WUSS 1999 Conference Proceedings

Los Angeles, California
October 20-22, 1999

Applications Development

(PDF) Generating Component Documentation with SAS/AF Software
Authors: Martin D. Tomasi, SAS; Chris Barrett, SAS

(PDF) Moving to Version 8 in SAS/AF: An Application Developer’s Perspective
Author: Steven A. Wilson, MAJARO InfoSystems Inc.

(PDF) The Basics of SAS Validation, a Primer on the Mechanics of Re-engineering Code and Documentation for Rapid Software Validation and Delivery
Author: Edzel Cabanero

(PDF) Manipulating SCL Lists Available Through EIS Classes To Customize A Multidimensional Report
Authors: Jessica M. Gallegos, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company; Matthew E. Westover, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company

(PDF) A Simple Fee-For-Service SAS Application Used in a Government Public Health Office
Author: Jay Gravink, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) Crusing to new altitudes after struggling up the Y2K hill. Lessons learnt and how to make the most of them.
Author: Bruce Kayton, Independent Consultant

(PDF) Building an Audit and Tracking System Using SAS/AF and SCL
Author: Hung X. Phan, U. S. Census Bureau

(PDF) Building a Data Entry and Correction System by Synchronizing the Data Table and the Data Form
Author: Hung X. Phan, U. S. Census Bureau

(PDF) Audit Trail Plug-ins for SAS Software Applications
Authors: Clark M. Roberts, Decision Analytics; Deborah A. Testa, Qualex Consulting Services, Inc.; Russell R. Holmes, Synteract, Inc.

(PDF) SAS Macro Application Development: Automating the Data Step and INPUT Processes
Author: Patrick Thornton, University of California – San Francisco

Coders’ Corner

(PDF) Consorting with Questions: How Technical Support Managers Requests for Assistance
Author: David W. Helwig, SAS

(PDF) What Fiscal Year is this and when does it start and end?
Author: Wayne B. Finley, Health and Welfare Agency Data Center, State of California

(PDF) Reading an Entire Line of Data of Unknown Length Into a Character Variable
Author: Mel Widawski, University of California – Los Angeles

(PDF) A Macro for Managing Long Text Strings and Producing Pretty SAS reports
Author: Cecilie Birner, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

(PDF) Placing Dates in Your Titles: Do It Dynamically
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) Using PROC SQL to Calculate Age-Gender Adjusted Pharmacy Utilization Data
Author: Nikki M. Carroll, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) Use FORMATS to Make Your Reports More Informative
Author: David Fickbohm, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company

(PDF) The Autocall Macro Facility in the SAS for Windows Environment
Authors: Karl L. Jensen, Magellan Health Services; Matthew L. Greathouse, Magellan Health Services

(PDF) Using SAS Macros to automate external file identification and manipulation – The Power of %sysfunc.
Author: Timothy A. Kenney, Kenney IS Consulting, Inc.

(PDF) Using VIEWTABLE in SAS/AF Application to View and Edit SAS Tables
Authors: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation; Charles Edwin Shipp, Shipp Consulting

(PDF) Minimizing Mixed Output
Authors: Stefanie J. Silva, Lewin-Tag, Inc.; Dave P. Miller, Lewin-Tag, Inc.

(PDF) Creating Visual Basic Macros in MS Word and MS Excel to Manage Mainframe Output on a PC
Author: Lynn G. Palmer, State of California

(PDF) SAS Macro Program to Prepare Data Documentation with Tailored Descriptions of Various Variable Types
Author: Keiko I. Powers, J. D. Powers and Associates

(PDF) HTML Table Report Using the SAS DATA STEP
Author: Cyril Ravindra, U. S. Census Bureau

(PDF) PROC FORMAT Provides Efficient Current Descriptions of Codes in Large Tables
Author: Robert M. Romero, Triology Consulting

(PDF) Stop Counting Those Columns: A Macro Shell for Assigning Column Locations in Data_Null_Reporting
Author: Jonathan M. Squire, Covance, Inc.

(PDF) Creating Text Output Files Automatically with SAS Macro
Author: Patrick Thornton, University of California – San Francisco

(PDF) Sifting through Messy Data with SAS: Creating Kaiser Permanente’s Non-Formulary Report
Author: Beth Worrall, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) Site Specific Reports: Comparing each part to the whole using numbers and figures
Author: Jenny Yu, Lewin-Tag, Inc.

