WUSS 2003 Conference Proceedings

San Francisco, California
November 5-7, 2003

Coders’ Corner

(PDF) A Better Transpose: %TRANSPO Macro Preserves Variable Attributes
Keywords: transpose macro preserve variable attributes
Author: Ted Clay, Clay Software & Statistics, Ashland, OR

(PDF) An Animated Guide : Speed Merges: Formats
Keywords: formats speed merges large data sets
Author: Russell M. Lavery, Contractor, Ardmore, PA

(PDF) Cramped for Drive Space? Save Space with the Auto-Compress Macro
Keywords: compression Visual Basic macro
Authors: Adam Bemis, Household International, Beaverton, OR; Scott Hanson, Household International, Beaverton, OR

(PDF) Data _Null_ Reporting to PDF with ODS
Keywords: PROC TEMPLATE PDF ODS
Author: Ajit Gemunu de Silva, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland CA

(PDF) Discovering a New Human Vital Sign
Keywords: response consistency chronic pain skin pressure
Author: August L. Stemmer, M.D., D.M.D., F.A.C.S. Chronic Pain Institute

(PDF) Five Techniques To Simplify And Speed Up Data _NULL_ Report Programming
Keywords: report _NULL_ interface
Author: Tyler W. Cole, Pacific Data Designs, Inc., San Francisco, CA

(PDF) Merging Large Internet And Paper Survey Datasets For A 22-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study
Keywords: import merge ODBC
Authors: Thomas E. Corbeil, MCS, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research at the Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA; Tyler C. Smith, MS, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research at the Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA; Besa Smith, MPH, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research at the Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA; Margaret AK Ryan, MD MPH, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research at the Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA

(PDF) Methods of Producing Datasets with Unique Record per Id Number
Keywords: unique records SAS procedures SAS datasets
Authors: Alexander Khartchenko, Management, Information & Analysis, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA; Irina V Tolstykh, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA; Natalia V Udaltsova, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

(PDF) More Customization? Creating Symbols In RTF Files Using ODS
Keywords: RTF symbols ODS
Authors: Richard Rowell, Connetics Corporation, Palo Alto, CA; Jim Lenihan, Independent Consultant, South San Francisco, CA

(PDF) Overlapping Date Segments: How To Clean Up The Mess
Keywords: overlapping segments dates
Authors: Doug Shannon, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Phoenix, AZ; Wade Bannister, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Phoenix, AZ

(PDF) Photos with Text Reports on the Same SAS/AF Screen
Keywords: photos viewer image
Author: Michael Shreve, American Honda Motor Company, Torrance, California

(PDF) PROC TRANSPOSE: The Mystery Unveiled
Keywords: transpose data manipulation procedures
Author: Doug Shannon, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Phoenix, AZ

(PDF) Program, Code Thyself: Techniques for Writing Programs that Write Programs.
Keywords: macros meta-programming DOS commands
Author: Renato G. Villacorte, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, Santa Monica, CA

(PDF) An Overview of SAS Certification and the Test Development Process
Keywords: certification test development assessment
Authors: Linda A. Althouse, SAS; Marc W. Vaglio-Laurin, SAS

(PDF) Write SAS Code To Generate Another SAS Program — A Dynamic Way To Get Your Data Into The SAS System
Keywords: read and write raw data files base SAS
Author: Linda Gau, ProUnlimited, South San Francisco, CA

(PDF) Efficient Statistical Programming? Let’s Be Creative With Those SAS Steps
Keywords: efficient programming weighted counts weighted means MERGE
Author: Keiko I. Powers, Power Information Network, Westlake Village, CA

(PDF) How to Develop User-Friendly Macros
Keywords: macros portable code debugging
Author: Sy J. Truong, Meta-Xceed, Inc, Fremont, CA

(PDF) JMP-code Corner
Keywords: JMP data dictionary JSL programming
Authors: Charles Edwin Shipp; Kirk Paul Lafler

(PDF) Macro Functions: How to Make Them – How to Use Them
Keywords: macro language macro function exist function
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) Selecting a Stratified Sample with PROC SURVEYSELECT
Keywords: PROC SURVEYSELECT random sample
Author: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) Tips and Techniques with PROC MEANS
Keywords: PROC MEANS
Author: Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services, Inc., Sonoma, California USA

