SUGI 23 Proceedings

Nashville, Tennessee
March 22-25, 1998
Sally Goosetry, Conference Chair

Table of Contents

All documents are in PDF format.
Front Matter
 
Paper Sections
Advanced Tutorials Applications Development Beginning Tutorials Coders' Corner
Data Warehousing Emerging Technologies Hands-on Workshops Information Visualization
Internet, Intranets, and the Web Posters Statistics, Data Analysis, and Modeling Training and User Support Services

Front Matter


Copyright Page

Conference Leaders

SASware Ballot Results

SUGI Executive Committee

Future SUGI Conferences

Applications Development


Paper 001-23 : Annie Guo
Efficient Cross Database Data Transaction Processing Between SAS Software and Oracle using SAS

Paper 002-23 : Jeff Lessenberry
Manipulation of Hierarchy T ables in SAS/EIS Applications

Paper 003-23 : Zhuan (John) Xu
Using SAS as an Automation Server in Windows Application Development

Paper 004-23 : Krista A. Elspas and Julie Shadoan
Army Hearing Evaluation Automated Registry System (HEARS) Corporate Data Reporting System - A Customized EIS Solution

Paper 005-23 : LeRoy Bessler Strong
Smart Systems: Use Software Intelligence to Build Reliable, Reusable, Extendable, and Maintainable Applications

Paper 006-23 : Ron Coleman
The Building Blocks of PROC TABULATE

Paper 007-23 : Ronald Fehd
DEMOXRPT: Macros for Writing Exception Reports; Perform Range and Logic Checks on a Data Set; Write File of Exceptions to Edit and Use for Updates

Paper 009-23 : Naoko S. Stearns and John R. Gerlach
A Comprehensive Codebook Generator

Paper 010-23 : Lisa Ann Horwitz
Harnessing the Power of SCL Lists

Paper 011-23 : Derek Morgan and Mike Province
A Bag of FSEDIT Tricks

Paper 012-23 : Christopher A. Roper and Gina M. Thomas
Cataloger: An Application Development Tool to View, Compare, and Document SAS Catalogs and Data Files

Paper 013-23 : Thomas E. Link and Art Alexander
Pushing SAS/AF and FRAME Entries in MVS to the Limit: The USEPA's AIRS Graphics System

Paper 014-23 : Kevin T. Brown
The Mediator Pattern Can Organize an Object-Oriented Application

Paper 015-23 : Andrew Lawton, Helen Dewberry, and Michael Pearce
Producing Structured Clinical Trial Reports Using SAS: A Company Solution

Paper 016-23 : Jack E. Fuller
Using Design Patterns to Implement Object-Oriented Menus in a SAS/AF Application

Paper 017-23 : Andrew Ratcliffe
Two Application Infrastructure Tools (Automated Email and Non-Volatile Locks

Paper 018-23 : Ray Pass
And All with the Push of a Button!

Paper 019-23 : William Heffner
DATA Step in Version 7: What's New?

Paper 021-23 : William Heffner
ODS: The DATA Step Knows

Paper 023-23 : James P. Young, Jr.
User-Friendly Toolbox for Batch Processing within a UNIX Interactive Display Manager Session

Paper 024-23 : Alan T. Pasquino and Don J. Fish
Evaluating the Migration of a SAS Application from a VAX to a PC-based NT Network

Paper 025-23 : Tracy A. Cermack and Kimberly J. LeBouton
The Realities of Downsizing Part II: Moving a SAS Application from MVS to UNIX

Paper 026-23 : Craig Ray
Establishing Production and Development Environments for Base SAS Software Development

Paper 027-25 : Deborah A. Testa and Russell Holmes
SynCoder: A SAS/AF V7/8 Application for Implementing MedDRA Coding in Clinical Trials

Paper 028-23 : Barry R. Cohen

Supporting the "Program-Analyze-Write-Review "Process with a Development Environment for Base SAS and the Macro Language

Paper 029-23 : James Glidden
Secret Menu T ricks: Using Lists to Manipulate Objects

Advanced Tutorials


Paper 030-23 : Daniel J. Obermiller
Programming and Other Features of the JMP Calculator

Paper 031-23 : Judy Loren and Gregory S. Barnes Nelson
SQL Step by Step: An Advanced T utorial for Business Users

Paper 032-23 : Marge Scerbo and Alan Wilson
Tables and V iews and Forms: Oh My!

