Extended Tables
Getting Started with Interactive Programming
Getting the Most from the SAS Log
Robert G. Hall, Judith H. Mopsik
Give Your MVS Users Equal Access
Graphical Analysis of Multidimensional Ecological Community Data
Graphical User Interface to Report Generation in a Pharmaceutical Environment (Using SAS/AF Software FRAME Technology to Keep Your Head Above Water)
Ken Salatka, Nancy Brucken
Guided Data Analysis with SAS/LAB Software
Hierarchical Reporting (Mimicking Data Base Using SAS/AF)
How to Downsize a Mainframe SAS Application to the OS/2 Platform
How to Write a Macro to Make External Flat Files
Importing SAS Graphic Files into WordPerfect (Comparing Several Device Drivers to Determine Which Produces the Best Result)
Insuring Down-sizing Is Right-sizing with SAS/OR Software
Douglas McAliaster, Andy Parks
Integrating SAS Software into a Telephone Information Retrieval System (TIRS)
Shikha Khan, Derek Drummond
Integrating Statistical Information into Graphical Displays
Integrating the SAS System for Personal Computers into Your Enterprise
Interactive Data Management and Analysis Using JMP Software, SAS Software, and OpenVMS in a Networked User-Friendly Environment
David N. Ikle, William F. Kastner
Interactive Report Writing with the REPORT Procedure
Interapplication Communication through Object-Oriented Programming with SAS/AF Software
Joseph M. Carter, Randy Pierce, Duane E. Ressler
Interpreting Complex Nonlinear Models
Lawrence C. Marsh, Maureen A. McGlynn, Debopam Chakraborty
Interval-Censored Survival Data
Introducing SAS/PH-Clinical 2.0 Software
Sandra D. Schlotzhauer, Andrew T. Fagan, Martin F. Michael
Introduction to FRAME Entries in SAS/AF Software
Introduction to Pull-Down Menus
Roger Staum, Jeremy Staum
Introduction to Repeated Measures
Introduction to SAS/CALC Software
Introduction to SCL Lists
Roger Staum, Jeremy Staum
Introduction to Scientific Plotting Using SAS/GRAPH Software
Introduction to the UNIVARIATE Procedure
IntroductiontotheSCLDebugger
Lynn T. Julian, Raymond E. Barnes
Keys to the Data Using the KEY = Option on the SET Statement
Local SAS Users Groups Remove Barriers to Information/Experience Exchange: the WISAS Model
Log Negative Binomial Regression Using the GENMOD Procedure SAS/STAT Software
MOVE=(+0, +5): Making SAS/GRAPH Work For You
Macros - the GOOD, the BAD, and the OBNOXIOUS
Macros Made Simple
Macros Made Simple: An Introduction to the SAS Macro Facility
Almira A. Dumaual, Timothy E. Cooley
Macros Simply Stated
Macros and Functions in C and SAS Software
Making the Crystal Ball Clearer: Using the SAS System to Develop a User-Oriented Demand Forecasting System
Managing Census Data to Improve Public Response
Managing Clinical Lab Data with SAS/ AF Software - an Online Demonstration
Eric C. Brinsfield, Bradley W. Klenz
Managing Large Financial Data with Ease: CRSP, COMPUSTAT, Etc., with SAS
Paul J. Ratnaraj, Carol M. Katzman
Managing Your Phone Calls in a Help Desk Environment
Mary A. Garner, Lisa P. Wayte
Mapping - a Strategy
Stephen M. Noga, Heather Gorski
Maximize Return on a Minimal Software Investment: Build an Online VIS (Visual Information System) without SCL
Menage a Trois - UNIX, SCL, and SAS/SHARE Software!
