WUSS 2008 Conference Proceedings

Universal City, California
November 5-7, 2008

Analytics and Statistics

(PDF) Image is Almost Everything: Displaying Statistics Via ODS
Author: Scott P. Leslie, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

(PDF) Surviving Left Truncation Using PROC PHREG
Authors: Aimee Foreman, ICON Clinical Research; Ginny Lai, ICON Clinical Research LSG Group; Dave P. Miller, Ovation Research Group

(PDF) Confidence Intervals By Linear or Loglog: You Can Have Them All! PROC LIFETEST In SAS v. 8 vs. v. 9
Authors: Daniel DiPrimeo, Amgen Inc.; Jonathan M. Squire, Amgen Inc.; Yucheng Shiu, Amgen Inc.; Minta Wu, Amgen Inc.; Daisy Wang, Amgen Inc.

(PDF) Score Test of Proportionality Assumption for Cox Models
Author: Xiao Chen, UCLA

(PDF) Evaluation of a Hospice Care Referral Program Using Cox Proportional Hazards Model
Authors: Lida Gharibvand, University of California, Riverside; Daniel R. Jeske, University of California, Riverside; Solomon Liao, University of California, Irvine

(PDF) Application of Segmented Regression Analysis to the Kaiser Permanente Colorado Critical Drug Interaction Program
Author: Nikki M. Carroll, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) Calculating Medication Compliance, Adherence, and Persistence in Administrative Pharmacy Claims Databases
Author: Scott P. Leslie, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

(PDF) Comparing efficiency of cross validated partial least squares regression and ridge regression models in predicting spatial variability of total nitrogen concentration in Truckee River, Nevada.
Author: Anpalaki J. Ragavan, University of Nevada, Reno

(PDF) Using Unobserved Components Model (UCM) for a Stock Price Fluctuation
Author: Lida Gharibvand, University of California, Riverside

(PDF) Testing Performance of Various Confidence Interval Methods for Non-Normal Means
Author: Keiko I. Powers, J. D. Power and Associates

(PDF) Using PROC REPORT to Describe Case and Control Comparisons
Author: Sara Yuewen Gao, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

(PDF) User-friendly SAS Macro Application for performing all possible mixed model selection – An update
Author: George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada – Reno

(PDF) Automating the process of choosing among highly correlated covariates for multivariable logistic regression
Author: Michael C. Doherty, I3 Drug Safety

Applications Development

(PDF) SmryEachVar: A Data-Review Routine for All Data Sets in a Libref
Keywords: attribute, call execute, data review, data structure dynamic programming, formats, includes, list processing, nrstr, routines, testing source2, subroutines
Author: Ronald J. Fehd, Centers for Disease Control

(PDF) Turning long-skinny data into short-wide data datasets the easy way
Author: Joe Perry, Perry & Associates Consulting

(PDF) An Introduction to PERL Regular Expressions in SAS
Author: James J. Van Campen, SRI International

(PDF) Looping at a Higher Level The %for Macro
Author: Jim Anderson, UCSF

(PDF) Generic Automated Data Dictionary for any SAS data set or format library
Author: Dale Harrington, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) Generating Code with PROC REPORT
Author: Jack F. Hamilton, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

(PDF) SAS to MS-Excel, Auto-Loading a Full SAS Library into a Multi-Tabbed, Labeled Column, Excel Spreadsheet
Author: Joe Perry, Perry & Associates Consulting

(PDF) User-Written DATA Step Functions
Author: Jason Secosky, SAS

(PDF) A Hi-Velocity SAS Coding: Applying Engineering Principles to SAS Programming Tasks
Author: Joe Perry, Perry & Associates Consulting

(PDF) Using SAS/AF for Managing Clinical Data
Author: Wynn Zheng, InSite Vision

(PDF) An Optimal Way to Import Excel Worksheets into PC SAS
Keywords: SAS DDE Excel Export Import X4ML
Author: Nate Derby, Statis Pro Data Analytics

(PDF) A Practical Powerful Version control in SAS projects- a rapid, Walk-through Workshop
Authors: Lorne M. Salter, Blue Shield of California; Gordon Cumming, Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.

