SUGI 24 Proceedings

Miami Beach, Florida
April 11-14, 1999
Mic Lajiness, Conference Chair

Table of Contents

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

Front Matter


Copyright Page

Conference Leaders

SASware Ballot Results

SUGI Executive Committee

Future SUGI Conferences

Applications Development


Paper 001-24 : Thomas E. Link, Pranav K. Patel, M. Arthur Alexander, and Thomas A. Dessen
Out of the Mainframe &Into the Web: The Trials and Tribulations of Porting SAS Mainframe Applications to the Web

Paper 002-24 : Bernd E. Imke
Improving SAS Data Access - An Evolutionary Experience (From Input Statements to Data Forms)

Paper 003-24 : Peter Prause and Charles Patridge
Interfacing SAS Software, Excel, and the Intranet without SAS/IntrNet Software or SAS Software for the Personal Computer

Paper 004-24 : Tammy Gagliano and Sue Her
SAS Component Object Model (SCOM) in Version 7 SAS/AF Software

Paper 005-24 : Annie S. Guo
SAS RDBMS!A GUI Approach to Data Entry Using SAS/AF Software Enforced with Relational Model Integrity Constraints from ORACLE

Paper 006-24 : Jeffrey Morrison, Futian Shi, and Timothy Lee
An Interactive GUI Front-End for a Credit Scoring Modeling System

Paper 007-24 : Christopher A. Roper and Michael Gilman
Cataloger: An Applications Development Tool to Search, Compare, and Document SAS Catalogs and Data Files

Paper 008-24 : Chris Bailey and Karl Moss
Distributing SAS/AF Models with Java Clients

Paper 009-24 : Anthony M. Cavaliere and Shi-Tao Yeh
Annotated Case Report Form Automation System

Paper 010-24 : C. Michael Whitney
Taming the Chaos: Managing Large SAS/AF Applications Using Programming Standards and the Source Code Manager of Version 7 of the SAS System

Paper 011-24 : Daniel Kohn and David Kuh
A SAS/AF Application for Parallel Extraction, Transformation, and Scoring of a Very Large Database

Paper 012-24 : Curtis A. Smith
A How I Converted a Batch Application System to Client-Server and Lived to Tell About It

Paper 013-24 : LeRoy Bessle
Strong Smart Systems: Software-Intelligent Development for Reliable, Reusable, Extendable, Maintainable Applications

Paper 014-24 : Hung X. Pha
Building a Data Entry and Correction System by Synchronizing the Data Table and the Data Form

Paper 015-24 : Donald A. Schroeder and Timothy A. Kenney
Using Base SAS Tools and the SAS Macro Language to Automate Incoming Data Processing for a Complex Scheduling System

Paper 016-24 : Pat Herbert
Distributed Applications with SAS/AF Software on Client and Server

Paper 017-24 : Morgan C. Wang
An On-line Analytical System for Corrosion Pitting Analysis for Solid Rocket Booster with the SAS System

Paper 018-24 : Joyce C. Zandee and Paul J. Lewis
See Ya CLIST: Migration of SAS Applications from the IBM Mainframe to the Web

Paper 019-24 : Marty Tomasi
Adding Help and other User Assistance to SAS/AF Applications

Paper 020-24 : Steven A. Wilson
An Application Developer's Roadmap for Moving to Version 7 in SAS/AF

Paper 021-24 : Ray Pass
And All With the Push of a Button!

Paper 022-24 : Christopher A. Roper
Data Tables: Highlighting Techniques

Paper 023-24 : Aileen L. Yam
Automating the Production of Customized Powerpoint Presentation Graphs by Integrating the Funtionality of SAS Software with Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

Paper 024-24 : Jeffrey L. Lessenberry
Uncorking SAS/AF Bottlenecks with the SCL Dynamic Performance Analyzer

Paper 025-24 : Sarah L. Mitchell and Michael Gilman
Find2000: A Search Tool to Find Date-Related Strings in SAS

Paper 026-24 : Michael C. Harris
Using the SAS System and Dynamic Data Exchange to Populate Microsoft Word Documents with Text, Tables, and Graphs

Paper 027-24 : Danielle Davis and Donald Chapman
Developing Data-Driven, Task-Oriented SAS Powered Programs in Java

Paper 028-24 : Keith M. Gregg and Yefim Gershteyn
Checking and Tracking SAS Programs Using SAS Software

Paper 029-24 : Barry R. Cohen
The Pharmaceutical Program-Analyze-Write-Review Process and a SAS Program Development Environment to Support It.

