WUSS 1993 Conference Proceedings

Santa Monica, California
October 20-22, 1993

Applications Development

(PDF) The Urge to Merge: A Computational Method for Linking Datasets with No Unique Indentifier
Authors: Robert M. Bell, RAND Corporation; Joan Keesey, RAND Corporation; Toni Richards, RAND Corporation

(PDF) Programming for Job Security: Tips & Techniques to Maximize Your Indispensability
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter

(PDF) Keys to the DATA: Using the KEY = Option on the SET Statement
Author: Ben Conner, Relational Development Corporation

(PDF) Successful Simultaneous Facilitation of SAS in the City of Phoenix, Including the Development of Documentation and Design Methods
Author: Michael L. Sperling, City of Phoenix

(PDF) An Integrated Clinical Trials System Utilizing Client Server and Graphical User Interface Technology
Author: Martin J. Rosenberg, MAJARO InfoSystems Inc.

(PDF) Development of an Emissions Modeling System Based on SAS System
Authors: Suzanne J. Strasser, Radian Corporation; James G. Wilkinson, Radian Corporation

(PDF) Temporary Arrays: An Alternative Approach to Merging Large SAS Datasets
Authors: James G. Wilkinson, Radian Corporation; Suzanne J. Strasser, Radian Corporation

(PDF) Using SAS to Deliver Census Information
Authors: Dennis X. Tang, Amgen; Ying Zhou, Southern California Association of Governments; Terry Yergan, Southern California Association of Governments

(PDF) Is the SAS System a Database Management System?
Author: William D. Clifford, SAS

Graphics/Information Visualization

(PDF) New Directions in Graphics
Authors: Jade Walker, SAS; Mike Kalt, SAS

(PDF) Improving Service Quality With the SAS System
Authors: Robert N. Rodriguez, SAS; Katherine J. Roggenkamp, SAS

(PDF) Visualization of N-Dimensional Databases Using Parallel Coordinates
Authors: J. J. Helly, MEC Analytical Systems; Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

Host Systems

(PDF) Transferring SAS Datasets Between Your PC or Next and the VAX
Author: James Ssemakula, University of California – Riverside

(PDF) The Efforts of the Process Improvement Committees at SI: What Works? What Doesn’t? Who Cares?
Author: Edie Jeffreys, SAS

(PDF) Cooperating Processing with the SAS System
Author: John McIntyre, SAS

Statistics/OR/Econometrics

(PDF) Comparing Japanese and American GDP-Money Lag Structure Using SAS PROC PDLREG
Authors: Reiko Ishii, Claremont Graduate School; Ryotaro Tsutsumi, Claremont Graduate School; John F. Killeen, Loyola Marymount University; Joseph E. Earley, Loyola Marymount University

(PDF) Using SAS Software to Implement a Simple Method for the Analysis of Clustered Binary Data
Authors: Tamara L. Odom-Maryon, City of Hope National Medical Center; Chul W. Ahn, City of Hope National Medical Center

(PDF) A SAS Macro for Power and Sample Size Calculations for Historically-Controlled Studies with Dichomtomous Endpoints
Authors: Andrew Dagis, City of Hope National Medical Center; Chul W. Ahn, City of Hope National Medical Center

(PDF) A SAS Program for Sample Size Determination for Equivalence Trials
Authors: Akiko Tomita, City of Hope National Medical Center; Chul W. Ahn, City of Hope National Medical Center; Joyce C. Niland, City of Hope National Medical Center

(PDF) A Software Program to Calculate Sample Sizes for Comparing Time-to-Failure Among More Than Groups
Authors: Jennifer Lee, City of Hope National Medical Center; Tamara L. Odom-Maryon, City of Hope National Medical Center

(PDF) A Macro for Personalized Odds Ratios
Authors: Alice Pressman, University of California – San Francisco; K. L. Stone, University of California – San Francisco; Estie Hudes, University of California – San Francisco; J. L. Tao, University of California – San Francisco

(PDF) The LACKFIT Option in SAS LOGISTIC Procedures: A Problem and a Proposed Solution
Authors: Estie Hudes, University of California – San Francisco; L. Palermo, University of California – San Francisco

(PDF) Random Sampling Without Replacement
Authors: Hong Zhou, Univeresity of California -Davis; Patrick Romano, Univeresity of California -Davis

(PDF) A SAS Macro to Test the Significance of Differences Between Parameter Estimates in PROC CATMOD
Authors: Linda R. Ferguson, University of California – Los Angeles; Mel Widawski, University of California – Los Angeles; Dawn M. Upchurch, University of California – Los Angeles

(PDF) Visualization and Analysis of Disease Progression Over Time
Authors: Joseph I. Bormel, University of California – Los Angeles; Linda R. Ferguson, University of California – Los Angeles

(PDF) A Modification of Two Stage Least Squares in Quasi-Experiments
Authors: Alex Ezuzides, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Research & Development; Raymond C. Peck, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Research & Development

Training & User Support

(PDF) Improving Business Education with SAS: Business Students Perceptions
Author: Miro Costa, California State University

(PDF) Corporate and City User Groups
Author: Charles Edwin Shipp, Northrup Corporation

(PDF) SAS Institute’s Training Options for the SAS System for Informaiton Delivery: Overcoming the Final Barrier
Authors: Marti Dominick, SAS; Deborah Upchurch, SAS; Bonnie Allen, SAS

(PDF) New Directions in Technical Support
Authors: David C. Brumitt, SAS; Sally J. Painter, SAS

(PDF) 180 Terrific Ideas for Using and Learning the SAS System
Authors: Helen D. Carey, University of Hawaii; Ginger Carey, University of Hawaii

(PDF) Recruiting, Interviewing and Hiring a SAS Programming Staff
Author: Judith H. Mopsik, ARC Professional Services Group

(PDF) Training People to Run SAS under Unix System Operation Systems
Author: Mark Schildhauer, University of California – Santa Barbara

Tutorials

(PDF) An Introduction to SAS/FSP Software
Authors: Cyndie B. Gareleck, RAND Corporation; Terry J. Fain, RAND Corporation

(PDF) SAS Consultant’s User Group – CONSUG
Author: Ben Conner, Relational Development Corporation

(PDF) SAS Oriented BBS Systems – Online Help 7 Days/Week
Author: Ben Conner, Relational Development Corporation

(PDF) Table Lookups Using PROC FORMAT, the PUT Function, and a LOOKUP Macro
Author: R. David Barsky, Blue Cross of California

(PDF) Using the SQL Procedure
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Building Data-Driven Object-Oriented Applications: Selected Techniques
Author: SAS, SAS