WUSS 2012 Conference Proceedings

Long Beach, California
September 5-7, 2012

Analytics & Statistics

(PDF) Sensitivity analysis of nonlinear mixed-effects models for longitudinal data that areincomplete
Author: Shelley Blozis, UC Davis

(PDF) Automobile Sales Modeling using Granger-Causality Graph with PROC VARMAX in SAS 9.3
Authors: Akkarapol Sa-ngasoongsong, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA; SatishBukkapatnam, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

(PDF) The Steps to Follow in a Multiple Regression Analysis
Author: Theresa H. Ngo, Warner Bros. Home Video

(PDF) Comparison of Implementation of A Bayesian Approach to Nonlinear Mixed Effects Modelin SAS and WinBUGS
Author: Hui Wang, UC Davis

(PDF) Assessing Interim Data Using Figures
Author: Bill Coar, Axio Research

(PDF) Estimating Harrell s optimism on predictive indices using bootstrap samples.
Authors: Irena Stijacic Cenzer, University of California, San Francisco; Yinghui Miao, NCIRE, San Francisco; Katharine Kirby, University of California, San Francisco; John Boscardin, University of California, San Francisco

(PDF) Moving Beyond Caveman Communication to Explain the Statistics Behind Your Model:So Easy a PhD Can Do It!
Author: Kari Kelso, VSP Global

(PDF) Sample Size Calculation and Power Analysis for Design of Experiments Using Proc Glmpower
Author: Chii-Dean (Joey) Lin, San Diego State University

(PDF) The influence of small sample sizes on empirical Bayes predictors inlongitudinal data sets
Author: Jennifer Wang, University of Central Arkansas

(PDF) Multivariate Statistical Analysis in SAS: Segmentation and Classification of BehavioralData
Author: Rachel Poulsen, TiVo

(PDF) Being Continuously Discrete (or Discretely Continuous): Understanding Models with Continuous and Discrete Predictors and Testing Associated Hypotheses
Author: David J. Pasta, ICON Late Phase & Outcomes Research

(PDF) LookOut: After SAS/STAT 9.3 Comes SAS/STAT 12.1!
Author: Maura E. Stokes, SAS

(PDF) Up To Speed With Categorical Data Analysis
Author: Maura E. Stokes, SAS

(PDF) Weighting Adjustment Methods for Nonresponse in Surveys
Author: Taylor H. Lewis, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

(PDF) Building, refining & scoring financial transaction sequence analytics
Author: Robin E. Way, Corios LLC

(PDF) Power Analysis: What is Available and What You Need to Know
Author: Gerald R. Hobbs, West Virginia University

(PDF) Now You Can Annotate Your Statistical Graphics Procedure Graphs
Author: Dan Heath, SAS

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

SAS Procedures for Analyzing Survey Data
Author: Tony An, SAS

Applications Development

(PDF) Set Yourself Free -Use ODS Report Writing Technology in SAS EG Instead of Dynamic Data Exchange in PC SAS
Author: Robert Springborn, OSHPD/Healthcare Outcomes Center

(PDF) An IOM Application Package for Producing Sophisticated Tables You Can Ever Mockup in Microsoft Word with Simple SAS Coding
Authors: Jian Dai, Clinovo; Gulan Zhang, Abbott Vascular

(PDF) Bridging the Gap Between SAS Applications Developed by Business Units and Conventional IT Production
Authors: Thomas E. Billings, Union Bank, Los Angeles; Euwell Bankston, Union Bank, Los Angeles

(PDF) Macro Quoting to the Rescue: Passing Special Characters
Keywords: %BQUOTE, %LEFT, %NRSTR, %QLEFT, %NRBQUOTE, %SUPERQ, macro variable resolution, special characters, Art, Carpenter, Art Carpenter, Mary Rosenbloom, Rosenbloom
Authors: Mary F. O. Rosenbloom, Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, Irvine, CA; Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants, Anchorage, AK

(PDF) Metadata, Macros, and Documenting SAS Programs
Author: Patrick Thornton, SRI International

