SUGI 22 Proceedings

San Diego, California
March 16 - 19, 1997
Janet Bosomworth, Conference Chair

Table of Contents

All documents are in PDF format.
Front Matter
 
Paper Sections
Advanced Tutorials Applications Development Beginning Tutorials Coders' Corner
Data Warehousing Emerging Technologies Hands-on Workshops Information Visualization
Internet, Intranets, and the Web Posters Statistics, Data Analysis, and Modeling Training and User Support Services

Front Matter


Copyright Page

Conference Leaders

SASware Ballot Results

SUGI Executive Committee

Future SUGI Conferences

Applications Development


Paper 001-22 : Susan Schwartz and Randy Lawton
Using SAS Software to Catch White Collar Criminals: A Collusion Detection System

Paper 002-22 : Carl R. Haske
Application Development Templates in SAS/AF

Paper 004-22 : Marty Brown
FRAME IT: The Nuts &Bolts of RAD

Paper 005-22 : Neil Davis
Rapid Applications Development Using the SAS System

Paper 006-22 : Ralph W. Leighton
SAS Macros: A Gentle Introduction for the Fearful

Paper 007-22 : Arthur K. Yao
SAS Code Generator Based on Table-Driven Methodology in a Batch Environment

Paper 008-22 : Monique Bryher
How Symbolic Variables Can Reduce Code in a Graphics Environment

Paper 009-22 : Monique Bryher
Building a Simple SAS Macro to Generate SQL Instructions in Frequently Used DB2 Tables

Paper 010-22 : Brad Chisholm
Automated Testing of SAS System GUI Applications

Paper 011-22 : David Franklin
"You Want This New Application to Run on Our VAX, PC and SUN Computers???!!! "(Or Cross-Platform Application Development Using SAS Software)

Paper 012-22 : Alex Gaber and Long Ngo
Conversion Methods from Oracle to SAS Data Sets Using SAS/ACCESS Software, SAS Macro Language, and the Unix Shell Script

Paper 013-22 : John Blodgett
Combining Display Manager and Batch Mode Under UNIX

Paper 014-22 : Derek Morgan and Michael Province
Double Data Entry in FSEDIT Using Point-of-Entry Verification

Paper 015-22 : Jeff Hamilton and Jennifer Lester
Using SAS/AF as a Front End for Developing Report Program Skeletons

Paper 016-22 : Mark Schneider
Running Multiple SAS/AF Applications in a Single SAS System Session

Paper 017-22 : Mark Bodt
Using OOP Techniques to Make FRAME Applications More Intuitive and User Friendly

Paper 018-22 : Peter C. C. Luan
GUI to CRSP and COMPSTAT Data

Paper 019-22 : Dana Rafiee
Getting Started with SAS/EIS Software

Paper 020-22 : Russell Newhouse
Validation and SAS Programming: Benefits of Using the System Life Cycle Method

Paper 021-22 : Cheryl Garner, Tony Dean, and Stephanie Reinard
Implementing Distributed SAS Applications via Messaging

Paper 022-22 : Charlie Bastnagel and Kevin Gates
Using OOP to Enhance the SAS System: An Adhoc Reporting System Using SAS Software, 3D Graphics and Web Interfaces

Paper 023-22 : LeRoy Bessler
Color Smart: Design Applications for Effective Visual Communication

Paper 024-24 : Michael Hartman
Use of SAS/AF and the SAS/GRAPH Output Class Object to Develop Applications That Can Return Scatterplot Information

Paper 025-24 : Harvey Monder
Creating Forms Using the DATA Step Graphic Interface (DSGI)

Paper 026-24 : Eric T. Sun
Conjoining Images and SAS Graphics with DATA Step Graphics Interface (DSGI) Navigator

Paper 027-24 : Steve Wong
How to Use CD-ROM as a Simplified CANDA

Paper 028-24 : Charles Patridge
The Fuzzy Feeling SAS Software Provides to the Electronic Matching of Records without Common Keys

Paper 029-24 : Don Stanley
Cursor Tracking in SAS/AF FRAME Applications

Paper 031-24 : Philippe Jalbert, Normand Létourneau, Dominic Roy, and Jean Hardy
Translation Tables: Myth &Reality

Paper 032-24 : Markku Suni
Fuzzy Logic and SAS Software-Do They Work Together?

