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 A Case Study: SPC Analysis Using the SAS System A Comparison of the GLM, IML, and MIXED Procedures for Use in Spatial Statistical Analyses A Development Environment for Applications Based on SAS Software 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 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 A Set of SAS Macros for Producing Customized Reports A Strategy for Running Fractional Factorial Experiments A Use of External Files in Dynamic Code Generation Accelerating Maximum Likelihood Classification: An IML Application Accessing Enterprise Data 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 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 An Overview of the ADX Menu System and Design of Experiments 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 Automating the Plotting of Significant Effects in Analysis of Variance Avoiding, Accepting, and Taking Advantage of Missing Data BestClass: A Robust Nonparametric Classification Package 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 COMPARISON OF COPD ADMISSION ADHERENCE SCORES BY HOSPITAL Calling External Modules from the SAS System Catalog I/O Using the SAS Access Method Supervisor Chart Smart: Design Graphs, Maps, and Tables for Effective Communication Code-Free Data Validation and Verification Colored Candies and Base SAS: A Sweet Way to Produce Chi-Square Control Charts Part 1: Tutorial Colored Candies and PROC MACONTROL: A Sweet Way to Produce Chi-Square Control Charts Part 2: Statistical Presentation Combined Estimates of Carryover Differences in Mixed-Model Procedure 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 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 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 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 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 Estimating Spatial Regression Models with SAS/IML Estimation of the Values below the Detection Limit by Regression Techniques 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 Exploring Data With Base SAS Software Find the Fish: using PROC SQL to Build a Relational Database for a Mark-Recapture Study Finding Business Solutions by Extending SAS/EIS Applications 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 Gems in the FORMAT Procedure Getting Intimate with Extended Tables Getting Started with Interactive Programming Getting the Most from the SAS Log 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) 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 Integrating SAS Software into a Telephone Information Retrieval System (TIRS) 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 Interactive Report Writing with the REPORT Procedure Interapplication Communication through Object-Oriented Programming with SAS/AF Software Interpreting Complex Nonlinear Models Interval-Censored Survival Data Introducing SAS/PH-Clinical 2.0 Software Introduction to FRAME Entries in SAS/AF Software Introduction to Pull-Down Menus Introduction to Repeated Measures Introduction to SAS/CALC Software Introduction to SCL Lists Introduction to Scientific Plotting Using SAS/GRAPH Software Introduction to the UNIVARIATE Procedure IntroductiontotheSCLDebugger 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 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 Managing Large Financial Data with Ease: CRSP, COMPUSTAT, Etc., with SAS Managing Your Phone Calls in a Help Desk Environment Mapping - a Strategy 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 Mixed Model Analysis of Data: Transition from GLM to MIXED Model Diagnostics for Three Factor Models Monitoring a Supplier's Quality Performance: A Drilldown Approach Using SAS Software Most Effective Use of PROC GMAP: Solutions for Professional-grade Statistical Mapping Moving Off the Mainframe: Downsizing and Cost Reductions MrPD - A SAS Software Application of Optimization of Multiple Responses Using Desirability Functions 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 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 Nonstandard Uses of PROC MULTTEST: Permutational Peto Tests; Permutational and Unconditional T and Binomial Tests 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 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 Principles Of Animation As Applied To SAS/NVISION 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 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 " SAS 6.09 on a CONVEX C3840: First Impressions SAS Database Management Systems Used for Semiconductor Defect Learning 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 SAS Software Utilization in the Production of Fibers SAS Software: Tools for Managing Your Company 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 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 SAS/GIS Software: A Map Is Worth A Thousand Pictures SAS/GRAPH: Using the Annotate Facility SAS/OR Optimization Procedures with Applications to the Oil Industry SAS/PH-Clinical Software: Study Startup Hints SAS/TUTOR Online Training Now on UNIX SAS/VIDEO: Easier to Program than your VCR SELECT ITEMS FROM PROC.SQL WHERE ITEMS >BASICS Scientific Visualization in Oil and Gas Exploration 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 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 System Managed Storage: Using SAS Software to Establish a Storage Policy 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 The SAS System - from the Box to Production The SAS System for Windows, Release 6.10 The SAS System for the Macintosh The SAS System in a Client/Server Environment The SAS System under ConvexOS, Release 6.09 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 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 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 Using SAS INCLUDE Files and SAS Macro Variables to Develop an Interactive Graphics Application Using SAS Software for Monte Carlo Simulation 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 Using SAS Software to Develop a Comprehensive Air Pollutant Emissions Modeling System Using SAS Software to Simulate Questionnaire Style Data Using SAS to Develop a "Clinician Friendly "Clinical Summary Report Using SAS/AF for the First Time Using SAS/FSP to Develop an On-line Randomization System for Multicenter Clinical Trials Using SAS/GRAPH Software for Real Work Using SAS/SPECTRAVIEW for Data Visualization 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 Warning: Apparent Macro Invocation Not ResolvedTechniques for Debugging Macro Code 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! ZAP to ZAPS