Paper 033-23 : Michael L. Davis
SCL for the Rest of Us: Nonvisual Uses of Screen Control Language

Paper 034-23 : Carl R. Haske
Application Development in SAS/AF Software Using Class Libraries

Paper 035-23 : Thomas J. Winn, Jr.
Intermediate PROC SQL

Paper 036-23 : Thomas Miron
Getting Started with SAS/AF Frame Subclasses

Paper 037-23 : S. David Riba
Web Enabling Existing SAS Applications

Paper 038-23 : Caroline C. Bahler, Sally Muller, David Doolittle, and Arturo Barrios
SAS and HTML - HTML Publishing Using SAS

Paper 039-23 : Andrew A. Norton
SAS Software and Java for Interactive Graphics

Paper 041-23 : Kirk Paul Lafler
Querying the Data Warehouse with the SQL Procedure SELECT Statement

Paper 042-23 : Dana Rafiee
Understanding the SAS/MDDB Server to Process Large Files

Paper 043-23 : David Mintz and Nicole G. Mintz
Macros = Magic; Where Number of Graphics = Many; Customizing Your Graphics Code with Macros

Paper 044-23 : Chris Yindra
%SYSFUNC - The Brave New Macro World

Paper 045-23 : Andrew T. Kuligowski
You Can RUN; But Your Data Cannot Hide: Advanced Methods to Introduce External Data into the SAS System

Paper 046-23 : Aileen L. Yam
On Data Transfer

Paper 047-23 : Malachy J. Foley
MATCH-MERGIN G : 20 Some T raps and How to Avoid Them

Paper 049-23 : Arthur L. Carpenter
Advanced Macro T opics: Utilities and Examples

Beginning Tutorials


Paper 050-23 : JoAnn Matthews
The SET Statement and Beyond: Uses and Abuses of the SET Statement

Paper 051-23 : Andrew T. Kuligowski and Nancy Roberts
Basic Methods to Introduce External Data into the SAS System

Paper 052-23 : Bruce F. Gilsen
SAS Program Efficiency for Beginners

Paper 053-23 : Steven First
SAS Macros variables and Simple Macro Programs

Paper 054-23 : Peter Ruzsa
Exporting Graphics to Other Applications: Which Method Should I Use?

Paper 055-23 : Donna Torrence and Juli Staub Perry
Exploiting Key Answers from Your Data Warehouse using SAS Enterprise Reporter Software

Paper 056-23 : J. Meimei Ma and Sandra Schlotzhauer
Tips and Techniques for Moving between Operating Environments

Paper 057-23 : Andrew H. Karp
Working with SAS Date and Time Functions

Paper 058-23 : Robert M. Hamer and Pippa M. Simpson
An Introduction to the Analysis of Repeated Measures for Continuous Response Data using PROC GLM and PROC MIXED

Paper 059-23 : David A. Dickey
Regression with T ime Series Errors

Paper 060-23 : John Brocklebank and Mark Brown
Finding the Solution to Data Mining: A Map of the Features and Components of SAS Enterprise Miner Software

Paper 061-23 : Ronald Cody
The INPUT Statement: Where It's @

Paper 062-23 : Rosalind K. Gusinow and J. Michael Miscisin
An Introduction to PROC SQL

Paper 063-23 : Laurie Rose
Strategic Use of the SAS System in Banking

Paper 064-23 : John C. Gober
Understanding Indexed Datasets and Using Direct Access Queries

Paper 065-23 : Terry J. Fain and Cyndie Gareleck
An Introduction to SAS/FSP Software

Coder's Corner


Paper 066-23 : Warren E. Stinson
Dynamically Build a PROC FORM A T for Subsetting Large Datasets

Paper 067-23 : Erika Liu
Advanced Techniques for Creating Format with Variable Values

Paper 068-23 : Nancy Patton
IN &OUT of CNTL with PROC FORMAT

Paper 069-23 : Ronald Cody
Using an Enhanced Numeric INFORMAT to Read a Combination of Character and Numeric Data

Paper 070-23 : John R. Gerlach
Creating Numeric Formats Based on Precision, Not Magnitude