(PDF) Custom Analysis and Reporting with the JMP Application Builder
Author: Laura Higgins, SAS

WindowsPowerShell and SAS: Use Them to Drive Each Other Crazy
Author: Chris J. Hemedinger, SAS

Business Intelligence

(PDF) SAS 9.3 BI Case Study: Performance Scalability and Tuning on Servers with Intel Xeon Processor E7 Family
Author: Yingping Zhang, Intel

(PDF) Get Your “FastPass” to Building Business Intelligence with SAS and Google Analytics
Authors: Tricia Aanderud, And Data Inc; Angela M. Hall, SAS

(PDF) DeRigueur – Adding Process to Your Business Analytics Environment
Author: Diane Hatcher, SAS

(PDF) Guide Users along Information Pathways and Surf through the Data
Author: Stephen M. Overton, Overton Technologies, LLC

Do I need a Dashboard or a Report?
Authors: Tricia Aanderud, And Data Inc; Angela M. Hall, SAS

Coders’ Corner

(PDF) A Clean Way to Convert a Character String by Using SAS Functions
Author: Minghui Yang, Boeing

(PDF) IF Cand IFN Functions: Alternatives to Simple DATA Step IF-THEN-ELSE, SELECT-END Code and PROC SQL CASE Statements
Author: Thomas E. Billings, Union Bank

(PDF) I Hate Typing Variable Names
Author: Mark Kirkham, Merrick Bank

(PDF) Creating a ZIP File using Native SAS Features
Author: Jack F. Hamilton, Kaiser Division of Research

(PDF) Out= is on the way out. Use ODS OUTPUT instead.
Author: Stanley E. Fogleman, Harvard Clinical Research Insitute

(PDF) The Power of “The FILENAME” Statement
Author: Megha Agarwal, Gilead Sciences

(PDF) The Lost Sibling of the Semi-colon
Author: Bill Coar, Axio Research

(PDF) Best Practices: PUT More Errors and Warnings in My Log, Please!
Keywords: SAS, Error, Errors, error, errors, Warning, Warnings, warning, warnings, SAS Log, log, put, Rosenbloom, Mary Rosenbloom, Lafler, Kirk Lafler, Kirk Paul Lafler, sasNerd
Authors: Mary F. O. Rosenbloom, Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, Irvine, CA; Kirk Paul Lafler, Software IntelligenceCorporation, Spring Valley, California

(PDF) Best Practices: Use Coding Shortcuts to Avoid Typsos and Add Flexibility
Keywords: SAS, colon wildcard, DIM, ARRAY, arrays, #BYVAL, #BYVAR, Rosenbloom, Mary Rosenbloom, Lafler, Kirk Lafler, Kirk Paul Lafler, sasNerd
Authors: Mary F. O. Rosenbloom, Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, Irvine, CA; Kirk Paul Lafler, Software IntelligenceCorporation, Spring Valley, California

(PDF) JMP Coders 101 Insights
Authors: Charles Edwin Shipp, Consider Consulting, Inc.; Kirk Paul Lafler, Software IntelligenceCorporation

(PDF) Updating Reporting Data Sets for Recent Changes
Authors: Rebecca Ottesen, City of Hope; Julie A. Kilburn, City of Hope

(PDF) Nuisances of Report Automation that Involve Change Tracking
Authors: Julie A. Kilburn, , City of Hope; Rebecca Ottesen, City of Hope

(PDF) Array, Hurray, Array; Consolidate or Expand Your Input Data Stream Using Arrays
Author: William E. Benjamin, Jr., Owl computer Consultancy LLC

(PDF) A Concise Display of Multiple Response Items
Author: Patrick Thornton, SRI International

Data Management

(PDF) Biology research data cleaning technical
Author: Kai Yang, City of Hope

(PDF) SAS Rule-Based Codebook Generation for Exploratory Data Analysis
Author: Ross Bettinger, Modern Analytics, Inc.