(PDF) Helpful Hints on Developing a User-Friendly Database with SAS/AF
Keywords: databases SAS/AF user interface
Author: Sy J. Truong, Meta-Xceed, Inc, Fremont, CA

(PDF) Using SQL to Summarize Data Down Rows and Across Columns
Keywords: PROC SQL summary functions summarizing data
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

Data Analysis and Statistics

(PDF) Adaptive Regression in SAS/IML
Keywords: adaptive splines MARS
Author: David Katz, David Katz Consulting, Ashland, Oregon

(PDF) Detecting Anomalies In Your Data Using Rounded Numbers
Keywords: Rounded Numbers Digital Analysis
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency, La Mirada, CA

(PDF) Logistic regression model-building strategies for predicting regular mammography screening adherence among uninsured immigrant women
Keywords: logistic regression model selection mammography rescreening
Authors: Jesse A. Canchola, University of California, San Francisco & California State University, Hayward; Regina Otero-Sabogal, University of California, San Francisco; Desiree Owens, University of California, San Francisco; Farzaneh Tabnak, California State Department of Health Services

(PDF) A SAS Macro Solution for Scoring Test Data with Output Features and Parameters from Logistic Regression Model Training
Keywords: logistic modeling training
Author: Joseph Blue, ID Analytics, San Diego, CA

(PDF) A Monte Carlo Simulation Approach for Power Calculations in Repeated Measures Arising from observational Studies: A SAS/IML Application
Keywords: power sample size Monte Carlo
Authors: Victor Gastanaga, Epidemiology Division, Collge of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA; Christine E. McLaren, Epidemiology Division, Collge of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA; Ralph J. Delfino, Epidemiology Division, Collge of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA

(PDF) Multiple Linear Regression Analysis of Percent of Students Taking the ACTs in Nevada High Schools
Authors: Ramya R. Fernandez, University of Nevada – Reno, Reno NV 89557; George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada – Reno, Reno NV 89557

(PDF) The Quandary of Survey Data: Comparison of SAS Procedures and SUDAAN Procedures
Keywords: statistics survey SUDAAN
Author: Katherine L. Baisden, SRI International, Menlo Park, California

(PDF) Quantifying Stock Market Overreactions
Keywords: stocks market trends
Author: Dan Shaw, Pacific Data Designs Inc., San Francisco, CA

(PDF) Statistical Analysis of Gene-Environment Data
Keywords: genotype environmental exposure gene-environment interaction
Author: Jimmy Thomas Efird, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine

(PDF) LIFETEST+ODS+IML=Stratified Log Rank Tests
Keywords: survival data log rank test generalized Wilcoxon test
Author: Ann Olmsted, CV Therapeutics, Palo Alto, CA

(PDF) Using SAS for Classical Item Analysis and Option Analysis
Keywords: classical test theory classical item analysis psychometrics
Authors: Chong Ho Yu, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Josephine Wai-chi Wong, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

(PDF) Using SAS IN Educational Research
Keywords: educational research data analysis SAS procedures
Author: Leping Liu, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada

(PDF) Using The Arima Modeling Capabilities Of SAS To Forecast Rates Of Febrile Respiratory Infection At Eight U.S. Military Recruit Training Centers
Keywords: ARIMA time series forecasting
Authors: Christian J. Hansen, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research Naval Health Research Center; Anthony W. Hawksworth, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research Naval Health Research Center; Philip I. Good, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research Naval Health Research Center; Margaret AK Ryan, MD MPH, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research Naval Health Research Center

(PDF) Batch Automated Reporting and Analysis in Semiconductor Manufacturing Parametrics
Keywords: semiconductor yield Cpk
Authors: Tom Winter, Texas Instruments, Dallas TX; Willy Waks, 2W Systems, Dallas TX

(PDF) Building and Analyzing Probabilistic Sampling Designs Using SAS
Author: David L. Cassell, Design Pathways