Paper 033-24 : Cynthia L. Williamson and Suzanne D. Kreutzer
Using Survey Data-Tips to Pick Up Speed on the Road to Analysis

Advanced Tutorials


Paper 034-24 : Ian Whitlock
A SAS Programmer's View of the SAS Supervisor

Paper 035-24 : Sigurd Hermansen
Ten Good Reasons to Learn SAS Software's SQL Procedure

Paper 036-24 : John C. Boling
SAS Data Views: A Virtual View of Data

Paper 038-24 : Caroline Bahler
It Takes at Least Two to Tango-A Data Set Joining Primer

Paper 039-24 : Malachy J. Foley
Advanced MATCH-MERGING: Techniques, Tricks, and Traps

Paper 040-24 : Thomas Miron
How to Use the SAS/AF FRAME OrgChart Object

Paper 041-24 : Andrew A. Norton
Object Interfaces

Paper 042-24 : Diana Zhang Wobus and John C. Gober
A Step-by-Step Illustration of Building a Data Analysis Tool with Macros

Paper 043-24 : Lauren Haworth
A Reports Based on SAS Output: Taking Advantage of PROC PRINTTO, DATA Steps and PROC GPRINT

Paper 044-24 : Chris Yindra
&&&, ;;, and Other Hieroglyphics-Advanced Macro Topics

Paper 045-24 : Dan Bruns
The Utter "Simplicity?"of the TABULATE Procedure-The Final Chapter

Paper 046-24 : Jennifer Clegg and Carol Rigsbee
OLE and the SAS System for Windows Release 6.12

Paper 048-24 : Marge Scerbo and Alan Wilson
PROC FSVIEW: A Real Programmer's Tool (Or A Real Programmer Doesn't Use PROC PRINT)

Paper 049-24 : Michael Davis
Putting Yourself on the Map with the GMAP Procedure

Paper 050-24 : Kim L. Kolbe Ritzow
Advanced Techniques for Reading Difficult and Unusual Flat Files

Paper 052-24 : Gary Mehler
Using the SAS System Release 6.12 on Windows

Paper 053-24 : David Beam
Handling the Year 2000 and Other Timely Issues

Beginning Tutorials


Paper 054-24 : Andrew T. Kuligowski and Nancy Roberts
From There to Here: Getting Your Data into the SAS System

Paper 055-24 : Susan J. Kenny
Building on the Default Line: Sturdy SAS/GRAPH Construction

Paper 056-24 : Sally Muller and Arturo Barrios
SAS/ASSIST Software for Beginners

Paper 057-24 : Terry Fain and Cyndie Gareleck
An Introduction to SAS/FSP Software

Paper 058-24 : Sandra D. Schlotzhauer and Bob Anschuetz
Learning about Your Data: Tips and Techniques for Looking at Large Files

Paper 059-24 : J. Meimei Ma and Andrew Karp
Efficiency Ideas for Large Files

Paper 063-24 : Earl Westerlund
An Introduction to the DATA Step Graphics Interface

Paper 064-24 : Vincent L. Timbers
An Introduction to Developing Applications with SAS/AF Software FRAME Entries

Paper 066-24 : Ronald Cody
Having a Ball with Strings

Paper 067-24 : Thomas J. Winn, Jr.
Introduction to Using PROC SQL

Paper 068-24 : Susan J. Slaughter and Lora D. Delwiche
Errors, Warnings, and Notes (Oh My): A Practical Guide to Debugging SAS Programs

Paper 069-24 : Bruce Gilsen
SAS Program Efficiency for Beginners Coders' Corner

Coder's Corner


Paper 070-24 : Ian Whitlock
CALL EXECUTE-How and Why

Paper 071-24 : Mark Bodt
Subclassing the FRAME Class to Incorporate Documentation Templates and Standard Widgets

Paper 072-24 : Mike Rhoads
Some Practical Ways to Use the New SAS Pattern-Matching Functions

Paper 073-24 : Don Stanley
Using FTP, Views, and PROC SUMMARY to Analyse Large Databases