(PDF) Hire Winners! Tips for Finding Qualified Candidates and Great SAS Programmers
Author: Kathy Doan, Wells Fargo Bank

(PDF) Figure Out Your Programming Logic Errors via DATA Step Debugger
Keywords: Debugger, DATA Step, DSD, command
Author: Wuchen Zhao, University of Southern California

(PDF) Obtaining A List of Files In A Directory Using SAS Functions
Author: Jack F. Hamilton, Kaiser Division of Research

(PDF) Simplifying Effective Data Transformation Via PROC TRANSPOSE
Author: Arthur Xuejun Li, City of Hope

(PDF) 100 things to do in your first 100 days as a New SAS Programmer
Author: Kari Kelso, VSP Global

(PDF) Making Fuzzy Merges More Precise using the COMPARE Function in SAS
Author: Kathryn Martin-Fingar, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, CA Department of Public Health

(PDF) SAS In-Database Procedures on eBay s Teradata System Reduces Processing Time by a Factor of 4
Authors: Arun Akkinapalli, eBay Inc.; Mithun Yarlagadda, eBay Inc.; Gurudev Karanth, eBay Inc.; John Prenner, eBay Inc.

(PDF) Developing an Analytics Center of Excellence (or the Care and Feeding of Magical Creatures)
Author: Chuck Kincaid, Experis Business Analytics

(PDF) Countdown of the Top 10 Ways to Merge Data
Keywords: SAS Merge Data Hash Tables
Author: David W. Franklin, TheProgrammersCabin.com

(PDF) Scalability of Table Lookup Techniques
Author: Richard D. Langston, SAS

(PDF) Using the New Features in PROC FORMAT
Author: Richard D. Langston, SAS

Data Presentation and Reporting

(PDF) An efficient method to create a large and comprehensive codebook
Authors: Wen Song, ICF International; Kamya Khanna, ICF International; Baibai Chen, ICF International

(PDF) The Evolution of SAS Programs Used to Analyze Judicial Salaries
Authors: Humberto Cisneros, Arizona Supreme Court; Carrin Huff, Arizona Supreme Court

(PDF) Building Calendars with Proc Report
Author: Frank Bereznay, Kaiser/IBM

(PDF) Appending Reports: A Review and Fresh Look
Author: Bill Coar, Axio Research

(PDF) Proficiency in JMP Data Visualization
Keywords: SAS, JMP, visulaization, Shipp, Charlie Shipp, Charles Edwin Shipp, Lafler, Kirk Lafler, Kirk Paul Lafler
Authors: Charles Edwin Shipp, Consider Consulting, Inc.; Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Extend the Power of SAS to Use Callable VBS and VBA Code Files Stored in External Libraries to Control Excel Formatting Routines
Author: William E. Benjamin, Jr., Owl Computer Consultancy LLC

(PDF) Rediscovering the DATA _NULL_ for Creating a Report, And Putting That Text File Into RTF Format In a Single Datastep
Keywords: DATA _NULL RTF
Author: David W. Franklin, TheProgrammersCabin.com

(PDF) PROC PRINT – the Granddaddy of all Procedures, Enhanced and Still Going Strong!
Keywords: PRINT PRINTTO RTF PDF HTML
Author: David W. Franklin, TheProgrammersCabin.com

(PDF) SAS on a Shingle, Flippin with Hash
Authors: Ethan Miller, SRI International; Kirk Paul Lafler, Software IntelligenceCorporation

(PDF) Using ODS PDF, Style Templates, Inline Styles, and PROC REPORT with SAS Macro Programs
Author: Patrick Thornton, SRI International

(PDF) Is the Legend in your SAS/Graph Output Still Telling the Right Story?
Authors: Alice M. Cheng, Chiltern International Ltd; Justina M. Flavin, SimulStat, Inc.

