WUSS 2010 Conference Proceedings

San Diego, California
November 3-5, 2010

Analytics and Statistics

(PDF) A Discussion of SAS®’s %CUMINCID Macro for Generating Cumulative Incidence Curves in Cases of Competing Risk in Survival Analysis
Author: Andrew Dagis

(PDF) Graphing a Progression of Time Series Plots
Keywords: SAS, graph, PROC GPLOT, time series
Authors: Nate Derby; Laura Vo

(PDF) Data Visualization: “Every Picture Tells a Story” or “Putting Atomic Numbers on Your Socks” ?
Authors: AnnMaria De Mars; Revati Kadu

(PDF) Answering Your Research Questions with Descriptive Statistics
Author: Diana D. Suhr

(PDF) Answering Your Research Questions with Inferential Statistics
Author: Diana D. Suhr

(PDF) Planned Contrasts and Post Hoc Tests in MANOVA Made Easy
Author: Chii-Dean (Joey) Lin

(PDF) 101 Applications of Multivariate Statistical Procedures: PRINCOMP, CLUSTER, DISCRIM in SAS® 9.2
Author: Keh-Dong Shiang

(PDF) SGPANEL: Telling the Story Better
Author: Chuck Kincaid

(PDF) Those Confounded Interactions: Building and Interpreting a Model with Many Potential Confounders and Interactions
Author: David J. Pasta

(PDF) Dummy Coding for Dummies
Author: Kathryn Martin-Fingar

(PDF) PROC MEANS versus PROC SQL for Descriptive Statistics Generation of Weighted Data
Author: Keiko I. Powers

(PDF) Clinical Graphs using ODS Graphics
Author: Sanjay N. Matange

(PDF) The Next Generation: SAS/STAT® 9.22
Authors: Maura E. Stokes; Robert N. Rodriguez; Robert A. Cohen

(PDF) Rediscovering SAS/IML® Software: Modern Data Analysis for the Practicing Statistician
Author: Rick Wicklin

(PDF) Decision Trees as a Predictive Modeling Method
Author: Gerald R. Hobbs

(PDF) Survival Analysis with PHREG: Using MI and MIANALYZE to Accommodate Missing Data
Authors: Christopher F. Ake; Arthur L. Carpenter

Applications Development

(PDF) Query Creation Wizards using SAS®/IntrNet
Author: Matthew Redelings

(PDF) Point-and-Click Programming Using SAS® Enterprise Guide®
Authors: Mira Shapiro; Kirk Paul Lafler

(PDF) Automation of ‘makefile’ for Use in Clinical Development
Author: Nalin Tikoo

(PDF) Yes! SAS® ExcelXP WILL NOT Create a Microsoft Excel® Graph; But SAS® Users Can Command Microsoft Excel® to Automatically Create Graphs From SAS® ExcelXP Output
Author: William E. Benjamin, Jr.

(PDF) An Introduction to SAS® Hash Programming Techniques
Keywords: WHERE clause, indexes, performance
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler

(PDF) Seamless Web Data Entry for SAS® Applications
Author: Donald L. Penix, Jr.

(PDF) Analyzing Social Media Tweets with SAS®
Author: Sy J. Truong

(PDF) Get a Grip on Macros in Just 50 Minutes!
Author: Arthur Xuejun Li

(PDF) Fuzzy Hierarchical Merge Algorithm with Boundary Conditions
Author: Dale Harrington

(PDF) Strategies for Developing and Delivering an Effective Online SAS® Programming Course
Author: Justina M. Flavin

(PDF) Listening to the Voice of the Customer when Deploying Your Application: Using SAS© and Design Methodologies to Create a Pleasing User Installation Experience
Author: Joe Perry

(PDF) Automating the Installation and Operational Qualifications of Your SAS® Applications with the SAS System
Author: Joe Perry

(PDF) A SAS® Output Delivery System Menu for All Appetites and Applications
Author: Chevell T. Parker

(PDF) Using SAS® Output Delivery System (ODS) Markup to Generate Custom PivotTable and PivotChart Reports
Author: Chevell T. Parker