Paper 071-23 : Janet Stuelpner and Boris Krol
It's Only Temporary

Paper 072-23 : Paul Grant
Simplifying Complex Character Comparisons by Using the IN Operator and the Colon (:) Operator Modifier

Paper 073-23 : Arthur L. Carpenter
Deciphering the _TYPE_ Variable in MEANS and SUMMARY Output Data Sets

Paper 074-23 : Jiyuan Wu
Generating Customized Reports Using the INPUT Statements

Paper 075-23 : Arthur L. Carpenter
Better Titles: Using The #BY V AR and #BY V AL Options

Paper 076-23 : Paul Grant
The 'SKIP' Statement

Paper 077-23 : Ray Pass
What We Really Need is a %By Statement

Paper 078-23 : Karen Dudley
Creating a Flexible Parameter Driven Reporting Program Using Global Variables

Paper 079-23 : Pei-Chun T. Wan
Automatic Referencing SAS Macro Variables Using Array Processing, CALL SYMPUT Routine and DO Loops

Paper 080-23 : Jeff F. Sun
Update A Two-Dimensional Matrix Using The Macro Facility

Paper 081-23 : Robert Graebner
Generating SAS Source Code with SAS Macros

Paper 082-23 : Mel Widawski
A General Purpose Macro to Obtain a List of Files: Plus Macro Programming Techniques

Paper 083-23 : K. Larry Landers and Monique Bryher
T aking the Mystery out of SAS Macro When Using CALL SYMPUT

Data Warehousing


Paper 084-23 : Demetris Papaiacovou
Successful Data Warehousing for Telecommunications Business Solutions (The Philos Method)

Paper 085-23 : Marge Scerbo
The ABCs of MDDBs

Paper 086-23 : Maria Lupetin
A Data Warehouse Implementation Using the Star Schema

Paper 087-23 : Kim Foster
Enterprise Data Management - Warehouse Integration Solutions

Paper 088-23 : James A. Cox and Tonya L. Etchison
Mining the Data Mart: A Case Study with Stock Market Data

Paper 089-23 : Tony R. Brown
Data Warehouse Efficiency Techniques with the SAS System

Paper 090-23 : Akbar Golmirzaie
Data Warehouse: How to Use SAS from Beginning to Almost Ending for Your Warehouse

Paper 091-23 : Roger E. Sanders
Accessing Data from Your PC Using Version 7 of the SAS System, Presented by Michael Ho, SAS Institute Inc.

Paper 092-23 : Anthony M. Dymond
Data Extraction Methods in Medium and Large Databases

Paper 093-23 : Clare Somerville and Clive Cooper
Optimizing SAS Access to an Oracle Database in a Large Data Warehouse

Paper 094-23 : William J. Glosenmeyer
Enhanced Data Support Methodology (EDSM): Using Technology for Competitive Advantage for Managed Health Care

Paper 095-23 : Martin J. Rosenberg
Using the Data Warehouse Model to Streamline and Accelerate New Drug and Medical Device Development

Paper 096-23 : Monique Bryher
Monitoring a Cohort of Blood Donors and Recipients Using SAS/AF Frame

Paper 097-23 : Christine C. Kelly and Michael B. Smart
Dun &Bradstreet: Using SAS Software to Solve Customer Purchasing Problems

Paper 098-23 : John E. Bentley
A Data Access Challenge: Build a SAS Frame Application for Access to an Informix Data Warehouse

Paper 099-23 : Eric Simms and Jerry Kagan
Taking an HTML Snapshot of a Data Warehouse: Just Say, Cheese!

Paper 100-23 : Jim Davis
Data Warehousing and the Web

Paper 101-23 : Charles W. Bininger
A Guide to Managing a SAS Data Warehouse for Use Across an Intranet

Paper 102-23 : Art Rerecich
W-O-W : Data Warehouse, SAS/OR and the Web

Paper 104-23 : Peter R. Welbrock
Is Your Data Warehouse Successful? Developing a Data Warehouse Process That Responds to the Needs of the Enterprise

Paper 105-23 : Di Meng and Charlie Bastnagel
Building Your Own SAS Data Warehouse and Developing a Tool Set for Managing It

Paper 106-23 : Cathy Phipps and Jim Davis
Effective Use and Management of Metadata

Paper 107-23 : Glen Payne
Does a Data Warehouse Deliver the Goods?

