WUSS 1998 Conference Proceedings

Oakland, California
October 14-16, 1998

Applications Development

(PDF) Moving to Version 7 in SAS/AF: An Application Developer’s Perspective
Author: Steven A. Wilson, MAJARO InfoSystems Inc.

(PDF) How I Converted a Batch Application System to Client-Server and Lived to Write About It
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency

(PDF) CATALOGER: An Application Development Tool to Search, Compare, and Document SAS Catalogs and Data Files
Author: Christopher A. Roper, Qualex Consulting Services, Inc.

(PDF) %FLATFILE, and Make Your Life Easier
Author: Michelle Buchecker, SAS

(PDF) Catlin Option, More than Just Another Pretty Format
Author: Robert O. Bernstein, California Department of Insurance

(PDF) SAS Institute Quality Partners — Who Are They?
Author: Loretta Jo Schlatzer, SAS

(PDF) It’s Almost the Year 2000 –Should I Panic?
Author: Mike Kalt, SAS

(PDF) Preparing SAS Software Applications for the Year 2000
Authors: Kirk Paul Lafler, Millenium Technologies Institute, Inc.; Sunil Kumar Gupta, Millenium Technologies Institute, Inc.; Charles Edwin Shipp, Millenium Technologies Institute, Inc.

(PDF) Ups and Down-sizing: Moving a SAS Application from MVS to UNIX
Authors: Tracy A. Cermack, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.; Kimberly Stinson LeBouton, KJL Computing

(PDF) Extending the Life of Your AF Application: Exploiting the Model-Viewer Paradigm
Author: Gregory S. Barnes Nelson, ASG, Inc.

(PDF) Building An Online Clinical Evaluation System Using SAS/AF Frame Entry, and SAS/FSP
Authors: Long Ngo, Ischema Research and Education Foundation; Adam Zhang, Ischema Research and Education Foundation

(PDF) Automating a Follow-up Clinical Trial Data Collection System Using HP UNIX SAS/SHARE, SAS/AF Frame Entry, and SAS FSP
Authors: Long Ngo, Ischema Research and Education Foundation; Nick P szty, Ischema Research and Education Foundation; Christopher R. Cartwright, Ischema Research and Education Foundation

(PDF) Using the SAS System and Dynamic Data Exchange to Populate Microsoft Word Document with Text, Tables, and Graphs
Author: Michael C. Harris, Amgen Inc.

(PDF) QUIZZER: A Fun, Fast Paced Game
Author: Christopher A. Roper, Qualex Consulting Services, Inc.

Coders’ Corner

(PDF) Some Utility Applications Using the Dictionary Tables in PROC SQL
Author: Jack F. Hamilton, First Health

(PDF) Using SAS/AF to Incorporate a SAS Macro for Visualizing Survival Data
Authors: Akiko Chai, Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Ruby Lin, Baxter Healthcare Corporation

(PDF) The Programmer’s Solution to Import/Export Wizard
Authors: Lora D. Delwiche, University of California – Davis; Susan J. Slaughter, University of California – Davis

(PDF) WIN100IN for Year 2000 Window Installations
Author: Charles Edwin Shipp, Millenium Technologies Institute, Inc.

(PDF) Dictionary Tables
Author: Michelle Buchecker, SAS

(PDF) Deciphering the _TYPE_ Variable in MEANS and SUMMARY Output Data Sets
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) How to Get Last Month’s DATA “Automatically”
Author: Wayne B. Finley, Health and Welfare Agency Data Center, State of California

(PDF) Use Call Symput for More Informative Titles and Footnotes
Author: Lynn G. Palmer, Department of Health Services – State of California

(PDF) Using SAS Window to Dynamically Manage Your Routine Programs
Author: Linda Gau, CORE, Inc.

(PDF) Creating, Reading, and Writing Bit Fields
Author: Michael C. Harris, Amgen Inc.