Paper 074-24 : Andrew J. L. Cary
Generating Data with the SAS Data Set

Paper 077-24 : Arthur L. Carpenter
Resolving and Using &&VAR &I Macro Variables

Paper 078-24 : Clark Roberts
Building and Using Macro Variable Lists

Paper 079-24 : Janet Stuelpner
To Subset or Not to Subset

Paper 080-24 : Ronald Fehd
&ARRAY: Construction and Usage of Arrays of Macro Variables

Paper 082-24 : Janet Stuelpner
Skipping, The Easy Way

Paper 083-24 : Robert Andresen
Macro and Sample Source Code to Wrap Character Variable Text Conditionally on Two Lines Within Data Null-generated Report Column(s)

Paper 084-24 : Irene Zhao
Generic Methodology in Report Building by Using SAS Macros

Paper 085-24 : John Cucka
A Macro for Efficient and Flexible Data Smoothing

Paper 086-24 : Bob Virgile
Magic with CALL EXECUTE

Paper 087-24 : Clark Roberts
Techniques for Removing Columns from a SAS Data Set Based on the Contents of the Columns

Paper 088-24 : Dana Rafiee
NO MORE MERGE-Alternative Table Lookup Techniques

Paper 089-24 : Janet Stuelpner and Elizabeth Kaptsanov
All the Data That Fits, We Print

Paper 090-24 : Alexa Parliyan
Creating Hot-Keys for Data Entry in FSEDIT

Paper 091-24 : Deb Cassidy
Customizing Toolbars

Paper 092-24 : Randall M. Nichols
Using SAS Software to Compare Strings of VOLSERS in a JCL Job and a TSO CLIST

Paper 094-24 : Sunil Kumar Gupta
An Alternative Method of Transposing Data Without the TRANSPOSE Procedure

Paper 095-24 : Ioannis C. Dimakos
Power Transformations Using SAS/IML Software

Paper 096-24 : Jenna Heyen
"How Does Your Data Compare?" SAS's COMPARE Procedure

Paper 097-24 : Ahsan Ullah
A Grid Overlay to Make SAS/GRAPH Layout Easy

Paper 098-24 : Steven E. Elkin
Organizing Your SAS Graphs

Data Warehousing


Paper 112-24 : Clive Cooper and Clare Somerville
Using SAS with Oracle to Add a Replica of a Large Operational Database to a Data Warehouse

Paper 113-24 : Michael A. Raithel
Summarizing Impossibly Large SAS Data Sets for the Data Warehouse Server Using Horizontal Summarization

Paper 114-24 : Robert J. Scharl and Paul M. Centric
DW + DM = $avings

Paper 115-24 : M. Kumar Sagar
Loading SAS Data in Informix: An Integrated Approach

Paper 116-24 : Tim Walters
Incorporating External Data Into the Data Warehouse

Paper 117-24 : Michael L. Davis
Round Pegs Into Square Holes: Data Warehouses for the Hardware Impaired

Paper 118-24 : Amy Turske McNee
The Evolutionary Data Warehouse-An Object-Oriented Approach

Paper 120-24 : Grace La Torra and Esther Steiner
The Fast Food Approach to Data Warehouse Reporting: Using SAS/AF and FRAME to Build a Non-Technical User Interface

Paper 121-24 : John Quarantillo and Judy Rayner
Beyond Field Validation: Incorporating the Batch Edit Into the Total Data System

Paper 122-24 : Carl R. Haske
Using SAS/AF for Managing Clinical Data

Paper 123-24 : Marc Daniels and Clark Roberts
On Time and Under Budget: Guidelines for Success Using the SAS System with Traditional Structured Techniques

Paper 125-24 : Kirk P. Lafler, Sunil K. Gupta, and Charles E. Shipp
Survival Strategies and Solutions for the New Millennium-Year 2000

Paper 126-24 : Martin P. Bourque
The SAS Data Warehouse, a Real World Example

Paper 128-24 : Mark Brown and John Brocklebank
Data Mining

Paper 129-24 : Gregory S. Barnes Nelson
Implementing a Dimensional Data Warehouse with the SAS System

Paper 130-24 : Terry Lewis
SAS/Warehouse Administrator Usage and Enhancements

Paper 131-24 : Peter R. Welbrock
Structuring Your Data Warehousing Project: Moving from the Concept to the Reality