Coders’ Corner

(PDF) A Sampler of What’s New in Base SAS 9.2
Author: Jason Secosky, SAS

(PDF) Exploring the Undocumented PROC SQL _METHOD Option
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks – Using the EXCEPT Operator in PROC SQL and Generation Data Sets to Produce a Comparison Report
Author: Stanley E. Fogleman, Harvard Clinical Research Institute

(PDF) SAS and Oracle PL/SQL : Partners or Competitors?
Author: Stanley E. Fogleman, Harvard Clinical Research Institute

(PDF) Using Functions SYSFUNC and IFC to Conditionally Execute Statements in Open Code
Keywords: assertions, function, ifc, parameterized include program, sysfunc
Author: Ronald J. Fehd, Centers for Disease Control

(PDF) Efficiently Handle Lists of Items using the SAS Macro Language Save Time and Reduce Errors
Author: Jerry Tsai, Clintuition

(PDF) General Methods to Use Special Characters
Author: Dennis Gianneschi, Amgen

(PDF) Efficient Statistical Programming? Let’s Work on Those Data Steps First
Author: Keiko I. Powers, J. D. Power and Associates

(PDF) Simple and Effective Way to Validate Clinical Graphs
Author: Rajesh Venkkataram, Quintiles Inc

(PDF) Working with Longitudinal Data
Author: Orla Hayden, RAND Corporation

(PDF) Macro for Managing Date Variable in Oncology Research
Author: Jagannath Ghosh, Eli-Lilly and Company Consultant for MedFocus LLC

(PDF) Windows and Unix Computers Now Have Multiple CPU s; Why Not Control Two or Three or More Parallel Executing SAS Batch Jobs from One Master Job!
Author: William E. Benjamin, Jr., Owl Computer Consultancy, LLC

(PDF) ACCESS-ible SAS Formats and Labels
Author: Kathryn Martin-Fingar, UCLA

(PDF) Processing multiple formats with input and output control data sets in PROC FORMAT
Author: Thomas E. Billings, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) Documenting SAS Macro Programs using CATALOGS
Author: Patrick Thornton, SRI International

Data Presentation and Business Intelligence

(PDF) Data Dependent Highlighting in Excel Let Your Data Shine
Author: Brian Ramos, Biosense Webster

(PDF) Seven Steps to Regulatory Publication Style With Proc Report
Author: Dennis Gianneschi, Amgen

(PDF) Moving from data to information: SAS programming to reduce statistical and programming errors
Author: AnnMaria De Mars, University of Southern California

(PDF) Make Your Tables Pop: Embedding Micrographics in PROC REPORT Output
Author: Peter J. Lund, Looking Glass Analytics

(PDF) Combined Line Double Bubbles Pie chart
Author: Alexandre Zolotovitski, Sun Microsystems Inc

(PDF) SAS on a Mac? Yes!
Author: Jack F. Hamilton, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

(PDF) Moving from Listing Reports to Visual Reports using SAS/GRAPH Maps
Author: Elizabeth B. Ceranowski, SAS

(PDF) Creating Your Own Worksheet Formats in exportToXL
Keywords: SAS DDE Excel Export X4ML
Author: Nate Derby, Statis Pro Data Analytics

Databases and Warehouses

(PDF) New SAS Performance Optimizations to Enhance Your SAS Client and Solution Access to the Database
Author: Michael Whitcher, SAS

(PDF) Building Effective SAS Indexes using Short and Distinct Keys, Covered Queries and Clustered Indexes
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) You’ve just bought a Data Warehouse. Now what?
Author: Stanley E. Fogleman, Harvard Clinical Research Institute

(PDF) Database Vocabulary: Is Your Data Set a Dimension (LookUp) Table, a Fact Table or a Report?
Keywords: database design, dimension table, fact table, facts, foreign key, lookup table, normal forms, primary key, relational database
Author: Ronald J. Fehd, Centers for Disease Control

(PDF) Demystifying PROC SQL Join Algorithms
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) E Pluribus Unum: How to Obtain One Observation from Multiple Observations by Limiting, Reshaping, and Summarizing Data
Author: Eric P. Elkin, ICON Clinical Research

(PDF) SAS DICTIONARY: Step by Step
Keywords: DICTIONARY Views
Author: Patrick Thornton, SRI International

(PDF) So, You’ve Got Data Enterprise Wide (SAS, ACCESS, EXCEL, MySQL, Oracle, and Others); Well, Let SAS Enterprise Guide Software Point-n-Click Your Way to Using It.
Author: William E. Benjamin, Jr., Owl Computer Consultancy, LLC

(PDF) Getting SAS to Play Nice With Others: Connecting SAS to Microsoft SQL Server
Author: Candice Miller, RAND Corp

Hands-On Workshops

(PDF) Writing Code in SAS Enterprise Guide
Authors: Susan J. Slaughter, Avocet Solutions; Lora D. Delwiche, University of California, Davis

(PDF) PROC REPORT: Compute Block Basics Part II Practicum
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) A Hands-on Tour Inside the World of PROC SQL
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) ODS Statistical Graphics 101
Author: Wei Cheng, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(PDF) Using PROC SGPLOT for Quick High Quality Graphs
Authors: Lora D. Delwiche, University of California, Davis; Susan J. Slaughter, Avocet Solutions