(PDF) Creating a Patient Profile using CDISC SDTM
Authors: Marc Desgrousilliers; Romain Miralles

(PDF) An Excel Framework to Convert Clinical Data to CDISC SDTM Leveraging SAS® Technology
Authors: Ale Gicqueau; Marc Desgrousilliers

(PDF) SAS® Conference iPhone® App
Author: Sy J. Truong

(PDF) Using the SAS® Windowing Environment for Program Development
Author: Wei Cheng

Business Intelligence

(PDF) SAS® Data and Stored Process on BlackBerry®
Author: Sy J. Truong

(PDF) Applied Revolutionary Business Intelligence
Author: Chuck Kincaid

(PDF) It’s All about Variation: Improving Your Business Process with Statistical Thinking
Author: Robert N. Rodriguez

(PDF) Take a Whirlwind Tour Around SAS® 9.2
Author: Justin Choy

SAS® Technology Architecture from a JMP® Perspective
Author: Jeff Perkinson

Coders’ Corner

(PDF) Simple Rules to Remember When Working with Indexes
Keywords: WHERE clause, indexes, performance
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler

(PDF) You Could Be A SAS® Nerd If . . .
Keywords: WHERE clause, indexes, performance
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler

(PDF) Creating Variables: Traps and Pitfalls
Author: Olena Galligan

(PDF) New Dogs and Old Tricks Part II: Using the SELECT statement and FLAGS to Streamline your Code
Author: Stanley E. Fogleman

(PDF) Essential Project Management Reports in Clinical Development
Author: Nalin Tikoo

(PDF) An Introduction to Statistical Tests for the SAS® Programmer
Author: Sarah J. Beck

(PDF) SAS® and Scripts: Two Great Tasks That Task Great Together
Author: John Lujan

(PDF) Expanding Treatment Start and Stop Dates into a Daily Account of Treatment Exposure
Authors: Faith S. Beery; Dave P. Miller

(PDF) You Use SAS®, Your Boss Uses Excel. Guess Where Your Results Are Going to Appear! Using ODS to Create Your Results in Excel
Author: William E. Benjamin, Jr.

(PDF) Pros and Cons of Interactive SAS® Mode vs. Batch Mode
Author: Irina Walsh

(PDF) Your Age In People Years: Not All Formulas Are the Same
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter

(PDF) LOCF-Different Approaches, Same Results Using LAG Function, RETAIN Statement, and ARRAY Facility
Author: Iuliana Barbalau

(PDF) Seamless Dynamic Web Reporting with SAS®
Author: Donald L. Penix, Jr.

(PDF) Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros
Keywords: SAS, macro, code, recursion
Author: Nate Derby

(PDF) Patient Profile Reports on iPhone and iPad
Author: Sy J. Truong

(PDF) Validating and Migrating SAS® 9.13 to 9.2
Keywords: iPhone, Mobile Computing, SAS Delivery
Authors: Sy J. Truong; Carey G. Smoak

(PDF) Moving from Windows to Super-computing: The 5% Solution
Authors: AnnMaria De Mars; Ernesto Flores

(PDF) Choosing the Best Way to Store and Manipulate Lists in SAS
Author: Dmitry Rozhetskin

(PDF) Blocked Randomization with Randomly Selected Block Sizes: A Flexible SAS Macro
Author: Jimmy Thomas Efird

(PDF) Choosing the Best Method to Create an Excel Report
Author: Romain Miralles

(PDF) Introduction to Office Open XML for SAS® Programmers
Author: James J. Van Campen

(PDF) Macros for Managing Messy Data: Handling Duplicate Study Participants, and Making Fuzzy Matches Across Multiple Data Sets
Authors: Jefferson L. Wood; Dennis G. Fisher; Grace L. Reynolds; Lucy E. Napper

(PDF) Emailing Automated Notification of Errors in a Batch SAS® Program
Authors: Julie A. Kilburn; Rebecca Ottesen

(PDF) Use RETAIN Statement and LAG Function to Indentify Consecutively Repeated Conditions
Authors: Lan Xiao; Jun Ma