(PDF) Deriving Counts from Transaction Data: Hints for Getting What You Want and Understanding What You Get
Author: Mark F. Meierding, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company

(PDF) Dynamically Creating a Where Statement
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency

Data Analysis and Statistics

(PDF) Getting Started with PROC LOGISTIC
Author: Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services Inc.

(PDF) Which Path with PROC CALIS?
Author: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) The Capabilities of PROC FACTOR to Conduct an Exploratory Factor Analysis
Author: Tyler C. Smith, Naval Health Research Center

(PDF) Investigating the Performance of Model Selection Information Criteria Using SAS/IML and SAS/MACRO
Author: Long Ngo, BIT Consulting

(PDF) A Competitve Bid Pricing System Using JMP
Author: William R. Gjertsen, SAS

(PDF) Creating Inferred Data Using SAS
Author: Tim Walters, InfoTech Marketing

(PDF) Using PROC IML to Rank Scores
Author: Karen Walker, Walker Consulting

(PDF) Using PROC VARCLUS to Examine Geographical Patterns in Biological Time Series Data Along the California Coast
Authors: Stephen Schroeter, Marine Science Institute; John Dixon, California Coastal Commission; Richard O. Smith, Science Explorations

(PDF) An Innovative Approach of Analyzing Longitudinal Data ith Various Patterns of Missing Data
Author: Shiao-Ping Lu, Lucid Consulting Group, Inc.

(PDF) A PROC IML Macro for Detecting Health Care Fraud
Author: Jimmy Thomas Efird, Roche Global Development

(PDF) Use of Data Enterprise Miner & Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Build Fraud-Detection Models
Author: Shiao-Ping Lu, Lucid Consulting Group, Inc.

(PDF) New SAS Procedures for Analysis of Sample Survey Data
Authors: Tony An, SAS; Donna Watts, SAS

(PDF) Using SAS to Implement JackKnife and Bootstrap Methods for Survey Data
Authors: Tony Ye, Environmental Risk Analysis Inc.; Ruby Lin, Baxter Healthcare Corporation

(PDF) Constants for Two-Sided Normal Tolerance Intervals
Author: William N. Anderson, Baxter Healthcare Corporation

(PDF) Estimating Standard Errors of Treatment Effects for Probit Models and for Linear Models of Log-Transformed Variables with PROC IML
Authors: David J. Pasta, Lewin-TAG, Inc.; Miriam G. Cisternas, Lewin-TAG, Inc.; Cynthia L. Williamson, Lewin-TAG, Inc.

(PDF) Controlling for Group Differences and Counting Rare Events: Propensity Scores with PROC CATMOD and Poisson Regression with PROC GENMOD
Authors: Stefanie J. Silva, Lewin-TAG, Inc.; Lori Potter, Lewin-TAG, Inc.

(PDF) Illustration of Improving Kaplan-Meier Plots in the Presence of Heavy Left Truncation
Author: Alison J. Canchola, University of California – San Francisco

(PDF) Multiple Regression and Model Selection on Developing a Computer Achievement Model
Authors: Leping Liu, Towson University; George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada-Reno

Data Visualization and Presentation

(PDF) Quick Results from Statistical Analysis – An Alternative Approach to the Popular Menu Interface Systems
Author: George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada-Reno

(PDF) Multidemsional Data Visualization Tools
Authors: Sanjay N. Matange, SAS; James Beamon, SAS; Cindy Huffman, SAS

(PDF) Using Excel: A Dynamic Approach to Report Writing
Authors: Matthew L. Greathouse, Magellan Health Services; Karl L. Jensen, Magellan Health Services

(PDF) The SAS System under Windows, Version 7
Authors: Jennifer Bradshaw Clegg, SAS; Gary J. Mehler, SAS

(PDF) Using SAS/Enterprise Miner in Risk Management Applciations
Author: Jianmin Liu, Bank of America Mortgage

(PDF) Generating Pipeline Chart by Using SAS/GRAPH
Author: Jeff Y. Yuan, STMicroelectronics, Inc.