Paper 108-23 : Roger Williams
Using SAS/CONNECT to Control a Distributed Application

Paper 109-23 : John T. Stokes and Roger Thompson
Building the Framework for Enterprise Data Analysis in the Semiconductor Industry

Paper 110-23 : Terry L. Lewis
Enhancements to SAS/ Warehouse Administrator

Paper 111-23 : Mel Widawski
A Flexible System for Conversion of DBF Tables into SAS

Paper 112-23 : Vino Gona and Jana Van Wyk
Version 7 Enhancements to SAS/ACCESS Software

Paper 113-23 : Sharon Kromhout-Schiro, Rose M. Reedy, Rob Lenderman, James Zadinsky, and Vicki Harp
Clinical Warehouse Enhancement: A Methodology for Linking Heterogeneous Databases

Paper 114-23 : Ding Alonzo and Albert Alva
Developing Risk-Adjustment Models Using SAS Software: An Application in Home Health Care

Paper 115-23 : Carol Rigsbee
The Future Interface to the SAS System for PCs - A First Glance SUGI

Paper 116-23 : Hans Hulpiau
Unlocking the SAP/R3 System using SAS/ACCESS to SAP/R3: A Practical Experience

Emerging Technologies


Paper 117-23 : Kimberly J. LeBouton
Implementing SAS Business Solutions: Experiences of a Traditional SAS Programmer

Paper 118-23 : Jan J. M. Roording and Steven F. M. J. van Agt
Data Warehouse Administration: An Urgent Need for Technology to Emerge!

Paper 119-23 : Jeff F. Sun
A Revolution? Development of Dynamic and Hypertext Linked Reports with Internet Technologies and SAS System

Hands-on Workshops


Paper 120-23 : Vincent L. Timbers
SAS/AF FRAME Entries: A Hands-on Introduction

Paper 121-23 : Deb Cassidy
Introduction to the Basics - Avoiding Some Pitfalls

Paper 122-23 : Ray Pass and Daphne Ewing
So You're Still Not Using PROC REPORT. Why Not?

Paper 123-23 : Daphne Ewing and Ray Pass
So Now You're Using PROC REPORT . Is It Pretty?

Paper 124-23 : Mickey Waxman and Larry Hoyle
A Hands-on Introduction to Creating Dynamic Webb Pages

Paper 126-23 : Jennifer Clegg and Gary J. Mehler
The SAS System under Windows, Version 7

Paper 127-23 : Sunil K. Gupta, Kirk Paul Lafler, and Charles E. Shipp
Preparing SAS Software Applications for the Y ear 2000

Paper 128-23 : Linda P. Atkinson
An Introduction to SAS/ASSIST Software

Paper 130-23 : Rosalind K. Gusinow and J. Michael Miscisin
An Introduction to PROC SQL

Paper 131-23 : Kirk Paul Lafler
Ten Great Reasons to Learn SAS Software's SQL Procedure

Paper 132-23 : Steven First
SAS Macros Variables and Simple Macro Programs

Paper 133-23 : Sally Muller, Caroline C. Bahler, Dave Doolittle, and Arturo Barrios
SAS and Webb Publishing - W isdom for the Webb Challenged

Paper 136-23 : Jason Thomas
Developing Webb Applications with htmSQL

Paper 137-23 : C. Olivia Rud
Statistical Presentations Using the Power of PROCTABULATE

Paper 138-23 : Dave DesJardins
A Revolution in Data Analysis: How New, Very Powerful, Easy to Use, Graphical Data Analysis Tools and Techniques Can Empower Even Novice Subject Matter Specialists

Paper 139-23 : Himesh Patel
Using SAS/GRAPH Software to Create Graphs on the Web

Paper 140-23 : Paul Wehr
Building Clinical Information Spaces on the World Wide Web

Paper 141-23 : Terry Allen and Glen Buckner
Visually Detecting Fraudulent Doctors in the Medicaid Program Using SAS/GRAPH Software

Paper 142-23 : Joel J. Gruenke
Individual Summaries: Bigger Needles in Smaller Haystacks