Paper 132-24 : Tony Brown
Data Warehouse Implementation with the SAS System

Paper 133-24 : Guido Cuzzocrea, Alberto Saccardi, Giovanni Lux, Emilia Porta, and Arianna Benatti
How Many Good Fishes Are There in Our Net? Neural Networks as a Data Analysis Tool in CDE-Mondadori's Data Warehouse

Paper 134-24 : Dana Rafiee
Introduction to SAS/ACCESS Software

Paper 135-24 : Demetris Papaiacovou, Larry Bramblett, and June Burgess
Data Warehouse: A Telecommunications Business Solution

Paper 137-24 : Sy Truong
Meta Data Designer-A Tool for Setting Up Meta Data for a Data Warehouse

Paper 138-24 : Kim Foster
Information Delivery-A Project Management Approach

Emerging Technologies


Paper 139-24 : Greg Rogers and Ellen Joyner
Mining Your Data for Health Care Quality Improvement

Paper 140-24 : Richard D. Langston and Chris Williams
The Year 2000: Preparing for the Inevitable

Paper 141-24 : Kim Foster
Understanding Face Value-Giving Users What They Want...And Still Meeting Their Needs

Paper 142-24 : Kimberly J. LeBouton
The Realities of Downsizing: Moving a SAS Application from MVS to UNIX

Paper 143-24 : Sally A. Goostrey
Industry Directions and the Impact on SAS Programming

Paper 144-24 : Rama Jampani
A SAS Based Data Mining Approach to Find Database Solutions in the Banking Industry

Hands-On Tutorials


Paper 145-24 : John C. Boling
Introduction to FRAME Entries in SAS/AF Software

Paper 146-24 : Ray Pass
PROC REPORT: An Introduction to the Batch Language

Paper 147-24 : Jenny Aquino Kendall, Al M. Best, and Charles E. Shipp
Introduction to JMP under Windows: Hands-On Workshop Outline

Paper 149-24 : Kim Kolbe Ritzow
Advanced Features of PROC REPORT Workshop

Paper 150-24 : John C. Boling
SAS Data View: A Virtual View of Data Sets

Paper 151-24 : Linda P. Atkinson
An Introduction to SAS/ASSIST Software

Paper 154-24 : Jennifer Clegg and Carol Rigsbee
OLE and the SAS System for Windows Release 6.12

Paper 156-24 : Craig Dickstein and Marge Scerbo
Reading and Writing Character Data

Paper 158-24 : Larry Hoyle
Interfacing the SAS System with the World Wide Web

Paper 159-24 : Arthur L. Carpenter
Want Quick Results?: An Introduction to SAS/GRAPH Software

Paper 162-24 : Deb Cassidy
Creating an EIS in Less Than 2 Hours

Paper 163-24 : Steven A. Wilson
Creating Your First Data Entry System Using PROC FSEDIT

Information Visualization


Paper 165-24 : Dave Jeffreys, Aaron Hill, and Lisa Weber
Map in an App: The Power of GIS Software in SAS Applications

Paper 166-24 : Dominic T. Moore
The Art and Science of Biostatistical Display

Paper 167-24 : Ronald Stogner and Aaron Hill
SAS/SPECTRAVIEW Software and Data Mining: A Case Study

Paper 168-24 : Keith J. Brown
PROC GMAP: How I Learned to Tolerate (and Almost Love) Annotating

Paper 169-24 : LeRoy Bessler
Map Smart: Design and Build Effective InfoGeographics Using PROC GMAP and Software Intelligence

Paper 170-24 : Michelle Gayari
Creating Graphs Using Templates

Paper 171-24 : LeRoy Bessler
Chart Smart: Design Graphs to Inform and Influence

Paper 172-24 : Lori D. Griffin
Graphing: Taking the Mystery Out of Subscripts and Superscripts (The Why Not's and How To's Are Presented)

Paper 173-24 : David Mintz, Terence Fitz-Simons, and Michelle Wayland
Tracking Air Quality Trends with SAS/GRAPH

Paper 174-24 : Michael A. Riddle
Two Methods to Produce Mean Plots of Clinical Trials Data: Why Simplifying with Annotate is Not an Oxymoron

Paper 175-24 : Bruce Chinn
Effectively Displaying Statistical Results in a High Volume Drug Research Environment Using SAS/GRAPH

Paper 176-24 : Steven E. Elkin, William Mietlowski, Kevin McCague, and Andrea Kay
Creating Complex Graphics for Survival Analyses with the SAS System

Paper 177-24 : William Gjertsen
JMP Reveals the Truth: Statistics Can Be Fun!