Data Warehousing and Database Management

(PDF) A Health Care Claims Data Mart: Construction and Exploitation
Authors: Stuart B. Levine, SAS; Marge Scerbo, University of Maryland Baltimore County

(PDF) Getting from Complex Databases to a SAS Analytic File: Tales from the Trenches
Author: Marcia Stoddard, Lewin-TAG, Inc.

(PDF) Improving Performance and Ensuring Scalability of Large SAS Applications and Database Extracts
Author: Mike Beckerle, Torrent Systems, Inc.

(PDF) Data Warehouses and Bayesian Analysis – A Match Made by SAS
Author: Ram Gopalan, Data Infoworks, Inc.

(PDF) Constructing a Data Warehouse
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency

(PDF) Querying the Data Warehouse with SQL SELECT Statement
Authors: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation; Sunil Kumar Gupta, Gupta Programming; Charles Edwin Shipp, Shipp Consulting

(PDF) Successful Data Warehousing for Telecommunications Business Solutions (The Philos Method)
Author: Demetris Papaiacovou, Philos Computer Solutions Inc.

Formal Online Demos

(PDF) The Future Interface of the SAY System for PCs – A First Glance
Author: Margaret A. Crevar, SAS

(PDF) Solving Business Problems with SAS/IntrNet Software
Author: Donald Chapman, SAS

(PDF) University of Maryland Baltimore County: A Custom SAS/EIS and SAS/AF Application that Accesses Many MDDBs
Author: Stuart B. Levine, SAS

(PDF) Loading ODS with the Base Reporting Procedures in Version 7
Author: Christopher R. Olinger, SAS

(PDF) SAS Enterprise Miner
Author: Margo Scharer, SAS

(PDF) Establishing a Repeatable Warehousing Process
Author: Margo Scharer, SAS

(PDF) The SAS System, Version 7, under Windows
Author: Jennifer Bradshaw Clegg, SAS

(PDF) Multidemsional Data Visualization Tools
Author: James Beamon, SAS

(PDF) The Analyst Applciation
Author: Maura E. Stokes, SAS

(PDF) The New ADX Interface for Design and Analysis of Experimental Design Software
Author: Maura E. Stokes, SAS

(PDF) Version 7 Enhancements to SAS/ACCESS Software
Author: Michael Ho, SAS

(PDF) The New Features of SAS/INSIGHT Software – Version 7
Author: Maura E. Stokes, SAS

Internet, Intranets, and the Web

(PDF) Creating Instructional Modules Using SAS/IntrNet Software: The Contigency Table Home Page
Authors: Stuart E. Wugalter, California State University; Jeannie Lum, California State University; Colin Campbell, California State University

(PDF) National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN): Integrating SAS Edit Checks into a Web-Based On-Line Data Entry System
Author: Deborah A. Testa, City of Hope National Medical Center

(PDF) A Procedure to Automatically Update Web Pages with the SAS System and a Web Agent
Author: Loan X. Nguyen, Southern California Gas Company

(PDF) SAS and the World Wide Web: Simplified
Author: Faith Renee Sloan, FRS Associates

(PDF) The Central Limit Theorem Home Page
Authors: Stuart E. Wugalter, California State University; Jeannie Lum, California State University; Colin Campbell, California State University

(PDF) Overview of Java Components and Applets in SAS/IntrNET Software
Authors: Barbara Walters, SAS; Donald Chapman, SAS

Operating Environments

(PDF) Using PROC SQL and the Outside Table/File with a Database
Author: Lynn G. Palmer, Department of Health Services – State of California

(PDF) Introducing the SAS System for Windows into a UNIX Statistical Computing Environment: Challenges from a User’s Perspective
Author: Colin Hessel, Amgen Inc.

(PDF) UNIX Explorer: Pretty Remote Computing
Author: Mark T. Stetz, Amgen Inc.