(PDF) One Flip, Two Flip, Fat File, Flat File
Author: Ethan Miller

(PDF) Working with SAS® Hash Objects: Automation, Tips and Pitfalls
Author: Jason Farris

(PDF) Calculate the Area Above and/or Below a Given Reference Line Using SAS® Data Steps
Author: Qiwen Huang

Data Presentation

(PDF) SAS® Reporting in English, ed anche in italiano: A Methodology for Creating Reports in Two Languages
Author: Deborah A. Testa

(PDF) Essential SAS® ODS PDF
Keywords: DICTIONARY Views
Author: Patrick Thornton

(PDF) ODS Tips and Tricks
Author: Lauren E. Haworth

(PDF) Importing Excel Files Into SAS® Using DDE
Author: Curtis A. Smith

(PDF) An Introduction to Creating Multi-Sheet Microsoft Excel Workbooks the Easy Way with SAS®
Keywords: ODS, Microsoft Excel, XML, ExcelXP tagset, multi-sheet workbook
Author: Vincent DelGobbo

(PDF) SAS® Style Templates: Always in Fashion
Author: Cynthia L. Zender

(PDF) Creating Presentation-Quality ODS Graphics Output
Author: Dan Heath

(PDF) Secrets of the SG Procedures
Author: Dan Heath

Databases and Data Integration

(PDF) Application of DICTIONARY Tables and SASHELP Views
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler

(PDF) Analytical ETL
Author: Matthias Kehder

(PDF) Transitive Record Linkage in SAS® using SET / KEY= and MODIFY / POINT=
Authors: Denis Hulett; Glenn Wright; Jaycee Karl

(PDF) Transitive Record Linkage in SAS® using Hash Objects
Authors: Glenn Wright; Denis Hulett

(PDF) Check and Document Data Integrity with PROC DATASETS
Keywords: DICTIONARY Views
Author: Patrick Thornton

(PDF) Tips For Constructing a Data Warehouse Part 1
Author: Curtis A. Smith

(PDF) Tips For Constructing a Data Warehouse Part 2
Author: Curtis A. Smith

Hands-On Workshops

(PDF) SAS/GRAPH® Elements You Should Know – Even If You Don’t Use SAS/GRAPH
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter

(PDF) Introduction to Summary Tables in SAS® Enterprise Guide®
Authors: Lora D. Delwiche; Susan J. Slaughter

(PDF) Ready To Really Become Productive Using PROC SQL?
Author: Sunil Kumar Gupta

(PDF) Traffic Lighting Your Multi-Sheet Microsoft Excel Workbooks the Easy Way with SAS®
Keywords: ODS, Microsoft Excel, XML, ExcelXP tagset, multi-sheet workbook, traffic lighting
Author: Vincent DelGobbo

(PDF) Using Graph Designer for High-Quality Graphs
Author: Sanjay N. Matange

(PDF) How to Use Arrays and DO Loops: Do I DO OVER or Do I DO i?
Author: Jennifer L. Waller

(PDF) Statistical Analysis – The First Steps
Author: Jennifer L. Waller

(PDF) Key Elements to Develop SAS® Macros
Author: Wei Cheng

(PDF) Getting Up to Speed with PROC REPORT
Author: Kimberly Stinson LeBouton

Health Outcomes and Healthcare Research Methodologies

(PDF) Get to Know Comparative Effectiveness Research; It’s Here To Stay
Author: Scott P. Leslie

(PDF) Mix-and-Match: Mixed Models for Analyzing Binary Outcomes with Matched Samples
Authors: Sarah A. Short; David J. Pasta

(PDF) The Last Shall Be First: Matching Patients by Choosing the Least Popular First
Authors: Stefanie J. Millar; David J. Pasta

(PDF) Survival 101: Reporting Survival Curves Using Sample Data from the Colorectal Cancer Outcomes Database
Authors: Anna ter Veer; Julie A. Kilburn; Ann Vanderplas; Rizvan Mamet; Rebecca Ottesen; Joyce C. Niland

(PDF) Analyzing Data from Complex Samples Using PROC SURVEYFREQ in SAS® 9.2
Author: Kathryn Martin-Fingar