Migrating to SAS 6.08 for Windows: The Merck CANDA Experience
Frank S. Palmieri, Rob Rosen, Wanda Bidlack
Mixed Model Analysis of Data: Transition from GLM to MIXED
Model Diagnostics for Three Factor Models
Eric P. Smith, Kyoungah See
Monitoring a Supplier's Quality Performance: A Drilldown Approach Using SAS Software
Most Effective Use of PROC GMAP: Solutions for Professional-grade Statistical Mapping
LeRoy Bessler, Steven J. Subichin
Moving Off the Mainframe: Downsizing and Cost Reductions
Bruce Andrais, John Kirtz
MrPD - A SAS Software Application of Optimization of Multiple Responses Using Desirability Functions
Walter T. Morgan, Ray W. Hawley
Multiple Applications in SAS Software
Multivariate Analysis of Employee Surveys &Customer Surveys: Using New Computer Technology to Collect, Analyze, &Display Data
N/C Milling Machine Capability Study - Resultant for all parts
Neural Network Implementation in SAS Software
Neural Networks and Statistical Models
New Developments in SAS Three Dimensional Visualization
Stuart A. Nisbet, Ali Dogrusoz
New Features for Remote and Open Access to Enterprise Data: Enhanced Distributed Data Access through Multiple Engine Architecture
New Features in SAS/TOOLKIT Software
New SAS System Features for Experienced Programmers (Or, TeachingOldDogsNewTricks)
No Puts Allowed: Completely Customized Tables with the PRINT Procedure
Nonlinear Regression Analysis and Nonlinear Simulation Models
Donald Erdman, Mark Little
Nonstandard Uses of PROC MULTTEST: Permutational Peto Tests; Permutational and Unconditional T and Binomial Tests
Peter H. Westfall, Keith A. Soper
Object Oriented Reports Using the FORMS Procedure
Opening the Doors to VSE
PAGE_COUNT.SAS: The Solution to Customized Pagination of Your PROC REPORT Output
Bryan K. Beverly, Phillip J. Screen
PROC REPORT Batch Language: Tips and Techniques
PROC REPORT: A Hands-on Introduction to the Batch Language
PROC REPORT: An Introduction to the Batch Language
Playing with Macros: Take the Work Out of Learning to Do Macros
Preliminary Data Management and Report Generation Using the SAS System on the PC
Carmen F. Gillem, William C. Murphy, Ronald J. Billings
Principles Of Animation As Applied To SAS/NVISION
Enrique Leoni, Greg Shank
Processing Large SAS and DB2 Files: Close Encounters of the Colossal Kind
Programming the NUN Procedure Using the Negative Binomial Yield Model for ASIC Semiconductors
Properties of Power, An Educational Tool
Julie W. Pepe, Susan C. Schott
Providing User Friendly Access and Subsetting Capabilities to Non- SAS Data Across Operating Platforms
Querying Data Easily with the SQL QUERY Window
Recent Development in PROC REPORT
Recent Issues in Statistical Process Control: SAS Solutions USing Statistical Modeling Procedures
Replacement Methodology or Maintaining the Ranking of Treatments in Clinical Trials with Discontinuations
Replay Your SAS Graphs into One Template
Report Production System-"Report Line "
Samuel Berestizhevsky, Tanya Kolosova
SAS 6.09 on a CONVEX C3840: First Impressions
Kenneth A. Hardy, Sally M. Muller
SAS Database Management Systems Used for Semiconductor Defect Learning
Tracy L. Lord, Ken A. Wiggin
SAS Institute's Involvement in Current Software Standards
SAS Macro Techniques Useful in Development of Flexible Applications
SAS Oriented BBS Systems: Online Help 7 Days/Week
SAS Presentation Tools: Indiana University's Library Management Information System
SAS Server: Client/Server Computing
SAS Software Techniques in Longitudinal Studies of Health Outcomes and Costs
Julia Hecht, Jenifer Ehreth, Mary Durham, David Grembowski, Joseph Picciano
SAS Software Utilization in the Production of Fibers
Robert V. Baxley, Jr., Jerry L. Oglesby
SAS Software: Tools for Managing Your Company
Suzanne S. Gordon, Jerry J. Hosking
SAS Tools for Assessing Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility
SAS Training Experiences in Our R &D Environment
SAS as a Means to a Different and Better End
David J. Ross, Maria Lupetin
SAS vs. DB2 as a Relational DBMS for End Users: Three Corporations with Three Different Solutions
SAS/AF Features: Easy for You or Easy for Users?