Paper 030-24 : Michael L. Davis and Adam Terr
Driving to Better Credit Policies: The Risk Strategy Instrument Panel

Paper 031-24 : Charles W. Bininger
An Object-Oriented Approach to File Management within a SAS/AF Application

Paper 032-24 : Juli Yaguda and Jens D. Mikkelsen
Extending the Power of Your SAS System Applications with Enterprise Reporter Software

Paper 033-24 : Dan J. Kirpes
Building a 'Pre-subsetting' User Interface for Multidimensional Reports

Paper 034-24 : Zhuan (John) Xu
Easy Interface for SAS - A SAS Application on the Windows Platform

Paper 035-24 : David M. Hartman
TAP into SAS/Frame Technology

Paper 036-24 : Irene Zhao
An Example of Using SAS/AF Data Table Class in Reviewing Clinical SAS Data Sets

Advanced Tutorials


Paper 037-24 : Michael G. Sadof
Keeping Your Data in Step - Utilizing Efficiencies.

Paper 038-24 : Arthur L. Carpenter
Macro Quoting Functions, Other Special Character Masking Tools, and How To Use Them

Paper 039-24 : Bob Virgil
So You're Running Out of Sort Work Space... Reducing the Resources Used by PROC SORT

Paper 040-24 : Ian Whitlock
Code or Data?

Paper 041-24 : Michael L. Davis and Gregory S. Barnes Nelson
No Program Is An Island: Passing Parameters To Tasks Launched by Servers and Schedulers

Paper 042-24 : Cheryl Garner
How to Use Version 7 Features to Optimize the Distributed Capabilities of SAS Software

Paper 043-24 : Cyndie Gareleck and Rodger Madison
Using SAS/CONNECT Software in A Multi-Platform Environment

Paper 044-24 : Ben T. Cochran
Using the SAS/MDDB and User Written Methods to Enhance SAS/EIS Objects

Paper 045-24 : Andrew H. Karp
Indexing and Compressing SAS Data Sets: How, Why and Why Not

Paper 046-24 : Malachy J. Foley
Fuzzy Merges: Examples and Techniques

Paper 047-24 : Neil Howard
Advanced DATA Step Topics

Paper 048-24 : Ronald P. Cody
Transforming SAS Data Sets Using Arrays

Paper 049-24 : Sigurd W. Hermansen
Relational Database Schemes and SAS Software SQL Solutions

Paper 050-24 : Christopher A. Roper
SQL Query Window Classes: How to Incorporate the SQL Column Expression Builder Class In Custom SAS/AF Applications

Paper 051-24 : Lewis Church
Performance Enhancements to PROC SQL in Version 7 of the SAS System

Paper 052-24 : Janet E. Stuelpner
What Your Mother Never Told You About the Query Window

Paper 053-24 : Andrew T. Kuligowski
Advanced Methods to Introduce External Data into the SAS System

Paper 054-24 : LeRoy Bessler
Show Them What's Important: Solutions for a Finite Workday in an Era of Information Overload

Paper 055-24 : Derek P. Morgan and Michael Province
Building A Better Data Entry Application Using PROC FSEDIT

Paper 056-24 : Chris Olinger
Twisty Turny Passages, All Alike ODS Templates Exposed

Paper 057-24 : Neil Howard
Introduction to SAS Functions

Beginning Tutorials


Paper 058-24 : Andrew H. Karp
Working with SAS Date and Time Functions

Paper 059-24 : J. Meimei Ma and Sandra Schlotzhauer
How and When to Use WHERE

Paper 060-24 : Bob Virgile
Changing the Shape of Your Data: PROC TRANSPOSE vs. Arrays

Paper 061-24 : Bill Fehlner
Making the Output Delivery System (ODS) Work for You

Paper 062-24 : Lauren E. Haworth
Anyone Can Learn PROC TABULATE

Paper 063-24 : Ian Whitlock
Getting Started with Macro

Paper 064-24 : Terry Fain and Cyndie Gareleck
Introduction to SAS/FSP Software in Version 7

Paper 065-24 : Phil A. Mason
Introduction to SAS/GRAPH

Paper 066-24 : David E. Beam
An Introduction to PROC SQL

Paper 067-24 : Frank C. DiIorio
The SAS Debugging Primer

Paper 068-24 : Alan C. Wilson and Marge Scerbo
Dealing with Health Care Data using the SAS System

Paper 069-24 : Bruce Bovill
First Steps in Building SAS Applications

Paper 070-24 : Clinton S. Rickards
Reading External Files Using SAS Software

Paper 071-24 : S. David Riba
The DATA Statement: Efficiency Techniques

Paper 072-24 : Bruce F. Gilsen
SAS Program Efficiency for Beginners

Coder's Corner


Paper 073-24 : Christine A. Smiley
Working with Dates in SAS Software

Paper 074-24 : Tamara M. Hagemeier and Yue-Hwa C. Chang
Use PROC SQL to Collapse Cells - It's Easy

Paper 075-24 : WeiQin Pan
The Supplement of the COMPARE Procedure

Paper 076-24 : David L. Ward
Managing SAS Programs

Paper 077-24 : Philip R. Holland
Why Not Use SAS/PRESENTS Software Instead...?