Paper 143-23 : Jeanne Spicer
Delivering Geographic Information: For Those Who Can't Read a GMAP and Won't Stop to Ask for Directions

Paper 144-23 : LeRoy Bessler
Chart Smart: Design Graphs to Inform and Influence

Paper 145-23 : Sanjay N. Matange, James Beamon, and Cynthia L. Huffman
Multidimensional Data V isualization Tools

Paper 146-23 : Robert Vierkant
Creating Scatterplot Matrices using SAS/GRAPH Software

Paper 147-23 : Jeff F. Sun
A Generalized Macro-Based Data Reporting System to Produce Both HTML and Text Files

Paper 148-23 : Edward Tasch and Stacy Buffington
Becoming "Webb Enabled "with SAS/IntrNet Software

Paper 149-23 : Steve Noga and Jeff Abolafia
The TABULATE Procedure: One Step Beyond the Final Chapter

Paper 150-23 : Susan J. Kenny
How Not to Hate Annotate

Paper 152-23 : James E. Duarte
How SAS Has Impacted History or A 25 Y ear A f fair with the Semicolon

Paper 153-23 : David A. Dorr and Mae Gordon
Graphically Conquering the SF-36: A Tool for Illustrating Subscale by Group Over Time Using SAS/GRAPH Software

Paper 154-23 : Donald J. Henderson
SAS/IntrNet Software: A Road Map

Internet, Intranets, and the Web


Paper 156-23 : Barbara Walters and Don Chapman
Overview of Java Components and Applets in SAS/IntrNet Software

Paper 157-23 : Di Meng
Open the Information Window of Your SAS Data Warehouse: A WebB Information Center Powered by SAS

Paper 158-23 : Arline Loh and Sheila Hobeck
Working Toward a Paperless Office Web Migration of SAS Reports

Paper 159-23 : Chip Kelly
Java for Competitive Advantage

Paper 160-23 : James Sun
Update HTML Formatted SAS Output within Webb Browser

Paper 161-23 : Paul J. Ratnaraj
Managing Large Financial Data with the SAS System and the WEB: The Sequel

Paper 162-23 : Steven L. Willhoite, John P. Campbell, and George Orr
Three W ays to Utilize the SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher

Paper 164-23 : Lingxiao Li and Art Barnes
Data V isualization Using Java and VRML

Paper 165-23 : Faith Renee Sloan
SAS/IntrNet Software: JConnect and Jtunnel Dance with SAS/CONNECT Software

Paper 166-23 : Vecdet Mehmet-Ali
A Dynamic Web Application: Using SAS/IntrNet and Webb Publishing Software

Paper 168-23 : Kimberly S. Blair
Using Macros to Produce Multiple Time Series Graphs

Paper 169-23 : Baibai Chen and Cynthia A. Kleeberger
SAS Macro to Determine Rates of Change in Markers of HIV-1 Disease Progression

Paper 170-23 : Ronald Fehd
%COMPARWS: Compare with Summary: A Macro Using PROC COMPARE to W rite a File of Di f ferences to Edit and Use for Updates

Paper 171-23 : Christopher A. Roper, Michael Gilman, and Gina Thomas
A Methodology for Developing SAS Applications for Use in Multiple Languages

Paper 172-23 : Hugh Geary
Enhancing SAS Output Tables with WordPerfect

Paper 173-23 : Annie Guo
An Investigation of the Efficiency of SQL DML Operations Performed on an ORACLE DBMS using SAS/ACCESS Software

Paper 174-23 : Louise S. Hadden and Jim McIntosh
All Zipped Up and Nowhere to Go

Paper 175-23 : Cecil Hallum and Melinda Miller
A GUI for Enhanced Insight into Data in a University Setting: SAS/EIS and SAS/AF Frame to the Rescue

Paper 176-23 : Paul Johnson
Improving the Rainbow Test: A Macro to Measure the Lack of Fit in Multiple Regression with the Use of the Bootstrap

Paper 177-23 : Francis J. Kelley
A Macro to Generate All Combinations of n Items Taken k at a Time (How It Was Designed and Written, and How It Might Be Adapted to Other Uses: A Programming Example)

Paper 178-23 : Connie X. Li and James Sun
Using Hyperlink to Organize SAS HTML Output

Paper 179-23 : Dayong Li and Huanhong Xia
Convex Hull Test for Ordinal Categorical Data Using the SAS System

Paper 180-23 : Chondra M. Lockwood and David P. MacKinnon
Bootstrapping the Standard Error of the Mediated Effect

Paper 181-23 : Sheng Luo and Xinsheng Lin
Further Discussion of Summarizing Impossibly Large SAS Data Sets

Paper 182-23 : Heidi Markovitz
Are You a Commander or a Mouser?