SAS/CPE Software for OpenVMS An Enterprise-Wide Solution
SAS/GEO-New Tools in the SAS System for Geoscience Professionals
Gary S. Franklin, Delpfine E. Welch
SAS/GIS Software: A Map Is Worth A Thousand Pictures
Jack Bulkley, Samuel Johnson
SAS/GRAPH: Using the Annotate Facility
Jack S. Nyberg, Stuart D. Nichols
SAS/OR Optimization Procedures with Applications to the Oil Industry
Trevor D. Kearney, Marc-david Cohen
SAS/PH-Clinical Software: Study Startup Hints
Juliana M. Ma, Sandra D. Schlotzhauer
SAS/TUTOR Online Training Now on UNIX
SAS/VIDEO: Easier to Program than your VCR
Sanjay N. Matange, Jade Walker
SELECT ITEMS FROM PROC.SQL WHERE ITEMS >BASICS
Scientific Visualization in Oil and Gas Exploration
Leon L. Fedenczuk, Brian Wyvill, Kristina Hoffmann
Sharing Enterprise Data with ODBC
Short-Term versus Long-Term Forecasting
Small-Sample Inference in SAS Software: Using Exact Methods
So You Want to Present a Paper at SUGI
Some Clever Things to Do with User-defined Informats
Spreadsheet Data Gathering for the SAS System
William C. Murphy, Dennis H. Leverett
Strategies for Statistical Data Analysis Using Parallel Coordinates
Strings, Delimiters, and Difficult Data
Surveillance of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome(FAS) using SAS/FSP and SAS/AF Software with SCL
Philip J. d'Almada, Valborg Kvigne, Michele D. Strachan
System Managed Storage: Using SAS Software to Establish a Storage Policy
Samuel Berestizhevsky, Tanya Kolosova
TQT - Total Quality Training
Table Lookups in the SAS Data Step
Tables for Two: An Introduction to the TABULATE Procedure
Techniques for Efficiently Accessing and Managing Data
Techniques to Avoid: What Momma Should Have Told You about SAS/GRAPH
The 'SKIP' Statement
The Annotate Facility: A Quick Start to an Easy Overview
The Benefits of Object-Oriented Application Development Using the SAS System
The Census Reference System
The Joys of Merging: Alternative Techniques
The Lazy Man's Guide to SAS Software
Ginger Carey, Helen D. Carey
The SAS System - from the Box to Production
The SAS System for Windows, Release 6.10
Carol Williams Rigsbee, John P. Schroedl
The SAS System for the Macintosh
Joanna D'Aquanni, John W. De Boskey
The SAS System in a Client/Server Environment
The SAS System under ConvexOS, Release 6.09
Isom Crawford, Leigh A. Ihnen
The SAS System: A Complete Client/Server Solution
The SAS User Group Newsletter - Start the Presses!
The SAS/TOOLKIT Integrated Development Environment
The View Review: PROC SQL Views, SAS/ACCESS Views, and DATA Step Views
The Virginia Higher Education Information System
Dennis B. Catley, James M. Alessio
The WHERE Clause and SCL
The. Standalone Program Grows Up: Strategies for System Design
This is a Fairy TaleNOT! A Primer on Moving SAS Applications Across Graphical Operating Systems
Tracking Software for Longitudinal Studies at the National Center for Health Statistics
Sandra T. Rothwell, Aileen D. Bennett
Undocumented Features to Test for Existence of Data Sets
Usages of the Preview Window under Application Control
Use Origin and Length to Pinpoint and Match Up Multiple Graphs
Using BY Variable Text Substitution to Add Data Values to SAS/GRAPH Titles and Footnotes
Using Fractional Factorial Designs to Improve Product Shelf Life
Andrew G. Stead, Susan B. Wilkins, Karen G. MacDonald
Using SAS INCLUDE Files and SAS Macro Variables to Develop an Interactive Graphics Application
Using SAS Software for Monte Carlo Simulation
Vi-Cheng Wu, James E. McLean
Using SAS Software to Analyze Paired Comparisons Preference Data Under Coomb's Unidimensional Unfolding Model
Using SAS Software to Carry Out a More Complete Thurstone Scaling Data Analysis
Using SAS Software to Check Assumptions for Analysis of Covariance, Including Repeated Measures Designs
Richard P. Steiner, N. Margaret Wineman
Using SAS Software to Develop a Comprehensive Air Pollutant Emissions Modeling System
Suzanne J. Strasser, Leonard Bruckman
Using SAS Software to Simulate Questionnaire Style Data
Using SAS to Develop a "Clinician Friendly "Clinical Summary Report
Marc S. Newman, Jeffrey I. Clyman, William O. Smith, Marc Shifman
Using SAS/AF for the First Time
Using SAS/FSP to Develop an On-line Randomization System for Multicenter Clinical Trials
Margaret Lee, Dorothea Collins
Using SAS/GRAPH Software for Real Work
Using SAS/SPECTRAVIEW for Data Visualization
Stuart A. Nisbet, Ali Dogrusoz
Using the EXPLAIN Feature to Improve DB2 Query Performance
Using the FRAME Entry to Develop Graphical-based Data Review Application
Using the SAS System as a Tool for Historical Research
Using the SAS System to Assess the Effectiveness of An Educational Program
Using the SAS System to Score the SF-36 Health Survey
Using the Spearman-Karber Method to estimate the ED50
Visualization of Scientific Data: Specialty Graphs without Using Annotate
Vote-Counting Method to Obtain an Estimate and Confidence Interval for the Population Correlation Coefficient Using SAS/AF
Frank C. Lieble III, Morgan C. Wang
Warning: Apparent Macro Invocation Not ResolvedTechniques for Debugging Macro Code
Veronica R. Walgamotte, Jeffrey C. Phillips, Derek Drummond
Working with Arrays: Doing More with Less Code
Writing SAS Applications That Access Data in a Multiple-Update Environment
Writing an In-House SAS User's Guide
You Want to Analyze All of the Oil Production Data for 90% of Canada Using the SAS System for PCs? You Gotta Be Kidding!
You Want to Produce 83,000 Graphs Using SAS Software on a PC? You Gotta Be Kidding!
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