Paper 178-24 : Daniel J. Obermiller
Multiple Response Optimization using JMP

Paper 179-24 : Frederick Pratter
Graphical Solutions for Market Intelligence Internet, Intranets, and The Web

Internet, Intranets, and the Web


Paper 182-24 : Donald J. Henderson, Edmund Burnette, Vincent DelGobbo, and John Leveille
The SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher

Paper 183-24 : Barbara Walters
Exploiting Java Technology with the SAS Software

Paper 184-24 : Larry Hoyle
Choosing a Method for Connecting Java to the SAS System Across the Internet-CGI, JDBC or Socket?

Paper 187-24 : Jack Shoemaker
Let's Not Forget E-Mail

Paper 188-24 : Paul J. Ratnaraj
Managing Large Financial Data with the SAS System and the WEB

Paper 190-24 : Faith Reneé Sloan
Developing a PC SAS World Wide Web Database System

Paper 191-24 : Vecdet Mehmet-Ali
Displaying Information from Mainframe SAS Libraries on Your Intranet

Paper 192-24 : Ahsan Ullah
Web Compatible SAS/GRAPH Output the Easy Way

Paper 193-24 : JoAnn Matthews
Creating a Homepage on the WWW for Your Local User Group-An Unlimited Resource for Local User Group Recruitment Strategies

Paper 194-24 : John M. LaBore
Empowering SAS Users through a Webpage on Your Intranet

Posters


Paper 196-24 : Tischa A. Agnessi
Using SAS/ACCESS Views to Retrieve DBMS Tables

Paper 198-24 : Brenda M. Barber
Overcoming Kainophobia: Replacing Complex Merges with PROC SQL

Paper 199-24 : Deborah J. Blair and W. Lily Hadinoto
Lending a Hand with SAS Software - An Application in the Banking Industry

Paper 200-24 : Connie Bryant
Automated Generation of a SAS Macro Cross-Reference Table

Paper 201-24 : Ted Clay
Puzzles in 2D and 3D Visualized with DSGI and Perspective Mapping

Paper 204-24 : Ronald Fehd
%SHOWCOMB; A Macro to Produce a Data Set with Frequency of Combinations of Responses from Multiple-Response Data

Paper 205-24 : H. Amy Feng and Sue Nowlin
From IBM/MVS to PC SAS for Windows, a SAS/AF Frame Entry Application

Paper 206-24 : Hugh Geary
A Macro Tool for Quickly Producing a Handy Documented Listing of SAS Data Sets for Use as a Reference While Writing Programs to Analyze the Same

Paper 208-24 : Xinsheng Lin and Sheng Luo
Automatic Generation of SAS/ACCESS Views from Oracle Tables

Paper 209-24 : Sean W. Mulvenon, Antoinette Thorn, and Charles Aldrich
Creation of an Educational Statistics Database at the University of Arkansas

Paper 210-24 : Louise Hadden, Mike Murphy, and Alan J. White
From 50,000,000 Claims to One Analytical File

Paper 211-24 : Stephen M. Noga and Ding Yi Zhao
Odds Ratios in a Tabular Presentation

Paper 212-24 : Terry L. Pennington
Using SAS Software to Compute Variances for Poisson Samples

Paper 213-24 : Julie W. Pepe
Demonstrating Systematic Sampling

Paper 215-24 : Paul Pope
Using the SAS System for Large Volume HTML Document Production

Paper 217-24 : Jose G. Ramirez and Randall S. Collica
An Experiment Analysis System for Fixed and Random Effects in OverDispersed Binomial Responses in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Paper 218-24 : James Ryan
Regional Theatre: Statistical Reflections on the Bottom Line

Paper 219-24 : Andrew G. Stead and Karen G. MacDonald
Constructing ROC Curves with the SAS System

Paper 220-24 : Helen-Jean Talbott
How to Convert a SAS Data Set into a Quicken QIF Format File

Paper 221-24 : Stephen B. Taubman and David Kelly
Creating UNIX Network Usage Charts and Displaying Them on an Intranet