Paper 183-23 : Sean W. Mulvenon and M. Austin
Betz Using SAS for Statistical Modeling: Monte Carlo Simulations

Paper 184-23 : Julie W. Pepe
PROC TABULATE using a Categorical and Numerical Variable

Paper 185-23 : Jamie Perrett
Macros &Matrices: Using the IML Procedure to Access Tabular Information

Paper 186-23 : Amy Roehrig
Rapid Application Development of a Decision Support System Using Object Oriented Programming

Paper 187-23 : Jonathan Stokes
Using Java to Front SAS Software: A Detailed Design for Internet Information Delivery

Paper 188-23 : Helen-Jean Talbott and Earl Westerlund
How to Sort Production Reports Prior to Printing

Paper 189-23 : David Trenery
Taking the DrudgerYout of Data Checking: Automatic Data Validation Using FORMATS to Validate Data, PROC DATASETS to Drive the Process and MACROS to Hang It All T ogether

Paper 190-23 : Lisa P. Wayte
PROC TABULATE: A Tool for Evaluating Performance

Paper 192-23 : John Q. Zhang
A SAS Macro that Creates Numeric Decimal Formats

Paper 194-23 : LeRoy Bessler
Smart Color for Powerful V isual Communication in Your Applications

Paper 205-23 : Honghu Liu
Robust Standard Error Estimate for Cluster Sampling Data: A SAS/IML Macro Procedure for Logistic Regression with Huberization

Paper 196-23 : John E. Ellis
The T ask Output Framework: An Object Oriented Tool for Application Development

Paper 197-23 : James Handsfield
CHEKOU T : A SAS Program to Screen for Outliers

Paper 198-23 : Timothy J. Harrington
The SAS Multidimensional Database Procedure

Paper 199-23 : Lauren Haworth and Njeri Karanja
Proving it Works: Using PROC COMPARE to Verify an Analysis Converted into SAS Software

Paper 200-23 : Anne Horney and Gail F. Kirk
One Bar Chart, Two variables, Three Axes

Paper 201-23 : Tom Hotard, Paul Johnson, and Tsai M. Lin
T ailoring Hard Copy Publications for the Internet

Paper 202-23 : Tom Hotard
Mailing Labels in Minutes Using the SAS URL Access Method

Paper 203-23 : Gail F. Kirk and Anne Horney
Exploring Multi-dimensional Relationships with SAS/GRAPH Software

Paper 204-23 : Michael L. Lieber and Cindy Ashley
A SAS Macro Implementing an Extension of McNemar's Test for Clustered Data

Paper 205-23 : Honghu Liu
Robust Standard Error Estimate for Cluster Sampling Data: A SAS/IML Macro Procedure for Logistic Regression with Huberization

Paper 206-23 : Tracy L. Lord and Robert C. Pratt
Retrievals from DB2 BLOB (Binary Large Objects) Data Warehouse Using SAS

Paper 207-23 : Sean W. Mulvenon and M. Austin
Betz Using a SAS Macro to Create Unique Statistical Output

Paper 208-23 : William C. Murphy
Creating and Maintaining a Central SAS Library for Health Care Management

Paper 209-23 : Judy Palermo
Purge Those MERGE Problems: Realistic Solutions for Accurate and More Complete Matching of Inexact Data Fields that Occur in the Everyday World

Paper 210-23 : James Ryan
Analysis of the National Endowment of the Arts Using SAS/STAT Software

Paper 211-23 : Barbara Schneider
PROC UNIVARIATE and PROC TABULATE - A Powerful Duo to Produce Descriptive Tables Including Non-parametric Estimates

Paper 212-23 : Pippa M. Simpson, Merlin Hamre, H. Spencer, and Y. Ravindranath
Using JMP Software to Get a Jump on Childhood Leukemia by Modeling Assay Data