(PDF) Visualizing Data Techniques, Including Autocharting and Big Data
Author: Justin Choy, SAS

Hands-On Workshops

(PDF) Basic SAS PROCedures for Producing Quick Results
Keywords: SAS, PROCs, Procedures, procedures, quick results, reporting, charting, Lafler, Kirk Lafler, Kirk Paul Lafler, sasNerd
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

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

(PDF) Basic Statistics with SAS Enterprise Guide: For Learners and Teachers and Everyone Else
Authors: AnnMaria De Mars, The Julia Group; Chelsea Heaven, The Julia Group

(PDF) Doing More with the Display Manager: From Editor to ViewTable Options and Tools You Should Know
Keywords: Display Manager, Enhanced Editor, ViewTable, SAS Explorer, WSAVE
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, CALOXY

(PDF) Import Excel: Go Beyond The Wizard With Data-Driven Programming
Author: Renato G. Villacorte, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz, & Associates

(PDF) The SAS Hash Object: It s Time To .find() Your Way Around
Author: Peter W. Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting Group Inc.

(PDF) The Armchair Quarterback: Writing SAS Code for the Perfect Pivot (Table, That Is)
Author: Peter W. Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting Group Inc

(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, SAS

(PDF) Quick Results with SAS ODS Graphics Designer
Author: Sanjay N. Matange, SAS

Health Outcomes and Healthcare Research Methodologies

(PDF) Developing Integrated Summary of Safety Database using CDISC Standards
Author: Rajkumar Sharma, Genentech, Inc.

(PDF) How Do Child Support Order Amounts Affect Payments and Compliance?
Author: Mark Takayesu, Orange County Department of Child Support Services

(PDF) Dynamically Determine Treatment Populations and Denominators
Author: Ruth Johnson, Quintiles

(PDF) A SAS Macro for Displaying Institutional Risk-Adjusted Performance: Forest vs. Funnel Plots
Authors: Zhongmin Li, University of California, Davis Medical Center; Geeta Mahendra, University of California, Davis Medical Center

(PDF) Power plant emissions, pediatric asthma, and school attendance: A spatial identification analysis
Authors: Anton Bekkerman, Montana State University; Jake Morgan, Montana State University

(PDF) Implementing the New ICH Development Safety Update Report (DSUR)
Author: Rajkumar Sharma, Genentech Inc.,

(PDF) Analysis of Dietary Patterns over Freshman Year of College
Author: Chelsea Lofland, Self

(PDF) PROC FREQ Is More Than Just Simply Generating a 2-by-2 Table
Author: Wuchen Zhao, University of Southern California

(PDF) Modular processing for Prep-to-research anaylsis- interfacing XML SAS and Microsoft Excel
Author: David Tabano, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Research

(PDF) Exploratory Factor Analysis with the World Values Survey
Author: Diana D. Suhr, University of Northern Colorado

(PDF) Using SAS to calculate incidence and prevalence rates in a dynamic population
Authors: Li-Hao Chu, Kaiser Permanente Southern California; Fagen Xie, Kaiser Permanente Southern California

(PDF) Composite Indices for Health Outcomes in Epidemiologic Studies: Multi-dimensional Coding Using SAS
Authors: Nadia Chung, City of Hope; Huiyan Ma, City of Hope; Jenna Voutsinas, City of Hope; Leslie Bernstein, City of Hope; Sophia Wang, City of Hope; James Lacey, City of Hope

(PDF) Exploratory and Descriptive Data Analysis for Site-Level Outcomes
Author: Amanda Stevenson, University of Texas at Austin

Posters

(PDF) Connect with Professionals Around the World with LinkedIn , sasCommunity.org , and Business Media
Authors: Charles Edwin Shipp, Consider Consulting, Inc.; Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) Blurring the line between confirmation and exploration: Model comparison of structural equation modeling in JMP/SAS
Author: Chong Ho Yu, Azusa Pacific University

(PDF) Building Macros and Tracking Their Use
Author: Richard Koopmann, Jr., Capella University

(PDF) PROC BOXPLOT – Using the CLIP FACTOR option to produce more readable figures
Authors: Heidi Nasizadeh Sangart; Michelle Wang, Sangart