Paper 222-24 : Bharat Thakkar, Kwan Hur, Charles A. Oprian, William G. Henderson, and Sharon Urbanski
Enhancing the Output from PROC LOGISTIC

Paper 223-24 : Pei Lee Tien, Tsung-Hua Lin, and Mike McGranaghan
Some Tips and Examples for Using SAS PROC TABULATE

Paper 224-24 : Md. Azharul Islam and David Wang
Forecasting an Electric Utility's CO2 Emissions Using SAS/AF and SAS/STAT Software: A Linear Analysis

Paper 225-24 : Yanchun Xu and Andrius Kubilius
Developing Risk Adjustment Techniques Using the SAS System for Assessing Health Care Quality in the IMSystem

Paper 226-24 : Shi-Tao Yeh and Andrew C. Yeh
Exporting SAS Output onto the World Wide Web

Paper 227-24 : Dingyi Zhao
Logistic Regression Adjustment of Proportions and its Macro Procedure

Paper 228-24 : Jun Zuo and Carl R. Haske
Creating Clinical Trial Summary Tables Containing P-Values: A Practical Approach Using Standard SAS Macros

Paper 229-24 : Jeffrey M. Abolafia
PROC DATACHK Revisited: The DATACHK Macro

Paper 230-24 : Matthew J. Becker
Report Writing, SAS/GRAPH Creation, and Output Verification Using SAS/ASSIST Software

Paper 231-24 : Deb Cassidy
Setting Dates In a Production Job

Paper 233-24 : Kathy Claude and Joseph Guido
Enhanced Shewhart Plots Using a Graphics Template and Annotation

Paper 234-24 : Keith Cranford and Don Boudreaux
Interactive Sampling Using SAS/AF Frames

Paper 235-24 : Stanley Cron
Manipulating Clinical Research Data with the TRANSPOSE Procedure in SAS/ASSIST Software

Paper 236-24 : Ronald Fehd
%CHECKALL: A Macro to Produce a Frequency of Response Data Set from Multiple-Response Data

Paper 237-24 : Barry Frye and John Nelson
Using Macros to Annotate Graphs Based on Changing Data

Paper 238-24 : Michael Gilman
CATALOGER; View, Document, and Compare SAS Catalog Entries and SAS Data Files

Paper 239-24 : J. Charles Gober
Creating Column Delimited Files with Little or No Effort

Paper 240-24 : Kenneth L. Goodwin
Basic and Advanced Uses of SASDates

Paper 241-24 : Annette M. Green
Kappa Statistics for Multiple Raters Using Categorical Classification

Paper 242-24 : Annie Guo and Long Ngo
Building an Online Information Processing System Using SAS Software and a UNIX Shell Script

Paper 243-24 : W. Droogendyk and L. Harschnitz
Successful Business Intelligence Systems: Improving Information Quality with the SAS System

Paper 244-24 : Ron D. Hays, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Karen L. Spritzer, and Wil J. Dixon
A Microcomputer Program (SF36.EXE) that Generates SAS Code for Scoring the SF-36 Health Survey

Paper 245-24 : Esther Kwan
Designing Databases Using a Customized SAS/AF Frame Entry Application

Paper 246-24 : Frank Liu
A Standard Adverse Event Summary Report Generation

Paper 247-24 : Eric R. Losby
How Are All of These Tables Related? –Relational Database Map–RDB–MAP.SAS

Paper 248-24 : Sheng Luo and Xinsheng Lin
Using SAS Bitwise Functions to Scramble Data Fields with Key

Paper 249-24 : George Matthews
Integrating the SAS System with other Statistical Applications

Paper 250-24 : Andy Mauromoustakos
SAS/INSIGHT Software or JMP Software: A Comparison

Paper 251-24 : Sean W. Mulvenon, Sherry Ceparich, Barbara Weber, and Arlene Metha
Data Set Management Procedures for Developing a Prevention and Counseling Database

Paper 252-24 : Judy Rosten
The Tank Battle

Paper 253-24 : Sandra T. Rothwell, Mary Ann Bush, Ilene Gottfried, and Dawn Scott
The Power of the SAS Date Functions: Creating a Utilization History for Residents of Nursing Homes

Paper 254-24 : Kathy Shelley
SAS/GRAPH Blues? SAS/FRAME to the Rescue!