(PDF) Software Benchmarking under NT 4.0: A Comparison to IBM/MVS Mainframe
Authors: Kunling Lu, Kaiser Permanente; Beimin Ni, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) Accessing Data from Your PC Using Version 7 of the SAS System
Author: Roger E. Sanders, SAS

(PDF) Data Libraries on Tape
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency

(PDF) Shattered Windows! Possibilities and Pitfalls in Transferring Data Among Fragmented Operating Systems and Different Versions of SAS, EXCEL, and ACCESS
Author: Cecilie Birner, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

(PDF) The Challenges of GUI Testing
Authors: Dawn Amos, SAS; Stuart Austin, SAS; JoAnna Longman, SAS; Allen Malone, SAS; Sue McGrath, SAS; James McNealy, SAS; Natalie Morgan, SAS

Posters

(PDF) Analysis of the Multivariate ENSO Index Using SAS/ETS Procedures
Author: Joseph E. Earley, Loyola Marymount University

(PDF) The Use of External Software to Import Data into the SAS System
Authors: Richard O. Smith, Data Explorations; Arthur L. Carpenter, Data Explorations

(PDF) From Madness to Method
Authors: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado; Thomas J. Gavin, University of Northern Colorado; Susan B. Kovitz, University of Northern Colorado; Brent S. Goodman, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) A Non-Linear Calibration Problem in an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Author: Louis Munyakazi, Amgen Inc.

(PDF) The Problem with NODUPS, Continued
Author: Jack F. Hamilton, First Health

(PDF) A SAS/IML for Guttman Scale Analysis
Authors: Dongyun Yang, University of Southern California; Chih-Ping Chou, University of Southern California

(PDF) Influence of 1997-8 Asian Crisis on Enrollment at a Private Los Angeles, CA University
Author: John L. Rooney, American InterContinental University

(PDF) Analysis of the American National Election Survey for 1996 using SAS Multivariate Statistical Techniques with Emphasis on Chi-Square
Author: Kamal Shoukry, Loyola Marymount University

(PDF) Use of Multivariate Techniques to Solve an Urgen Real-life Problem in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Author: Karl Glaser, Roche Colorado Corporation Technical Center

Tutorials

(PDF) Macro Quoting Functions, Other Special Character Masking Tools and How to Use Them
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) SQL Query Window Classes: How to Incorporate the SQL Column Experession Builder Class in Custom SAS/AF Applications
Author: Christopher A. Roper, Qualex Consulting Services, Inc.

(PDF) SQL Query Window Classes: How to Incorporate the SQL Where Expression Builder Class in Custom SAS/AF Applications
Author: Christopher A. Roper, Qualex Consulting Services, Inc.

(PDF) Macro Variables, Call Symput, Conditional Code and Changeable Data
Author: K. Larry Landers, Trilogy Consulting Corporation

(PDF) Fundementals of FRAME: A Tutorial for Building Applications
Author: Gregory S. Barnes Nelson, ASG, Inc.

(PDF) Tapping the Power of PROC TABULATE for Analysis Reports Clients Understand
Author: Edward Jensen, Consultant, Wells Fargo Bank

(PDF) An Overview of Techniques to Introduce External Data Into the SAS System
Author: Andrew T. Kuligowski, Nielsen Media Research

(PDF) New Directions in Documentation, Help, and Computer-Based Training
Authors: Brenda Kalt, SAS; Gary Meek, SAS

(PDF) Working with SAS Date and Time Functions
Author: Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services Inc.

(PDF) The SAS Debugging Primer
Author: Frank C. DiIorio, Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Solutions , Co.

(PDF) SAS Macros: Beyond the Basics
Author: Jay A. Jaffe

(PDF) The Generalized Linear Model is Another Good Thing
Author: Louis Munyakazi, Amgen Inc.

(PDF) Data Tables: Highlighting Techniques
Author: Christopher A. Roper, Qualex Consulting Services, Inc.

(PDF) Using Macros to Maintain Program Flexibility and Integrity When Accessing Very Large Datafiles
Author: Edward Jensen, Wells Fargo Bank

(PDF) The Elements of SAS Programming Style
Author: Frank C. DiIorio, Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Solutions , Co.