(PDF) Cox Regression Using Different Time-Scales
Keywords: Cox regression time-scale
Authors: Alison J. Canchola; Susan LeRoy Stewart; Leslie Bernstein; Dee W. West; Ronald K. Ross; Dennis Deapen; Richard Pinder; Peggy Reynolds; William Wright; Hoda Anton-Culver; David Peel; Al Ziogas; Pamela L. Horn-Ross

(PDF) Extending the Use of PROC PHREG in Survival Analysis
Keywords: PROC PHREG counting process format
Authors: Christopher F. Ake, VA Healthcare System, San Diego, CA; Arthur L. Carpenter, Data Explorations, Carlsbad, CA

(PDF) Getting Started With PROC LOGISTIC
Keywords: PROC LOGISTIC event of interest independent variables
Author: Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services, Inc., Sonoma, California USA

(PDF) Modern Regression Analysis
Keywords: regression analysis nonparametric modeling outlier data
Author: Robert A. Cohen, SAS

(PDF) Presenting Logistic Regression Models to Non-Statisticians: Adjusted Probabilities and Adjusted Risk Ratios
Keywords: logistic regression odds ratio risk ratio
Authors: David J. Pasta, Ovation Research Group, Palo Alto, CA; Miriam G. Cisternas, MGC Data Services, Carlsbad, CA

(PDF) SAS/STAT 9: Progressing into the Future (Preliminary Paper)
Keywords: SAS/STAT version 9 multiple imputation
Authors: Robert N. Rodriguez, SAS; Maura E. Stokes, SAS; Randall D. Tobias, SAS

Data Presentation

(PDF) Business Intelligence Applications Using JMP Software
Keywords: JMP, business intelligence, statistical discovery
Authors: Charles Edwin Shipp; Kirk Paul Lafler

(PDF) Controlling Graph Size: Building Thumbnails and GIF Files Using SAS/GRAPH
Keywords: SAS/GRAPH, GIF, GDEVICE
Authors: Arthur L. Carpenter, Data Explorations; Richard O. Smith, Data Explorations

(PDF) How To Get A Graph From A Complex Linear Model
Keywords: longitudinal data, random slopes model, GPLOT
Author: Stefanie J. Silva, Ovation Research Group

(PDF) Is the Legend in your SAS/GRAPH Output Telling the Right Story?
Keywords: GPLOT, legend, symbols
Authors: Justina M. Flavin, Pfizer Global Research & Development, La Jolla Laboratories, San Diego, CA; Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants, Oceanside, CA

(PDF) A Plot and a Table per Page Times Hundreds in a Single PDF File
Keywords: GPLOT, GPRINT, GREPLAY
Authors: Daniel J. Leprince, DIEM Computing Services, Inc., Fremont, CA; Elizabeth Li, DIEM Computing Services, Inc., Fremont, CA

(PDF) SAS ‘s ODS Technology for Today’s Decision Makers
Keywords: ODS, RTF-control words, style editor
Author: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Gupta Programming, Simi Valley, CA

(PDF) Creating Drill-Down Graphs Using SAS/GRAPH And The Output Delivery System
Keywords: ODS Drill-Down Graph
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency, La Mirada, CA.

(PDF) It’s All in the Presentation
Keywords: ODS styles, Version 9, SAS/GRAPH
Author: Jeff Cartier, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC

(PDF) A Peek at PROC DOCUMENT
Keywords: PROC DOCUMENT, ODS, destination
Author: Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services, Inc., Sonoma, California USA

(PDF) What’s in a a Map? A Macro-Driven Drill-Down Geo-Graphical Representation system
Keywords: HTML, SAS/GRAPH, maps
Author: Louise Hadden, Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, MA

Data Warehousing and Database Management

(PDF) Building The World’S First Antibiotic Datamart
Keywords: OLAP, MDDB, MP-CONNECT
Authors: Berwick Chan, Berwick Consulting Inc, Pinole, CA; Catherine Kehr, Berwick Consulting Inc, Pinole, CA; Arnold Yee, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

(PDF) Dimensional Model Data Warehouse: An Introduction (What)
Keywords: fact table, dimension table, grain
Author: Dan J. Kirpes, Fireman s Fund Insurance Company, Novato, CA