Paper 078-24 : Donald W. Peterson and John R. Gerlach
User-Specified Text Flow Inside the Report Procedure

Paper 079-24 : David R. Trenery
Font Control with the REPORT Procedure

Paper 080-24 : David R. Trenery
Jazzing up Your Reports Some Tricks with PROC REPORT

Paper 081-24 : Diane Nicholson and Kelly Felty
The Power of PAGEOF (A Valuable Page Numbering Macro)

Paper 082-24 : Donald W. Peterson
Customized Pagination Using %PAGEOFNO Macro

Paper 083-24 : Hsiwei (Michael) Yu and Chapman P. Gleason
Using Sockets in SAS Software for Internet Publishing

Paper 084-24 : Hsiwei (Michael) Yu
SAS/GRAPH Software via RSUBMIT for Web Browser

Paper 085-24 : Heather M. Tavel
Managing Your SAS Web Applications by Using Web Page Counters Created Through SAS/IntrNet Software

Paper 086-24 : Jennifer M. Lin
A Macro Tool to Search and Replace Portions of Text

Paper 087-24 : Fan Xu
Two Macros to Compute the Median for a List of Variables

Paper 088-24 : Philip J. d'Almada
Mini Macros for Major Management of Longitudinal Data

Paper 089-24 : Leiming Li
A Process for Automatically Retrieving Database using ODBC and SAS/ACCESS SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility

Paper 090-24 : S. Patrick Thornton
Automated Input Interface for SAS Batch-Mode Processing

Paper 091-24 : Linda Gau
Using SAS Software Windows to Dynamically Manage Your Routine Programs

Paper 092-24 : Quan Ren
Designing User Interface by Using the Macro Facility

Paper 094-24 : Danielle Gao
Efficiency Techniques: SQL vs. Retain Variables

Paper 095-24 : Michael A. Raithel
What Sort of Input Should You Input to a Sort?

Paper 096-24 : Christine A. Smiley
A Fast Format Macro How to Quickly Create a Format by Listing the Endpoints

Paper 097-24 : Robert M. Romero
PROC FORMAT Provides Efficient Current Descriptions of Codes in Large Tables

Paper 098-24 : Janet E. Stuelpner
Shortcuts

Paper 099-24 : Randy A. Hirscher
The SDQZ-Pipe Technique: Doing More With Less, Faster and Cheaper Reading UNIX-compressed SAS Data Sets Directly in a Data

Paper 100-24 : David D. Chapman
A Simple SAS/AF Program to Manage SAS/CONNECT Sessions

Paper 101-24 : Curtis A. Smith
Dynamically Creating a Where Statement

Paper 102-24 : Kirk P. Lafler
Using VIEWTABLE in SAS/AF Applications to View and Edit SAS Tables

Paper 103-24 : Robert S. Matthews
Using SAS/AF Software to Create Data Entry Screens with Multiple Comment Fields Allowing for Unlimited Amounts of Text in Each Field

Paper 104-24 : Jeanne M. Spicer
Delivering Geographic Information Part II: Just Click My Map Object

Paper 105-24 : Li Yuan and Bill Zhang
Presenting Multi-Level Information in One Plot by Dynamically Generating the PLOT Statement

Paper 106-24 : Marina V. Kungurtseva
Generate Data Listings for a New Drug Application in 5 Minutes as a Part of Automated Report System

Paper 108-24 : Irving A. Dark
Concomitant Medications: What a Programmer Needs to Know

Paper 109-24 : Patty J. Keys
Language Interpretation of Prescription Label Sigs: Computing Daily Consumptions in Medication Compliance Studies

Paper 110-24 : Curtis A. Smith
Constructing a Data Warehouse

Paper 111-24 : Kim Foster
Knowledge Management-Integrated Solutions for Information Delivery

Paper 112-24 : Hugh G. McCabe
Data Warehousing and Information Delivery: Success and Failure in Managed Care

Paper 113-24 : Stuart Levine and Marge Scerbo
A Health Care Claims Data Mart: Construction and Exploitation

Paper 114-24 : Tony Brown, Leigh Ihnen, and Jim Craig
Large Scale Data Warehousing with the SAS System

Paper 115-24 : M. Kumar Sagar and Himanshu Raval
Data Warehousing in Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare: An Industry Perspective