Paper 255-24 : Arthur C. Singer and Caroline M. Bobik
Creating Client-Friendly SAS Output

Paper 257-24 : Charles John Tassoni, Baibai Chen, and Clara Chu
One-to-One Matching Of Case/Controls Using SAS Software

Paper 259-24 : Yalan Wang, Jun Zuo, and M. Guill. Wientjes
Quantitation of Interactive Effects between Anticancer Agents Using SAS Macros and SAS/GRAPH

Paper 260-24 : Michael Zdeb and Matt Dairman
Calculating and Illustrating the Probability of Developing Cancer Using SAS and SAS/GRAPH Software

Statistics, Data Analysis, and Modeling


Paper 261-24 : Robert N. Rodriguez and Sharad S. Prabhu
Effective Applications of Control Charts Using SAS Software

Paper 262-24 : William Q. Meeker and Luis A. Escobar
Statistical Methods for Reliability Data Using SAS Software

Paper 263-24 : Todd R. Nelson and Scott D. Grimshaw
SAS Interface for Run-to-Run Batch Process Monitoring Using Real-time Data

Paper 264-24 : Brenda Cantell
Using Linear Regression and the Gibbs Sampler to Estimate the Probability of a Part Being Within Specification

Paper 265-24 : Melvin T. Alexander
Response Surface Optimization Using JMP Software

Paper 267-24 : Leslie A. Christensen
Introduction to Building a Linear Regression Model

Paper 268-24 : Rachel J. Goldberg
PROC FACTOR: How to Interpret the Output of a Real-World Example

Paper 269-24 : George C. J. Fernandez
Detection of Model Specification, Outlier, and Multicollinearity in Multiple Linear Regression Models Using Partial Regression/Residual Plots

Paper 270-24 : Robert W. Smith
Visual Hypothesis Testing with Confidence Intervals

Paper 271-24 : Sharad S. Prabhu, Robert N. Rodriguez, and Randall D. Tobias
The New ADX Interface for Design and Analysis of Experiments

Paper 272-24 : Dominique Latour and Padraic Neville
Segmentation Using Decision Trees

Paper 273-24 : Anthony M. Dymond
Data Mining for Hidden Groups in Hospital Populations

Paper 274-24 : Ben Lyons and Dawn Peters
Using Higher Order Asymptotics to Improve P-values and Confidence Intervals Given by PROC MIXED

Paper 275-24 : Jesse A. Canchola, Brian D. Marx, and Joseph A. Catania
LOGITSE: A SAS Macro for Logistic Regression Modeling in Complex Surveys

Paper 276-24 : Gregory L. Pearce and Peter H. Westfall
Using Resampling Techniques in PROC MULTITEST to Evaluate Surgeon SpecificResults Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

Paper 277-24 : Maura Stokes
Statistical Enhancements in Release 6.12 of the SAS System

Paper 278-24 : Gordon Johnston and Maura Stokes
Repeated Measures Analysis with Discrete Data Using the SAS System

Paper 279-24 : Roland K. Hawkes
Implementing Balanced Replicated Subsampling Designs in SAS Software

Paper 280-24 : Jeff A. Sloan, Paul J. Novotny, Charles L. Loprinzi, and Suresh Nair
Graphical and Analytical Tools for the Analysis of Two-Period Crossover Clinical Trials

Paper 281-24 : Amrik Shah and Kirk Easley
Estimation via EM-Algorithm in a Bivariate Random Effects Model

Paper 282-24 : Joseph Earley and Archie Calise
Forecasting College Enrollment Using the SAS System

Paper 283-24 : Andrew Karp
Getting Started with PROC LOGISTIC

Paper 284-24 : Long Ngo and Richard Brand
Model Selection in Linear Mixed Effects Models Using SAS PROC MIXED

Paper 285-24 : William Bushnell and Martin Steiner
Use of PROC MIXED in the Analysis of Repeated Measures Data from a Clinical Trial in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Paper 286-24 : Joseph Retzer and Kurt Pflughoeft
Measuring the Information Content of Regressors in the Linear Model Using PROC REG and SAS/IML

Paper 287-24 : Ralph G. O'Brien
UnifyPow: A SAS Macro for Sample-Size Analysis

Paper 288-24 : Gilbert W. Fellingham and H. Dennis Tolley
Mining the Data Warehouse: Statistical Analysis of Combined Tables of Categorical Data