(PDF) Dimensional Model Data Warehouse: An Overview (Why)
Keywords: report centric, information centric, dimensional model
Author: Dan J. Kirpes, Fireman s Fund Insurance Company, Novato, CA

(PDF) Pattern Matching Using Fuzzy Methods
Keywords: fuzzy pattern matching, fuzzy clustering
Authors: David Bell, State of California, Genetic Disease Branch; Lynn G. Palmer, State of California, Genetic Disease Branch

(PDF) Supporting Medical Research Analysis Using Effective Data Mining Tools: Creating a Well Documented SAS Analytical File from Multiple Warehoused ASCII Files
Keywords: warehoused raw data, data mining, database management
Author: Jay Gravink, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

(PDF) Taming Your Metadata Part I: A Solution for Incorporating Data Documentation into the Programming Process
Keywords: metadata, documentation
Author: Peter Godard, SRI International, Menlo Park, California

(PDF) Taming Your Metadata Part I: Getting data dictionary and codebook from your SAS databases
Keywords: documentation, codebook, dictionary
Author: Peter Godard, SRI International, Menlo Park, California

(PDF) Undocumented and Hard-to-find SQL Features
Keywords: PROC SQL, SQL options, SQL functions
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Using SAS Views and SQL Views
Keywords: views, PROC SQL, CONNECT TO
Author: Lynn G. Palmer, State of California, Richmond, CA

(PDF) The Where, When, Who, Why, and How of Views
Keywords: views, PROC SQL, CONNECT TO
Author: Lynn G. Palmer, State of California, Richmond, CA

(PDF) Advanced Analytics with Enterprise Guide
Keywords: Enterprise Guide, analytics, custom code
Authors: Catherine Truxillo, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC; Stephen McDaniel, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC; David McNamara, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC

(PDF) The Data Dictionary: A Tool for Management of Variables and Access to Data
Keywords: dictionary, renaming, census
Author: Ted Clay, Clay Software & Statistics, Ashland, OR

(PDF) Snapshots from Hell: Practical Issues in Data Warehousing
Keywords: data warehouse, metadata, data dictionary
Author: Tyson Lee, LEAP Consulting, Palo Alto, CA

Hands-On Workshops

(PDF) Creating Dynamic Web-based Reporting
Keywords: SAS/IntrNet, Internet, Web
Author: Dana Rafiee, Destiny Corporation, Wethersfield, CT

(PDF) Getting PC SAS to Do What You Want, When You Want, How You Want
Keywords: PC SAS, customizing, Windows
Author: Jodie M. Gilmore, Fulcrum Communications, Washougal, WA

(PDF) Mouse Clicking Your Way Viewing and Manipulating Data with Versions 8 and 9 of the SAS System
Keywords: interactive, Version 9, Windows
Authors: Cyndie B. Gareleck, RAND, Santa Monica, California; Terry J. Fain, RAND, Santa Monica, California

(PDF) Picturing Statistics
Keywords: GCHART, CHART, PLOT
Author: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) Reading And Writing XML Files From SAS
Keywords: XML, XML MAP
Authors: Miriam G. Cisternas, MGC Data Services, Carlsbad, CA; Ricardo A. Cisternas, MGC Data Services, Carlsbad, CA

(PDF) SAS with Style: Creating Your Own ODS Style Template
Keywords: ODS, PROC TEMPLATE
Author: Lauren E. Haworth, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA

(PDF) Table Lookups: From IF-THEN to Key-Indexing
Keywords: indexing, KEY=, lookup techniques
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

Internet, Intranets and the Web

(PDF) Architecting AppDev Studio-Based Web Applications with Object-Oriented Methodologies
Keywords: AppDev, Java, Application Architecture
Authors: Aimee Basile, Qwest Communications Corporation, Denver, CO; Dave Hayden, Qwest Communications Corporation, Denver, CO

(PDF) Getting the Right Data to the Right People the Right Way at the Right Time. Building a Powerful Clinical Decision Support System Using SAS/Intrnet .
Keywords: SAS/IntrNet, ODS, JavaScript
Author: Nick P szty, XOMA (US) LLC, Berkeley, CA