Paper 116-24 : Robert A. Rutledge, Linda H. Tai, and Garth W. Helf Just Enough Database for Manufacturing Yield Analysis

Paper 117-24 : Jugdish Mistry and John Finianos Practical Tips and Techniques for Building an Enterprise Data Warehouse in an IBM Mainframe Environment

Paper 118-24 : Richard J. Nicola Data Warehousing on a Shoestring

Paper 119-24 : Nina Du Thaler and Alexander Stefan Using Decision Support Services to Fight Crime

Paper 120-24 : Drury Jenkins CRM 101:Maximizing Return on Investment with the SAS Solution for CRM

Paper 121-24 : Marge Scerbo The ABCs of MDDBs

Paper 122-24 : Ida R. Carapelle Using SAS Software as a Decision Support System on Top of SAP FI Financial Accounting Module

Paper 123-24 : Michael Burns Administering OLAP with SAS/Warehouse Administrator

Paper 124-24 : Jonathan Stokes What's All This Metadata Good For, Anyway? Using Metadata to Dynamically Generate SQL

Paper 125-24 : Amitava Ghosh MDDB Support in Scalable Performance Data Server 2.5

Paper 126-24 : Peter R. Welbrock Adding Extensions to the SAS/Warehouse Administrator

Paper 127-24 : Jerry Kagan and Paul Kallukaran Data Mining at IMS Health, How We Turned a Mountain of Data into a Few Information-rich Molehills

Paper 128-24 : Patricia B. Cerrito, Kelly McMasters, and Vicki Viar An Investigation of Quality-of-Life Issues in Patient Treatment Using Enterprise Miner

Paper 129-24 : Pieter J. Venter The SAS Data Warehouse and Data Integration in SASOL Synthetic Fuels

Paper 130-24 : Beverly Dudley HR Vision Software - A Decision Support System for Human Resource Professionals

Paper 131-24 : Sy J. Truong and Kathy Boussina Automating the Management of a Data Warehouse

Paper 132-24 : Jay Jacob Wind, Chapman P. Gleason, Michael Yu, Kamau Njuguna, and Myles Powers EPA's SAS Analytic Library on the Web

Paper 133-24 : Gail S. Davidson How and Why a SAS Data Warehouse Is Used to Manage the 2000 Decennial Census

Paper 134-24 : Diane E. Brown Web Enabled Graphics with a SAS Data Warehouse

Paper 135-24 : Eric Hunley, Craig RubendaII Unlocking SAP AG R/3 Data with the SAS System

Paper 136-24 : Thomas Cox What's Up with OLE DB?

Paper 137-24 : Shirin A. Ahmed and Kimberly D. Yarbrough SAS Software MDDBs Solve Real-World Problems for 1997 Economic Census

Paper 138-24 : Daniel Morris Visualising Large Data Volumes with SAS/MDDB Server, SAS/CONNECT Software, SAS/EIS Software and the HOLAP Add-Ins

Paper 139-24 : Mark Moorman The Art of Designing HOLAP Databases

Paper 140-24 : Catherine A. Phipps Integrating SAS Products Using Common Metadata

Emerging Technologies


Paper 141-24 : Steve Jenisch, Chip Kelly, and Mark Gass SAS Integration Technologies Overview

Paper 142-24 : Brad Klenz and Donna Fulenwider The Quality Data Warehouse - Solving Problems for the Enterprise

Paper 143-24 : Richard Carson Generating and Using Name Keys for Fuzzy Matches: Calling a Third Pary Dynamic Link Library as a Module in the SAS System

Paper 144-24 : Duane Ressler, Randy Pierce, and Mark Moorman OLE DB for OLAP: SAS Institute Leading the Way

Hands-on Workshops


Paper 145-24 : Linda P. Atkinson An Introduction to SAS/ASSIST Software

Paper 146-24 : Ray Pass and Daphne E. Ewing So You're Still Not Using PROC REPORT. Why Not?

Paper 147-24 : Daphne E. Ewing and Ray Pass So Now You're Using PROC REPORT. Is it Pretty and Automated?