Data Analysis and Statistics

(PDF) Are Histograms Giving You Fits? New SAS Software for Analyzing Distributions
Author: Nathan A. Curtis, SAS

(PDF) Exploring Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Data with the SAS Analyst Application
Authors: Stewart L. Fossceco, Knoll Pharmaceutical Company; Nathan A. Curtis, SAS

(PDF) Using PROC EXPAND with Time Series Data
Author: Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services Inc.

(PDF) Calculating the Probability of Hospitalization as a Function of Time Using the SAS System’s PROC PHREG
Author: Tyler C. Smith, Naval Health Research Center

(PDF) A SAS IML Macro for Performing Koch’s Stratified Test of Equivalence
Author: Jimmy Thomas Efird, Stanford University

(PDF) Quantifying Regression to the Mean Using Proc Mixed
Authors: Thaddeus J. Haight, University of California – Berkley; Long Ngo, University of California – Berkley; Ira Tager, University of California – Berkley

(PDF) SAS’s Options – An Application of SAS in Financial Option Pricing
Author: Aaron Lai

(PDF) Application of Poisson Model in Non-Market Valuation, Cave Rock Climbing Data Analysis using SAS Macros
Author: Yuanfang Lin, University of Nevada-Reno

(PDF) Combining SAS Data Sets in Educational Research
Authors: Leping Liu, Towson University; George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada-Reno

(PDF) A Logistic Regression on the Qualities of Educational Research: Characteristics of Publishable Articles
Authors: Leping Liu, Towson University; George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada-Reno

(PDF) Application of Thresholds Models to The Detection of IgG and IgM Antibodies
Author: Louis Munyakazi, Amgen

(PDF) Customer Referral Using Zip Code
Author: Loan X. Nguyen, Southern California Gas Company

(PDF) Polychotomous Logistic Regression and the Creation of Odds Ratios and Confidence Intervals Using the SAS PROC CATMOD
Author: Besa Nushi, Naval Health Research Center

(PDF) Statistics without DATA_NULLS_
Authors: Michael C. Palmer, Zurich Biostatistics, Inc.; Cecilia A. Hale, Zurich Biostatistics, Inc.

(PDF) Data Mining: An Overview of Methods and Technologies for Increasing Profits in Direct Marketing
Author: C. Olivia Parr Rud, OptiMine Consulting

(PDF) Study of Genotype x Environmental Interaction Effects – Using SAS MACROs for AMMI and Tai’s Stability models
Authors: Mathura Thillainathan, University of Nevada-Reno; George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada-Reno

(PDF) Seasonal Trend Analysis of Monthly Water Quality Data
Authors: Jie Tian, University of Nevada-Reno; George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada-Reno

Data Warehousing and Database Management

(PDF) Managing a Multi-tier Data Warehousing Environment with the SAS/Warehouse Adminstrator
Author: Darrell Barton, SAS

(PDF) Mergers & Acquistions in a Data Warehousing Environment
Author: Demetris Papaiacovou, Philos Computer Solutions Inc.

(PDF) Constructing a Data Warehouse as the Foundation for a Client/Serveer Application System
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency

(PDF) A SAS/AF Application for Parallel Extraction, Transformation, and Scoring of a Very Large Database
Authors: Daniel W. Kohn, Torrent Systems, Inc.; David L. Kuhn, Innovative Idea Design

(PDF) Using Views and Queries with DB2 and MS ACCESS Databases to Employ Your Business Rules
Author: Lynn G. Palmer, State of California

(PDF) Just Enough Database for Manaufacturing Yield Analysis
Authors: Robert A. Rutledge, IBM; Linda H. Tai, IBM; Garth W. Helf, IBM

Hands-On Workshops

(PDF) Web Publishing in SAS
Author: DESTINY_CORP, Destiny Corporation

Internet, Intranets, and the Web

(PDF) Let SAS Do the Work for You: Interface SCL Classes from webAF Application
Author: Yvonne Selby, SAS

(PDF) Implementing SAS/IntrNet for Clinical Information Management
Author: Sy J. Truong, Meta-Xceed, Inc.