(PDF) List Processing Basics: Creating and Using Lists of Macro Variables
Keywords: call execute, call symput, dynamic programming, into:, list processing, self-modifying
Authors: Ronald J. Fehd, Centers for Disease Control; Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) Tips and Tricks for Creating Multi-Sheet Microsoft Excel Workbooks the Easy Way with SAS
Keywords: ODS, Microsoft Excel, XML, ExcelXP tagset, multi-sheet workbook
Author: Vincent DelGobbo, SAS

(PDF) SAS Web Report Studio Basics
Author: Angela M. Hall, Zencos Consulting

Management, Careers and Professional Development

(PDF) Clinical Programming at a Crossroads: Meeting Today’s Challenges and Preparing for Tomorrow
Author: David Polus, COMSYS Information Technology Services, Inc

(PDF) Once you know SAS , How to Keep Learning It
Author: Brenda L. Beaty, University of Colorado

(PDF) Beef up your career: job survival steps during this economic recession
Author: Raoul A. Bernal, Amgen Inc

(PDF) What’s Hot, What’s Not – Skills for SAS Professionals
Authors: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation; Charles Edwin Shipp, Shipp Consulting

(PDF) Finite State Machines as a Design Technique for SAS Programs; or, Turing the State of SAS
Author: Robert A. Cruz, Info-Mation Systems

(PDF) SAS Styles ODS, Right? No Programming! Discover a Professional SAS Programming Style That Will Last a Career
Author: Joe Perry, Perry & Associates Consulting

Posters

(PDF) When Simpler is Better Visualizing Laboratory Data Using SG Procedures
Author: Wei Cheng, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(PDF) Statistical Analysis of Source of Nitrogen in Q-BOP Steel
Author: Arkady M. Kushnir, U of U

(PDF) A Dynamic Way to Manipulate Longitudinal Data with SAS
Authors: Nora Ruel, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; Arthur Xuejun Li, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

(PDF) Step your way through Path Analysis
Author: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) An Unaccusative Categorization of Swarm Type Verbs in Spanish: An Application of SAS to Linguistic Research
Authors: Roberto Mayoral-Hern ndez, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Lindsey N. Chen, National Taiwan Normal University

SAS Essentials Workshops

(PDF) The Essence of DATA STEP Programming
Author: Arthur Xuejun Li, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

(PDF) An Introduction to SAS Character Functions
Author: Ron Cody

(PDF) Fully Function -al: A Brief Tour of Selected SAS Numeric Functions
Author: Brenda L. Beaty, University of Colorado

(PDF) Tap into the Power of Formats
Author: Nikki M. Carroll, Kaiser Permanente

(PDF) How to Find Answers: Using SAS Resources
Authors: Ginger Carey, University of Hawaii; Helen D. Carey, University of Hawaii

(PDF) Programming Efficiently with Arrays
Author: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) The Essentials of Finding the Distinct, Unique, and Duplicate Values in Your Data
Author: Carter Sevick, DoD Center for Deployment Health Research

(PDF) Demystifying Popular SAS Procedures.
Author: Lisa Smith, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

(PDF) The MEANS/SUMMARY Procedure: Getting Started and Doing More
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) A Hands-On Introduction to SAS Programming
Author: Casey Cantrell, Clarion Consulting

(PDF) The Power of the BY Statement
Author: Paul A. Choate, State of California

Tutorials

(PDF) PROC REPORT: Compute Block Basics Part I Tutorial
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) Table 1 in Scientific Manuscripts; Using PROC REPORT and the ODS System
Author: Carter Sevick, DoD Center for Deployment Health Research

(PDF) Easy Ways to get SAS Enterprise Guide to Send Tables and Graphs to Microsoft Office Suite, Without Writing Code!
Author: William E. Benjamin, Jr., Owl Computer Consultancy, LLC

(PDF) Quick and Complete Statistical Analyses Using SAS Enterprise Guide
Author: George C. J. Fernandez, University of Nevada – Reno

(PDF) Building and Using User Defined Formats
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

(PDF) Computing power and sample size using the using the SAS System
Authors: Jimmy T. Efird; Mi-Kyung Hong

(PDF) Learning When To Be Discrete: Continuous vs. Categorical Predictors
Keywords:
Author: David J. Pasta, ICON Clinical Research

(PDF) A Step-by-Step Guide to Survival Analysis
Author: Lida Gharibvand, University of California Riverside, UCR

(PDF) Using Propensity Scores To Adjust For Treatment Selection Bias
Author: Scott P. Leslie, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

(PDF) SAS Fundamentals For Survey Data Processing
Author: Renato G. Villacorte, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates

(PDF) Missing by Design: Questionnaire Skip Logic
Author: Kathryn A. Vald s, SRI International