Paper 149-24 : Jay A. Jaffe SAS Macros: Beyond the Basics

Paper 150-24 : Marje Fecht Getting Started with the Latest Features of SAS/AF Software

Paper 152-24 : Dan E. Bruns The Power and Simplicity of the TABULATE Procedure

Paper 153-24 : Thomas J. Winn, Jr. Advanced Features of PROC TABULATE

Paper 154-24 : Gail Kramer, Carol Rigsbee, John Toebes, and Jeff Polzin Enterprise Client Software for the Windows Platform

Paper 155-24 : Larry Hoyle and Mickey Waxman SAS webAF for Java Application Development, a First Sip

Paper 156-24 : Jennifer Clegg The Nashville Release of the SAS System for Windows

Paper 157-24 : David E. Beam An Introduction to PROC SQL

Paper 158-24 : Caroline Bahler, Sarah A. Calhoun, and Emily O. Kistner Essentials for Static and Dynamic Web Publishing - SAS HTML Formatting

Paper 159-24 : Charles Hallahan and Renee Samy The Time Series Forecasting System

Paper 160-24 : Robin Way Using SAS/INSIGHT Software as an Exploratory Data Mining Platform

Information Visualization


Paper 161-24 : Jack N. Shoemaker Robust Outlier Identification using SAS

Paper 162-24 : Terry D. Allen Using SAS/GRAPH Software to Detect Fraud in the Utah Medicaid Program

Paper 163-24 : Flavio G. Addolorato and Silvia Pacei Behind Marketing Data

Paper 164-24 : Alan J. Rinkus and Charles K. Skee Data Visualization from a Financial Services Perspective

Paper 165-24 : John E. Bentley 14 Steps to a Good GUI

Paper 166-24 : John A. Quarantillo GUI KISSes: Tips and Strategies for Interface Design

Paper 167-24 : Jeffery D. Gilbert Customizing SAS Graphs Using the Annotate Facility and Global Statements

Paper 168-24 : Arthur L. Carpenter Using ANNOTATE Macros as Shortcuts

Paper 169-24 : Archer R. Gravely Achieving Graphical Excellence with SAS/GRAPH Software

Paper 170-24 : Peter Parker Too Many Pixels: A User's Guide to Incomprehensible Web Sites, Charts, Graphs and Other Presentations

Paper 171-24 : C. Olivia Rud Statistical Presentations Using the Power of PROC TABULATE

Paper 172-24 : Julie Maddox, John Wimmer, and Billy Dunn CFO Vision at Centra Health, A Successful Partnership

Paper 173-24 : Barry Hicks, Rob Stephens, Sanford Gayle, and Jack Bulkley Adding the Where to the Who

Paper 174-24 : Stewart L. Fossceco The SAS ADX Interface - Designing the Future

Paper 175-24 : Dave L. DesJardins, Denise Golumbaski How New Graphical EDA Techniques Can Reveal Hidden Relationships Between the Criminal Behavior of Federal Prisoners and Their Thinking Patterns

Paper 176-24 : Edward A. Tasch Reporting Multidimensional Data on the Web using SAS/GRAPH and SAS/IntrNet Software

Paper 177-24 : William E. Adams Beyond the Printed Page

Internet, Intranets, and the Web


Paper 178-24 : Dave Horne and Don Henderson Deploying Existing SAS/EIS and SAS/AF Software Applications to the Web

Paper 179-24 : Gregory S. Barnes Nelson Extending the Life of Your SAS/AF Application: Exploiting the Model- V iewer Paradigm

Paper 180-24 : Thomas H. Burger, Richard W. Tucker, and John M. LaBore Design and Deployment of a W eb Application Using SAS/IntrNet

Paper 181-24 : Barbara Walters and Donald Chapman Comparison of CGI and Java Technology Provided in SAS/IntrNet Software

Paper 182-24 : Lauren E. Haworth HTML for the SAS Programmer

Paper 183-24 : Gregory A. Ashley The Web Enablement of the SESUG 97 Registration Process and Other Applications: Perl or the SAS Application Dispatcher?

Paper 184-24 : Marv Lindsey Using SAS Software to Report on Academic Performance via the World Wide Web

Paper 185-24 : Stacy Buffington and Doyle McDonald Collecting Data Vi a the Internet with SAS/IntrNet and SAS/SHARE Software

Paper 186-24 : Faith R. Sloan SAS Software and the W orld Wide W eb: Simplified

Paper 187-24 : Kent E. Nicholas Using SAS Software to Provide Dynamic Web-enabled Reporting in the UNIX Environment

Paper 188-24 : Tom Ivons Web Enabled Government Billing Using SAS/IntrNet Software

Paper 189-24 : David J. Caira and Himesh Patel Using SAS/GRAPH Software to Create Graphs on the Web

Paper 190-24 : David Kelley and Sandy McNeill Getting Stylish with V ersion 7 Base Reporting

Paper 191-24 : Clare Somerville and Colin Harris Web Enabling a Large Data Warehouse: Improved Metadata for Expert Analysts and Wider Access to Management Information

Paper 192-24 : Jim McNealy and Dawn Amos Web-Based Reporting and T ools Used in the QA Process for the SAS System

Paper 193-24 : Sarah A. Calhoun, Sally S. Muller, and Emily O. Kistner Tools for Dynamic W eb Publishing