(PDF) Macros To Report Missing Data: An HTML Data Collection Guide
Keywords: macro, HTML, ODS
Author: Patrick Thornton, University of California San Francisco

(PDF) SAS/IntrNet and Census Mapping: How Low Would You Like to Get?
Keywords: SAS/IntrNet, SAS/GRAPH, macro language
Authors: Lakshmi Pandey, Fiscal Research Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303; William Joseph (Joey) Smith, Fiscal Research Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303; David Sjoquist, Fiscal Research Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303

(PDF) Titling HTML Tables: Getting the Look You Want
Keywords: HTML, title, frames
Author: Kathryn A. Vald s, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

(PDF) Toss Those Investment Reports And Use SAS, The Web, And Java To Track Your Portfolio
Keywords: graph, URL
Author: Jonathan M. Squire, C2RA (Cambridge Clinical Research Associates), Andover, MA

(PDF) Two Approaches to Presenting Hierarchical Clinical Trials Data through SAS/IntrNet Using SAS/GRAPH DSGI and SAS Treeview Applet
Keywords: DSGI, Treeview, hierarchical
Author: Nick P szty, XOMA (US) LLC, Berkeley, CA

(PDF) Adventures in Data Dissemination: From TABULATE to ODS and IntrNet
Keywords: SAS/IntrNet, ODS, Web
Author: Jennifer S. Harper, MSPH, California Dept. of Health Services, EPIC Branch, Sacramento, CA

(PDF) Code Your First Dynamic Web Application Using HTMSQL
Keywords: intranet, HTMSQL, dynamic
Author: Karen L. Wyland, Decision Support Systems, Sodexho, San Bruno, CA

(PDF) MedDRA Made Easy with SAS/IntrNet
Keywords: MedDRA, SAS/IntrNet, hierarchical data
Author: Sy J. Truong, Meta-Xceed, Inc, Fremont, CA

(PDF) Navigating Technology Choices For SAS Data Access From Multi-Tiered Web Applications
Keywords: Java, .NET, web
Authors: Miriam G. Cisternas, MGC Data Services, Carlsbad, CA; Ricardo A. Cisternas, MGC Data Services, Carlsbad, CA

(PDF) Overview of the New Java Components in Version 3 of AppDev Studio
Keywords: AppDev Studio, Java, JSP
Author: Corey Benson, SAS

Posters

(PDF) Clinical Trial Randomization Design: Blocked Randomized Response Adaptive Method
Keywords: clinical trial randomization, blocked response adaptive method
Authors: K.Y. Trudy Poon, Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine, Menlo Park, CA; Che-Chin Lie, Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine, Menlo Park, CA

(PDF) GIS Capabilities in Old vs. New SAS Software
Keywords: GIS, SAS/GIS
Authors: Richard O. Smith, Data Explorations, Carlsbad, CA; Arthur L. Carpenter, Data Explorations, Carlsbad, CA

(PDF) A Macro To Display The Kaplan-Meier Curve With An Annotated Failure Table
Keywords: macro, Kaplan-Meier, SAS/GRAPH
Authors: Kristie Kooken, Pacific Data Designs, Inc.; Colin Kuang, Pacific Data Designs, Inc.

(PDF) Preliminary Analysis for Classic Case-Control Study
Keywords: case-control, matched, macro
Authors: Natalia V Udaltsova, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA; Irina V Tolstykh, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

(PDF) Segmenting Children s Narratives with PROC CLUSTER: An Application of SAS Tools to Child Language Studies
Keywords: corpus linguistics
Author: Lindsey N. Chen, University of Southern California

(PDF) Using Proc Gmap And Drill-Down Graphics For Data Quality Assurance
Keywords: PROC GMAP, ODS, drill-down graphics
Author: Meghan Arbogast, Computer Sciences Corporation, Corvallis, OR

(PDF) Investigating the Dynamics of Occupational Prestige Preferences Using SAS Statistical Procedures Using the SAS? System
Keywords: PROC CORR, PROC REG, PROC FREQ
Authors: Kacey Lock, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles; Joseph E. Earley, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