SAS Enterprise Guide

(PDF) SAS Enterprise Guide Best of Both Worlds Is it Right for You?
Keywords: SAS Enterprise Guide
Author: Sunil Kumar Gupta, Gupta Programming

(PDF) Update, Insert, and Carry-Forward Operations in Database Tables using SAS Enterprise Guide
Authors: Thomas E. Billings, Union Bank; Sreenivas Mullagiri, Union Bank

(PDF) SAS Enterprise Guide: Point, Click and Run is all that takes
Author: Aruna Buddana, TiVo Inc

(PDF) Revenue Assurance: Using SAS to Identify Revenue Leakages
Authors: Sunil Goklani, DIRECTV; Ahmed Darwish, DIRECTV; Scott Pena, DIRECTV

(PDF) I Want to Get Married Too: Assessing the Relationship between Marital Status and Education for African American Women
Authors: Shanetta Robinson, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA; Tara Jiles, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA; AnnMaria De Mars, the Julia Group, Los Angeles, CA

(PDF) SAS Enterprise Guide: It’s More Than a Gift from Outer Space
Author: Tricia Aanderud, And Data Inc

SAS Essentials Workshop

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

(PDF) 44 Tricks with the Format Procedure
Author: Benjamin Cochran, The Bedford Group

(PDF) The SAS DATA Step: Where Your Input Matters
Authors: Peter W. Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting Group Inc.; Lucheng Shao, University of California Irvine

(PDF) Services R Us
Author: Kathryn A. Council, SAS

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

(PDF) SAS Programming Basics: Getting Your Data In and Understanding the Data Step
Author: Helen D. Carey, Carey Consulting

(PDF) SAS Programming Basics: Producing Results from Your Data
Author: Helen D. Carey, Carey Consulting

SAS Programming Basics: Manipulating and Checking Your Data
Author: Helen D. Carey, Carey Consulting

Tutorials

(PDF) Demystifying PROC SQL Join Algorithms
Keywords: SAS, SQL, PROC SQL, SQL procedure, join, joins, join algorithm, step-loop, sort-merge, index, hash, Lafler, Kirk Lafler, Kirk Paul Lafler, sasNerd
Author: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

(PDF) SAS “IML” (Introduction at the Master’s Level)
Author: Anton Bekkerman, Montana StateUniversity

(PDF) An Introduction to Git Version Control for SAS Programmers
Author: Stephen R. Philp, Pelican Programming

(PDF) Bend Excel to Your Will Using SAS TAGSETS and PROC REPORT
Author: Ethan Miller, SRI International

(PDF) Innovative Techniques: Doing More with Loops and Arrays
Keywords: DO loop, DO UNTIL, DOW loop, ARRAY statement, DIM function, SET statement options
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, CALOXY

(PDF) Programming With CLASS: Keeping Your Options Open
Keywords: CLASS statement, classification variables, MISSING, DESCENDING, preloaded formats, ORDER, MLF
Author: Arthur L. Carpenter, CALOXY

(PDF) Google Search Tips and Techniques for SAS and JMP Users
Keywords: Google, SAS, JMP, search, tips, techniques, Lafler, Kirk Lafler, Kirk Paul Lafler, sasNerd, Shipp, Charlie Shipp, Charles Shipp, Charles Edwin Shipp, ShippAhoy
Authors: Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corproation; Charles Edwin Shipp, Consider Consulting, Inc.

(PDF) Create Your First SAS Stored Process
Authors: Tricia Aanderud, And Data Inc; Angela M. Hall, SAS

(PDF) Not Just for Scheduling: Doing More with SAS Enterprise Guide Automation
Author: Chris J. Hemedinger, SAS

(PDF) PROC REPORT Unwrapped: Exploring the Secrets behind One of the Most Popular Procedures in Base SAS Software
Author: Allison McMahill Booth, SAS

Feedback on SAS Technology Directions Big Data, High Performance Data Mining and Cloud Infrastructure
Author: Diane Hatcher, SAS