Paper 194-24 : Kerril S. Bauerly Intranet Security and SAS Software: A Brute Force Approach

Paper 195-24 : Kerril S. Bauerly Intranet Security and SAS Software: A Sneaky Approach to Dynamic Applications

Paper 196-24 : Faith R. Sloan and Larry Bramblett Rocky Mountain Web: Telecom Network Interconnection Quality Measurements

Paper 197-24 : Steven D. Beakley Project Request and Tracking Using SAS/IntrNet Software

Paper 198-24 : Robert Schechter Considerations for Creating and Maintaining a Home Page Oriented with the SAS System

Posters


Paper 199-24 : Edward Aronov From Prediction to Validation: Who Understands the Past, Controls the Future (Time Series)

Paper 200-24 : Phil Busby Three Advanced Data Management T echniques

Paper 201-24 : William J. Coar A Batch System with Windows 95

Paper 202-24 : Bing Deng Three Methods to Produce Descriptive Statistics and Histogram Using SAS

Paper 203-24 : Richard L. Downs, Jr. and Pura A. Perez A Simple Framework for Sequentially Processing Hierarchical Data Sets for Large Surveys

Paper 204-24 : Joseph Earley Testing for Heteroscedasticity in the Multivariate ENSO Index Using PROC AUTOREG

Paper 205-24 : George C.J. Fernandez Data Exploration Made Easy

Paper 206-24 : David M. Gardner From MACRO to SAS/AF Software: A Case Study of the Evolution of an Application

Paper 207-24 : Karl Glaser Use of Multivariate Techniques to Solve an Urgent, Real-Life Problem in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Paper 209-24 : Anne Horney and Gail Kirk Automating the Production of Clinical Trial Data Tables

Paper 210-24 : David Izrael and David Russo Transforming Multiple-record Data into Single-record Format When Number of Variables is Large

Paper 211-24 : Jiang Jin A Taste of SAS New Enhancements

Paper 212-24 : Wen Lin Randomly Download Data from DB2 Database on Mainframe to SAS Data Set on RISC/6000 via SAS

Paper 214-24 : Thalene Mallus Telecommuting: The Workplace of the 90's

Paper 215-24 : George Matthews Using ARRAYs: The Basics

Paper 216-24 : Irene Mendelson SAS/FSP Software: T ricking the Small Screen into Imitating Life

Paper 217-24 : G Neal Musitano User Experience SAS/GRAPH Charts &Plots Using MX

Paper 218-24 : Stephen M. Noga A Maintenance-Free Menu Drive Closure System

Paper 219-24 : Quan Ren New PROC REPO R T Procedure - An Enhanced PROC REPORT

Paper 220-24 : Thiru Satchi An SQL List Macro to Retrieve Data from Large SAS/DB2 Databases

Paper 221-24 : Pippa M. Simpson, Robert M. Hamer, and Shelly Y. Lensing Cross Crossover Studies Off Your List

Paper 222-24 : Richard O. Smith and Arthur L. Carpenter The Use of External Software to Import Data into the SAS System

Paper 223-24 : Helen-Jean Talbott Using SAS/FSP Software and a Two-Dimensional Array to Manage Distribution of Monthly Production Reports

Paper 224-24 : Stephen B. Taubman Some Questions and Solutions from a SAS Help Desk

Paper 225-24 : David R. Trenery A Table Production System That Meets the Challenges of Tomorrow Using SAS/AF Software and the Report Procedure

Paper 226-24 : Amy C. Young and Sharon X. Zhou Using SAS Macro to Include Statistics Output in Clinical Trial Summary Table

Paper 227-24 : Zhang Yaochun Realizing Baosteel's Technology &Quality Data Warehouse Based on SAS

Paper 228-24 : LeRoy Bessler Visual Communication Art &Science: The Design Guide and Gallery for Clear, Convincing Graphs, Tables, Maps, and Text

Paper 229-24 : Cathy L. Brinsfield Designing Accessible Help Systems

Paper 230-24 : Anne I. Brooks and Roger Thompson Project RAPTOR: Implementation and Exploitation of a Manufacturing Data Warehouse

Paper 231-24 : Samuel D. Calhoun A SAS System: From CD to GIS Maps

Paper 232-24 : Paul M. Dorfman Alternative Approach to Sorting Arrays and Strings: Tuned DATA Step Implementations of Quicksort and Distribution Counting

Paper 233-24 : Robert G. Downer and Mark C. Benfield Fitting a Multisource Regression Model with Random Slopes, A Fisheries Application of SAS PROC MIXED

Paper 234-24 : Ronald J. Fehd %FREQ1VAR: Frequency of One Variable with Format: a Macro to Standardize PROC FREQ Output Data Sets