Paper 289-24 : Data John A. Wass
Characterization of Variance in Medical Diagnostics: The Analysis of "Usual "

Paper 291-24 : Jun Zuo and Guijing Wang
Estimating Nonlinear Systems Using Customized SAS Macros: A Study on Demand for Medical Products and Services in the U.S

Paper 292-24 : Ursula Herr, Giovambattista Giangrieco, Fabio Zaccaria, and Danilo Ballanti
The Parameters: A Statistical Methodology to Determine the Profit of Business Activities

Paper 293-24 : Charles Hallahan
The Tobit Model: An Example of Maximum Likelihood Estimation with SAS/IML

Paper 294-24 : Boqing Wang
Net Impact Analysis for Program Evaluation, Modeling and SAS Programming

Paper 295-24 : Robert A. Vierkant
A SAS Macro for Calculating Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals About a Kappa Coefficient

Systems Architecture


Paper 296-24 : Gary Mehler
Integrating Windows Clients and the SAS System into the Enterprise

Paper 297-24 : Sharon Mosley-Hixon and Ray L. Ransom
Storage Strategies for Data, Formats, Catalogs and Other Information in Application Development Using the SAS System

Paper 299-24 : Randall Cates
Moving VMS Data to MS-EXCEL: Using SAS/CONNECT Software and DDE to Download Data from a VMS/ALPHA Network to Excel Spreadsheets on a PC

Paper 300-24 : Barry R. Cohen
Evaluation of Client/Server Configurations for Analytic Processing

Paper 301-24 : Keith Humphrey and Ray L. Ransom
Systems Architecture Solutions for an STD Information System

Paper 302-24 : Later H. W. Barry Merrill
Data Mining the Original Data Warehouse: Twenty-Five Years and a Million Lines of SAS

Paper 303-24 : Tom MacFarland and Glen Bechtold
The Collection and Integrated Access to Network Performance Information in a Large Scale Client/Server Environment Using SAS

Paper 304-24 : Iain Robertson
“How to Save $30,000 in 4 Hours ”-Migrating SAS Systems from the Mainframe to the PC

Paper 305-24 : Steven Wright
Converting an Old MVS Mainframe Project to Run on OpenVMS: A Guidebook to Success

Paper 306-24 : Michele G. Mandel, Robert E. Schwartz, Jr., and Steven A. Kinchen
An Application of the Internet-based Automated Data Management System (IADMS) for a Multi-Site Public Health Project

Paper 307-24 : Mark W. Cates
Taking Advantage of the SAS System on Windows NT

Paper 308-24 : Jodie Gilmore
Using Dynamic Data Exchange with Microsoft Word

Paper 310-24 : Fred Forst
Get Hiper About Hiperspaces

Paper 312-24 : Steven First
Faster SAS Jobs and Fewer Passes via DATA Step Views

Paper 313-24 : Paul Gilbert, Steve Light, Andy Siegel, and Shylendra Kumar
Performance Testing for SAS Running on AIX and Windows NT Platforms

Paper 314-24 : Karsten Self
UNIX Large File Processing Secrets

Paper 315-24 : Bruce R. McClinton
IT Performance Reporting-Breaking Free of the Glass House

Training and User Support Services


Paper 317-24 : Barbara B. Okerson
Adapting a SAS System Training Program to the Job Market

Paper 318-24 : Gerardette M. Furlow
SAS Software Distribution Issues-An Academic Perspective

Paper 319-24 : Ginger Carey and Helen Carey
Becoming a SAS Master

Paper 320-24 : Sunil Kumar Gupta
Utilizing Clinical SAS Report Templates

Paper 321-24 : Teresa Wilson and Jeffrey Foltz
An In-House Method of Teaching SAS to Fisheries Biologists

Paper 322-24 : John Kruth
Native Help Technology in SAS/AF Applications

Paper 323-24 : Ioannis C. Dimakos
Issues Concerning Consultant-Client Interactions: Things I learned at the Information Center

Paper 324-24 : Judy Loren
Ways of Learning: What the Trainer and the Student Need to Know about Learning Styles

Paper 325-24 : Greg Mast
Managing Disk Space with SAS

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