Paper 213-23 : Michelle L. Smith
Using SAS/IntrNet and the WWW to Develop an Executive Information System-University Application

Paper 214-23 : Stephen B. Taubman
Moving Data Between SAS and FAME

Paper 215-23 : Kyle E. Thomas, Art Alexander, and Aamer Raza
An Interactive Graphical Interface for Hierarchical Classification of Data Generated through Individual Particle Analysis

Paper 216-23 : Shi-Tao Yeh
SAS Software G3D Animation and Graphic V iewer System

Statistics, Data Analysis, and Modeling


Paper 218-23 : Pamela J. Atherton
Skaff and Jeff A. Sloan Design and Analysis of Equivalence Clinical T rials V ia the SAS System

Paper 219-23 : Donna O. Fulenwider, Randall D. Tobias, and Robert N. Rodriguez
SAS System Tools for Design and Analysis of Experiments

Paper 220-23 : Richard Severino
How to Use SAS Software to Evaluate Screening Tests Using Predictive Values in Conjunction with ROC Curves

Paper 221-23 : Pippa M. Simpson, Prudence R. Phillips, Shelly Lensing, and Robert M. Hamer
Reliably Assessing Reliability with SAS Software

Paper 222-23 : Ernest S. Shtatland and Mary B. Barton
An Information-Gain Measure of Fit in PROC LOGISTIC

Paper 223-23 : Robert M. Hamer and Pippa M. Simpson
Assessing Dose-Response Information in Phase III Clinical Trials or . . . Why You Shouldn't Believe the Dosing Information on the Label

Paper 224-23 : Sudhanshu K. Ghoshal
Multivariable Cox Proportional Hazard Model by SAS PHREG &Validation by Bootstrapping Using SAS Randomizers With Applications Involving Electrocardiology and Organ T ransplants

Paper 225-23 : Jeff A. Sloan, Paul J. Novotny, and Charles L. Loprinzi
Analyzing Quality of Life (QOL) Endpoints in Clinical Trials via the SAS System

Paper 226-23 : Bharat K. Thakkar, Kwan Hur, William G. Henderson, and Charles Oprian
A Method to Generate Kaplan-Meier and Adjusted Survival Curves Using SAS

Paper 227-23 : Richard M. Mitchell
Reporting Results of Multiple Logistic Regression Models Depending on the A vailability of Data

Paper 228-23 : Peter Gaccione and M.S. Blanchard
Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models, a Tool for Analyzing Repeated Measurements: A Brief Tutorial Using SAS Software

Paper 229-23 : S. Paul Wright
Multivariate Analysis Using the MIXED Procedure

Paper 230-23 : Arnold M. Saxton
A Macro for Converting Mean Separation Output to Letter Groupings in PROC MIXED

Paper 231-23 : Maribeth Johnson and Pete Davis
The Effect of Missing Data on Sample Sizes for Repeated Measures Models

Paper 232-23 : Part I: Maura E. Stokes and Robert N. Rodriguez
Recent Enhancements and New Directions in SAS/STAT Software, Part I: Updates

Paper 232-23 : Part II: Robert N. Rodriguez and Maura E. Stokes
Recent Enhancements and New Directions in SAS/STAT Software, Part II: Nonparametric Modeling Procedures

Paper 233-23 : Chris R. Olinger and Randall D. Tobias
ODS for Data Analysis: Output As- You-Like-It in Version 7

Paper 235-23 : Jun Zuo
Examining Cointegration Among Time-Series Variables: Household Savings Pattern in the U.S. (1981–1995)

Paper 236-23 : Gregory L. Pearce and Peter H. Westfall
Resampling with PROC MULTTEST: Providing Tools for Cardiac Surgeons to Identify Clinical Practice Improvement Opportunities

Paper 237-23 : Jose G. Ramirez, Brenda S. Cantell, and Randall Collica
Statistical Process Monitoring of Correlated Binary and Count Data Using Mixture Distributions

Paper 238-23 : Chikuma Hamada and Junji Kishimoto
Application of Maximum Contrast Method to Biomedical Data Using MU L TTEST

Paper 239-23 : Marc-david Cohen, Hong Chen, Yang Yuan, and Fredrick Wicklin
New Features in SAS/INSIGHT for Version 7