Paper 235-24 : Jack E. Fuller Programming Idioms Using the SET Statement

Paper 236-24 : Robert W. Graebner Study Design with SAS: Estimating Power with Monte Carlo Methods

Paper 237-24 : Deborah J. Harper, Nancy Brucken, and Christopher Makowski Developing Standardized Requirements, Specifications and Programs for Clinical Trials Reports

Paper 238-24 : Kris Y. Hogarty and Jeffrey D. Kromrey Using SAS Software to Calculate Tests of Cliffs Delta

Paper 239-24 : Bernd E. Imken The Use of DATA FORMS, TABLES and Other New Objects in SAS/AF Software

Paper 240-24 : Scott M. Jordan and Muhammad Zaman Using SAS Macros to Develop Confidence Intervals for the Weibull and Extreme Value Distributions Using Type II Censored Data

Paper 241-24 : Jeffrey D. Kromrey, Cynthia G. Parshall, Walter M. Chason, and Qing Yi Generating Item Responses Based on Multidimensional Item Response Theory

Paper 242-24 : Richard D. Langston Betcha Didn't Know

Paper 243-24 : Connie Li and James Sun Graphically Exploring Multidimensional Data in a Web Browser - Using New Features from SAS/GRAPH Software

Paper 244-24 : Julie K. Lindeman, Robert M. Romero, and Heather M. Tavel Putting Executive Scorecards on the Web with SAS

Paper 245-24 : David J. Meade and Scott Lacey Using Macros to Construct Overlaid Contour Plots for Response Surface Optimization

Paper 246-24 : Joseph M. Mirabal and Zhengyu Wang Using SAS Software to Analyze Sybase Performance on the Web

Paper 247-24 : Alexander Pakalniskis, Davidson Bruce, Alein Chun, and Gail P. Grant Using SAS/GRAPH to Compare Physician Practice

Paper 248-24 : Jeff P. Palmer A Generalized Rounding Alternative

Paper 249-24 : Marc H. Schlessel Using SAS/FSP Software for Ad Hoc Reporting

Paper 250-24 : Barbara Schneider How to Display Correlated ROC Curves with the SAS System

Paper 251-24 : Jingren Shi and Shiling Zhang Submitting a Batch SAS Job within the Display Manager Mode under UNIX

Paper 252-24 : Ahsan Ullah Customize Your Web Output Using SAS/IntrNet Software and W eb Publishing Tools

Paper 253-24 : Priscilla E. Van Grevenhof, Judith L. Wagner, James M. Naessens, Jill M. Killian, Roger W. Evans, and Eva R. Helgeson Using SAS Software to Build a Data Warehouse of Standardized Medical Costs and Patient Utilization for Health Services Research

Paper 254-24 : Brian K. Varney Creating Data Driven Programs with the Macro Language

Paper 255-24 : James Yang A Windowed Application for Efficient Access to Data Warehouse DB2 Data with PROC SQL Pass-Through Facility and Macros

Paper 256-24 : Dingyi Zhao and Nancy Anderson Poisson Regression Adjustment of Event Rates and Its Macro Procedure ADJ_POIS

Statistics, Data Analysis, and Modeling


Paper 257-24 : Gregg Weldon Inferring Behavior on Rejected Credit Applicants-Three Approaches

Paper 258-24 : Sam Harris Integrating Market and Credit Risks with SAS Institute's Risk Dimensions Software

Paper 259-24 : C. Olivia Rud Data Mining: An Overview of Methods and Techniques for Increasing Profits in Direct Marketing

Paper 260-24 : John Brocklebank, Michael Leonard, and Taiyeong Lee Forecasting Cross-Sectional Time Series: A Data Mining Approach Using Enterprise Miner Software

Paper 261-24 : Shiao-ping Lu Use of Enterprise Miner and Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Build Fraud-Detection Models

Paper 262-24 : Maribeth H. Johnson The Effect of Missing Data on Repeated Measures Models

Paper 263-24 : Kuolung Hu, David Mckinzie, and Karen Nowak Simplification on Learning Model by Using PROC GENMOD

Paper 264-24 : Peter H. Westfall and Randall D. Tobias Advances in Multiple Comparisons and Multiple T ests Using the SAS System

Paper 265-24 : Matthew J. Flynn Modeling Event Count Data with PROC GENMOD and the SAS System

Paper 266-24 : Daniel J. Sargent, Jayawant Mandrekar, Paul J. Novotny, and Jeff A. Sloan A General Gibbs Sampling Algorithm for Analyzing Linear Models Using the SAS System

Paper 267-24 : Jon M. Lindenauer Using the Mixed Procedure to Analyze a Fractional Factorial Split-Plot Experiment