(PDF) Where’s the Match? Matching Cases and Controls after Data Collection
Author: Jennifer L. Waller

(PDF) An Overview of Analytic Procedures Used in Observational Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Studies
Author: Joycelynne Palmer

Posters

(PDF) Normalized Editchecks Automated Tracking (N.E.A.T.)
Authors: Frank Fan; Ale Gicqueau

(PDF) Lean Sigma for Process Improvement – Overview and Implementation
Author: Doug E. Lassman

(PDF) A New and Simpler Way to Compute Body’s “Maximum Weight Limit”
Author: George C. J. Fernandez

(PDF) A SAS® Macro To Fit Parametric And Semi-Parametric SCCS Models
Author: Christina Clarke

(PDF) Mathematical Programming for Surface Complexation Modeling Using SAS®
Author: Anpalaki J. Ragavan

(PDF) Strategies for Building and Utilizing an Integrated Safety Database Using SAS®
Authors: Denise J. Smith; Daniel Schulz; Wei Cheng

(PDF) Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Calcium Nutrition Educational Intervention for Middle School Students in Nevada using SAS®
Authors: Ramya R. Fernandez; Mary Wilson

(PDF) Logit-based Neutral Zone Classification Algorithm with Application to Microbial Community Profiling
Authors: Rebecca Le; Daniel R. Jeske

(PDF) Managing Systems Projects with ClinAction
Authors: Joffrey Daras; Marc Desgrousilliers

(PDF) A SAS®/IntrNet Based Application to Enhance the Efficiency and Productivity of a Company
Authors: Bing Hu; Marc Desgrousilliers

(PDF) Getting Started with SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise Miner
Author: Gerardo Perez-Lizarraga

(PDF) Statistical Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Spring, Mass and Damper Assembly Using SAS®
Author: Anpalaki J. Ragavan

(PDF) SAS® Arrays, Both Implicit and Explicit
Author: Carter Sevick

SAS Essentials Workshop

(PDF) At Your Service: Your Roadmap to Support from SAS®
Author: Kathryn A. Council

(PDF) PROC DATASETS; The Swiss Army Knife of SAS® Procedures
Author: Michael A. Raithel

(PDF) From Novice to Intermediate in (Approximately) Sixty Minutes: I. Functions, Programming and Processing – the Power to Choose
Author: AnnMaria De Mars

(PDF) From Novice to Intermediate in (Approximately) Sixty Minutes: II. SAS® Procedures Beyond the Basics
Author: AnnMaria De Mars

(PDF) From Novice to Intermediate in (Approximately) Sixty Minutes: III. Presentation
Author: AnnMaria De Mars

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

(PDF) Habits that Help: Developing Good Programming Style
Author: Casey Cantrell

Tutorials

(PDF) Base-SAS® Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler

(PDF) The Building Blocks of SAS® Datasets – S-M-U (Set, Merge, and Update)
Author: Andrew T. Kuligowski

(PDF) Practical Uses of the DOW Loop
Author: Richard Read Allen

(PDF) Proc REPORT Tutorial
Author: Cynthia L. Zender

(PDF) Everything You Need to Know About Writing a Paper and Presenting it at WUSS
Author: Nikki M. Carroll

(PDF) ODS RTF: the Basics and Beyond
Author: Lauren E. Haworth

(PDF) Get a Grip on Arrays in Just 50 Minutes!
Author: Arthur Xuejun Li

(PDF) Longitudinal Data Techniques: Looking Across Observations
Author: Ron Cody

(PDF) PROC TABULATE: Getting Started
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter

(PDF) Building Reports and Documents in SAS® Enterprise Guide 4.2®: How to Create a Single Document from Multiple Reports and Tasks
Author: Scott P. Leslie

(PDF) HELP, My SAS® Program isn’t Working: Where to Turn When You Need Help
Author: Kimberly Stinson LeBouton

(PDF) What Every SAS® Programmer Should Know: Importing Files
Author: Renato G. Villacorte

An Introduction to SAS/IML® Studio for SAS/STAT® Users
Author: Rick Wicklin