(PDF) Using the Data Step to Output Very Useful HTML and Tips for Making Web Pages More Accessible to the Blind
Authors: Cecilie Birner, Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Charles Hixson, Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Barbara Rhodes, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

(PDF) We Enabled Government Billing Using SAS/IntrNet Software
Author: Tom Ivons, Computer Sciences Corporation

(PDF) PUT’ SAS to an Intranet Production
Authors: Kunling Lu, Kaiser Permanente; Robert Reis, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) Fins to Feet – The Web Enabled Evolution of an Existing Online Information Processing System Using the SAS System and UNIX Perl through CGI
Author: Nick P szty, Ischemia Research & Education Foundation

(PDF) Managing Your SAS Web Application by Using Web Page Counters Created Through SAS/IntrNet Software
Author: Heather Travel, Triology Consulting

(PDF) Intranet development for mainframe programmers
Author: Matthew Wallace, Triology Consulting

Keynote Address

(PDF) Software and Corporate Directions into the next Millennium
Author: Barrett R. Joyner, SAS

Odds & Ends

(PDF) Forecasting Geographic Data
Authors: Michael J. Leonard, SAS; Renee Samy, SAS

(PDF) ODS for Data Analysis: Output As-You-Like-It in Version 7
Authors: Christopher R. Olinger, SAS; Randall D. Tobias, SAS

(PDF) From SAS Access to E-Mail: Building an Automated Report Application
Authors: Karl L. Jensen, Magellan Health Services; Matthew L. Greathouse, Magellan Health Services

(PDF) What can SAS Certification do for you or to you? A multi-faceted look at objectives and their functional relationship to job performance
Author: Robert L. Chastain, Chastain Research Group, Inc.

(PDF) Summarizing Data Using PROC REPORT
Author: Theresa E. Famolaro, University of California – San Francisco

(PDF) Hook or Crook
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency

(PDF) Taming External Data: Lessons Learned in Importing External Data into a SAS Database
Author: Kathryn A. Vald s, SRI International

Operating Environments

(PDF) How to Use Version 7 and Version 8 Features to Optimize the Distributed Capabilities of SAS Software
Author: Cheryl A. Garner, SAS

(PDF) Year 2000 Triage For Your SAS Applications
Author: Mike Kalt, SAS

(PDF) Implementing IT Service Vision: Experiences of a “Traditional” SAS Programmer
Author: Kimberly Stinson LeBouton, K. J. L. Computing

(PDF) Efficiency Techniques for SAS Software Users
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Prepare to Make the Jump to Hiperspace
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency

Posters

(PDF) Investigating Seasonality in BLS Data Using PROC ARIMA
Author: Joseph E. Earley, Loyola Marymount University

(PDF) Modeling Individual Utility Functions Using SAS PROC LOGISTIC: A Case Study Using the NES Data Set
Author: Godofredo Gatus, American Express

(PDF) Putting Executive Scorecards on the Web With SAS Software
Authors: Julie Linderman, U S West Communications; Robert M. Romero, Triology Consulting; Heather Travel, Triology Consulting

(PDF) SAS Programs Validation In a GCP Regulated Environment
Author: Maria-Theresa S. Pangran, Ischemia Research & Education Foundation

(PDF) Directing into the Millennium: Quantifying the Role of the American Director Using SAS Statistical Procedures
Author: James D. Ryan, Emporia State University

(PDF) A SAS Analysis of Some Major Economic Effects of the Asian Crisis on the World Advanced and Developing Economies
Author: Kamal Shoukry, Loyola Marymount University

(PDF) The Lost Art of Annotate
Authors: Richard O. Smith, Data Explorations; Arthur L. Carpenter, Data Explorations

(PDF) A SAS Macro for Hierarchical Data Simulation
Authors: Wei Sun, University of Southern California; Chih-Ping Chou, University of Southern California

(PDF) Evaluating Student Performance in Statistics Using SAS/ETS Procedures
Authors: Seid M. Zekavat, Loyola Marymount University; Marianna Fratkina, Loyola Marymount University

Tutorials

(PDF) Using JMP for Technical Analysis of Stocks in highly voloatile markets
Author: William R. Gjertsen, SAS

(PDF) Functioning With Data Step Functions
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) Using ANNOTATE MACROS as Shortcuts
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) Using SAS/CONNECT Software in a Multi-Platform Environment
Authors: Cyndie B. Gareleck, RAND Corporation; Rodger Madison, RAND Corporation

(PDF) Indexing and Compressing SAS Data Sets: How, Why and Why Not
Author: Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services Inc.

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

(PDF) Delivering Results with the Output Delivery System (ODS)
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Getting Started with SQL
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Getting Up to Speed with PROC REPORT
Author: Kimberly Stinson LeBouton, K. J. L. Computing

(PDF) An Everyday Guide to Versions 7 and 8 of the SAS System
Authors: Susan J. Slaughter, Independent Consultant; Lora D. Delwiche, University of California – Davis

(PDF) Beginners Guide to Flexibility: Macro Variables
Author: Mel Widawski, University of California – Los Angeles