Paper 240-23 : Jose A. Santos, Lawrence Lippke, and Paul Pope
PROC FACTOROR: A Tool for Extracting Hidden Gems from a Mountain of variables

Paper 241-23 : Sam Harris
SAS Risk Analysis Environment

Paper 242-23 : Ralph G. O'Brien
A T our of UnifyPow: A SAS Module/Macro for Sample-Size Analysis

Paper 243-23 : Flavio Addolorato, Luigi Ferrari, Luigi Guastalla, and Luca Bodio
Behind Marketing Data in Financial Industry

Paper 244-23 : Pavel Brusilovskiy and Robert Hernandez
Data Mining and Decision Support for Operational Problems Solutions in the Railroad Industry

Paper 245-23 : Scott D. Grimshaw and Gilbert W. Fellingham
Statistical Development Using SAS/TOOLKIT Software

Paper 246-23 : John G. Stiller and Donald R. Dalzell
Hot-deck Imputation with SAS Arrays and Macros for Large Surveys

Paper 247-23 : Anthony B. An and Donna L. Watts
New SAS Procedures for Analysis of Sample Survey Data

Paper 248-23 : Mark Nicolich and Gail Jorgensen
Graphical Presentation of a Nonparametric Regression with Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals

Paper 249-23 : Paul R. Coe
A SAS Macro to Calculate Exact Confidence Intervals for the Difference of Two Proportions

Systems Architecture


Paper 252-23 : Robert M. Romero and Dale Hamilton
The SAS System Powers Web Measurement Solution at US West

Paper 255-23 : Lu Xu
Improving SAS Performance by Improving I/O Throughput of SAS Work Directory

Paper 256-23 : Steve Beatrous and Billy Clifford
Sometimes You Get What You W ant: SAS I/O Enhancements in Version 7

Paper 257-23 : Michael A. Raithel
Ferreting Out Year 2000 Compliance Problems with PROC SOURCE

Paper 258-23 : Ray L. Ransom and Sharon Mosley-Hixon
Client/Server Application Design Strategies for Small Development Teams

Paper 259-23 : Gregory S. Barnes Nelson and Richard Swirski
Choosing the Right Platform for SAS Client/Server Applications

Paper 260-23 : Cheryl Garner
New V7 Client/Server Capabilities to Solve and Secure Your Distributed Processing Needs

Paper 261-23 : Paul Gilbert, Steven Light, and John Scott Grainger
Migration of SAS from VMS to Windows NT: A Real Life Story

Paper 262-23 : Geradette Furlow
Installation Issues with the SAS System and Net Ware 4

Paper 263-23 : Holly Scholz
The Dynamic Duo: SAS Software and Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) - Capable of Anything!

Paper 264-23 : Jennifer Clegg and Gary J. Mehler
The SAS System under Windows, Version 7

Paper 265-23 : Gary J. Mehler
Taking Advantage of the SAS System under Windows NT

Paper 266-23 : Gary J. Mehler
Integrating Windows Clients and the SAS System into the Enterprise

Training and User Support Services


Paper 269-23 : Bryan K. Beverly
Ten Steps Toward Realizing Your SAS Software W ish List (How To Present Your Technical Needs in a Business Framework)

Paper 270-23 : Michael L. Davis and Charles S. Patridge
Publish Paper Manuals No More!: An Introduction to Creating HTML Documentation

Paper 271-23 : JoAnn R. Matthews
Creating a Home Page on the WWW for Your Local User Group An Unlimited Resource for Local User Group Recruitment Strategies

Paper 272-23 : Robin E. Way
Care and Feeding of a Healthy SAS User Group

Paper 273-23 : Peter Parker
Creating an ADP Center of Excellence: A Miltonian Approach of Looking Through Two Decades of "Visible Darkness"

Paper 274-23 : Dana Rafiee and Helen Quinn
The Jobs and SAS Skills Used in the United States and Europe

Paper 275-23 : Arthur L. Carpenter and Tony Payne
Programming for Job Security Revisited: Even More Tips and Techniques to Maximize Your Indispensability

Paper 276-23 : Kimberly A. Foster
Understanding Face Value - Giving Users What They Want . . . and Still Meeting Their Needs

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