(PDF) Working with RGB and HLS Color Coding Systems in SAS Software
Keywords: RGB, HLS, ODS
Author: Perry Watts, Independent Consultant, Elkins Park, PA

SAS Essentials

(PDF) FUNction Junction
Keywords: functions, data management, data transformation
Author: Dima Turkmani, MPH, Colorado Foundation for Medical Care

(PDF) Helpful Undocumented Features In SAS
Keywords: undocumented features, document
Author: Wei Cheng, ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Carlsbad, CA

(PDF) Can Validating SAS Programs Be Fun and Easy?
Keywords: validation, quality control, verification
Author: Sy J. Truong, Meta-Xceed, Inc., Fremont, CA

(PDF) A Macro Advantage From Consistent Variable Naming
Keywords: macro, variables, naming conventions
Author: Patrick Thornton, University of California San Francisco

(PDF) Writing Code that Lasts
Keywords: clarity, documentation, standards
Author: Sandra Minjoe, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA

(PDF) Building and Using User-Defined Formats
Keywords: format, informat, picture format
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) Errors, Warnings, And Notes (Oh My) A Practical Guide To Debugging SAS? Programs
Keywords: debugging, error, warning
Authors: Lora D. Delwiche, Delwiche Consulting, Winters, CA; Susan J. Slaughter, Avocet Solutions, Davis, CA

(PDF) Getting Code and Data in Shape: How SAS Thinks, Part II
Author: Neil H. Howard, Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services

(PDF) Getting Data In: How SAS Thinks, Part I
Author: Neil H. Howard, Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services

(PDF) Getting Information Out: How SAS Does Quick Results
Author: Neil H. Howard, Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services

(PDF) SAS Macro Programming For Beginners
Keywords: macro programming
Authors: Susan J. Slaughter, Avocet Solutions, Davis, CA; Lora D. Delwiche, Delwiche Consulting, Winters, CA

(PDF) Try Your Hand at Arrays
Keywords: arrays
Author: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) Whittle While You Work-Looking Less Dopey Using SAS Efficiencies (And Make Your Clients Go From Grumpy To Happy)
Keywords: efficiencies, if-then-else, SELECT statement
Authors: Nikki M. Carroll, Kaiser Permanente, Aurora, CO; Frank A. Ferriola, Jr., Elk Crossing Technologies Corp, Highlands Ranch, CO

SAS Solutions

(PDF) An Animated Guide: Speed Merges with Key Merging and the _IORC_ Variable
Keywords: speed merges, _IORC_ variable, key merging
Author: Russell M. Lavery, Contractor, Ardmore, PA

(PDF) Creating Output Data Sets From Almost Any Procedure Using The Output Delivery System
Keywords: ODS OUTPUT Procedures
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency, La Mirada, CA.

(PDF) An Evaluation of HP Storage in Various SAS Application Environments
Keywords: storage systems, HP
Author: John L. Hall, Jr., Hewlett Packard

(PDF) Ka-Ching! A New Cash Register Report From SAS In 6 Easy Steps!
Keywords: cash register software, reporting, template
Author: Nikki M. Carroll, Kaiser Permanente, Aurora, CO

(PDF) Event-Based Programming Using AF/SCL
Keywords: event-based programming, SAS/AF, SCL
Author: Kevin Graham, Montura Inc., Chico, California

(PDF) Principal Component Analysis, A Powerful Scoring Technique
Keywords: data mining, unsupervised learning methods, macros
Author: George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada – Reno, Reno NV 89557

(PDF) An Animated Guide : Speed Merges: resource use by common procedures
Keywords: speed merges, resource use, table lookups
Author: Russell M. Lavery, Contractor, Ardmore, PA

(PDF) SAS? System on Network Appliance
Keywords: storage, performance, NFS
Authors: Darrell Suggs, Network Appliance Inc.; Margaret A. Crevar, SAS; Leigh A. Ihnen, SAS

(PDF) SAS/AF , Metadata and the National Cancer Institute s Diet History Questionnaire: How to Build a Computer Assisted Interview
Author: Derek P. Morgan, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO

(PDF) Using Cyclomatic Complexity to Determine Test Coverage for SAS Programs
Keywords: testing, complexity, software
Author: Michael C. Harris, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA

(PDF) Using The SAS Windowing Environment For Program Development
Keywords: windowing, development, environment
Author: Wei Cheng, ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Carlsbad, CA

(PDF) Using %WINDOW to Create Interactive and Completely Re-Usable Code with SAS/BASE
Keywords: interactive, macro, dynamic
Author: Wade Bannister, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Phoenix, AZ

(PDF) You Use SAS, Your Boss Uses Excel, Guess Where Your Results Are Going To Appear! Three Processes To Help Put Your Sas Data And Results Into Excel
Keywords: DDE, Excel, macros
Author: William E. Benjamin, Jr., Phoenix, Arizona

(PDF) You ve Been Xed. Some Helpful Standard OS Level and X Windows Configurations For Using SAS Interactively
Author: Nick P szty, XOMA (US) LLC, Berkeley, CA

(PDF) A Strange Affair: An Application Using SAS and Excel
Keywords: Excel, summary, finance
Author: Richard C. Chiofolo

(PDF) JMP Ap.Dev Repository
Keywords: JMP Data Discovery, JSL, repository
Authors: Charles Edwin Shipp, Shipp Consulting; Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Options NOnotes NOsource NOmacrogen ! Production SAS code WITHOUT the SAS System s logging?
Keywords: NONOTES, NOSOURCE, NOMACROGEN
Author: Joe Perry, Perry & Associates Consulting, Fallbrook CA

(PDF) Overview of Survey Data Analysis Using SAS Software
Keywords: survey data analysis, SURVEYSELECT, SURVEYMEANS, SURVEYREG, SURVEYFREQ
Author: Tony An, SAS

(PDF) Power and Sample Size Application
Keywords: power and sample size application
Author: Bob Rodriguez, SAS

(PDF) Using Transition Matrices For Analysis Of System Changes Over Time
Keywords: transition matrices, system changes
Author: Paul A. Choate, California Department of Developmental Services

(PDF) Why SAS is the Best Place to Put Your Clinical Data
Keywords: DBMS, integrity constraints, audit trail
Author: Steven A. Wilson, MAJARO InfoSystems, Inc., Santa Clara CA

(PDF) XML in the DATA Step
Keywords: XML, XMLMAP, PROC TEMPLATE
Author: Michael C. Palmer, Zurich Biostatistics, Inc., Morristown, New Jersey

Tutorials

(PDF) Nine Steps to Get Started Using SAS Macros
Keywords: macros, macro variables, macro definitions
Author: Jane S. Stroupe, SAS Institute, Chicago, IL

(PDF) A Visual Introduction to SQL Joins
Keywords: PROC SQL, joins, merge
Authors: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation; Charles Edwin Shipp, Shipp Consulting

(PDF) Analysis of Data from Recurrent Events
Keywords: time-to-event data, recurrent events
Authors: Gordon Johnston, SAS; Ying C. So, SAS

(PDF) Answering Your Questions with Statistics
Keywords: statistics
Author: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) Regression Diagnostic Plots
Keywords: macros, data exploration, REGDIAG, regression diagnostic plots
Author: George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada – Reno, Reno NV 89557

(PDF) Getting Familiar with SAS Version 8.2 and 9.0 Enhancements
Keywords: Version 9, integrity constraints, audit trails, generation data sets
Author: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Gupta Programming, Simi Valley, CA

(PDF) Getting Started with Enterprise Guide: Doing More with SAS
Keywords: Enterprise Guide
Author: Gail Kramer, SAS

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

(PDF) An Introduction to SAS Survey Analysis Procedures
Keywords: survey analysis procedures, PROC SURVEYMEANS, PROC SURVEYREG
Author: David L. Cassell, Design Pathways

(PDF) Using Graph-N-Go To Easily Present Your Data And Webenable Your Graphs
Keywords: Graph-N-Go Graphs Web-Enable
Author: Curtis A. Smith, Defense Contract Audit Agency, La Mirada, CA

(PDF) Using PROC EXPAND with Time Series Data
Keywords: PROC EXPAND, time-series data, interpolation, aggregation, missing values
Author: Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services, Inc., Sonoma, California USA