Paper 268-24 : Maura Stokes Recent Advances in Categorical Data Analysis

Paper 269-24 : Sean W. Mulvenon and Ronna C. Turner Using SAS to Conduct Pilot Studies: An Instructors Guide

Paper 270-24 : Mark E. Thompson The Science and Art of Market Segmentation Using PROC FASTCLUS

Paper 271-24 : Jeffrey S. Butler Simulation and Estimation of Fractionally Integrated Time Series

Paper 272-24 : Joseph Retzer and Kurt Pflughoeft Assessing Predictive Power and identifying Outliers in Covariance Structure Analysis Models

Paper 273-24 : Robert Cohen An Introduction to PROC LOESS for Local Regression

Paper 274-24 : David A. Dickey Statistical Graphics

Paper 277-24 : James E. Dunn and Lynette Duncan Stepwise Regressor Selection for Interdependence Analysis and Multivariate Multiple Regression

Paper 278-24 : Laxman M. Hegde and Dayanand N. Naik Canonical Correspondence Analysis in SAS Software

Paper 279-24 : Kate Ricci Geostatistics Using SAS Software

Paper 280-24 : Honghu Liu and Ron D. Hays Measurement of Interrater Agreement: A SAS/IML Macro Kappa Procedure for Handling Incomplete Data

Paper 281-24 : David O. Olaleye A SAS Module/Macro Program for Computing Statistical Power Curves for Detecting Treatment Effect

Paper 282-24 : Rebecca Darden and Stuart D. Long Crude Risk Assessment of Multi-level Exposures in Case-Control Studies

Paper 283-24 : Stewart L. Fossceco and Nathan A. Curtis Exploring Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Data with the SAS Analyst Application

Paper 284-24 : Jeff A. Sloan, Steven S. Cha, Judith L. Wagner, Cristine Allmer, Steven R. Alberts, and Jed Lindman Analyzing Oncology Patient Health Care Costs Using the SAS System

Paper 285-24 : Robert A. Vierkant, Terry M. Therneau, Jon L. Kosanke, and James M. Naessens A SAS Macro to Analyze Data from a Matched or Finely Stratified Case-Control Design

Paper 286-24 : Anthony C. Waclawski Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Models for Comparing Forecasted to Actual Values of CPU Workloads for Open Systems

Paper 287-24 : Russell Wolfinger Fitting Nonlinear Mixed Models with the New NLMIXED Procedure

Paper 288-24 : Trevor Kearney Advances in Mathematical Programming and Optimization in the SAS System

Paper 289-24 : Paul Johnson and Frances Cohen Simple Estimates and Bootstrap Confidence Intervals about the Estimated Mean of the L ytic Unit at 20% Cytotoxicity

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Paper 290-24 : Keith F. Olsen and James T. West SAS Software and the Performance Effect of Parallel Architectures

Paper 291-24 : Daniel M. Sargent Scalable Performance Data Server 2.1: T uning and Performance

Paper 292-24 : Gary Mehler Taking Advantage of the SAS System on the Windows Platform

Paper 293-24 : S. David Riba More Windows to the Outside World: Configuring and Using ODBC in V ersion 7 of the SAS System

Paper 294-24 : Gail Kramer, Carol Rigsbee, John Toebes, and Jeff Polzin Enterprise Client Software for the Windows Platform

Paper 296-24 : Jennifer Price An Update on SAS Software and ODBC

Paper 297-24 : Heather M. McDowell and LeRoy Bessler Untangling and Reformatting NT PerfMon Data to Load a UNIX SAS Database with a Software-Intelligent Data-Adaptive Application

Paper 298-24 : Terry Lewis and Dan Squillace Obtaining Response-Time and Service Level Information About Your SAS System Applications

Paper 299-24 : Jennifer Clegg and Gary Mehler The Nashville Release of the SAS System for Windows

Paper 300-24 : Curtis A. Smith Data Libraries on Tape

Paper 301-24 : Bruce R. McClinton Implementing SAS IT Charge Manager at the State of Wisconsin

Paper 302-24 : Michael A. Raithel Optimizing the Processing of VSAM Data Sets with the SAS System

Paper 303-24 : Fred Forst Get Hiper About Hiperspaces

Paper 304-24 : Philip R. Holland Outta Space with SAS Software?

Paper 305-24 : Judy Loren Ways of Learning: What the Trainer and the Student Need to Know about Learning Styles

Paper 306-24 : Sarah S. Ragland Using SPAM for Project Estimation in SAS Application Development

Paper 307-24 : Neil Howard Interviewing and Assessing SAS Programmers

Paper 308-24 : Mike Kalt and Rick Langston Year 2000 Issues for SAS Users

Paper 309-24 : Gregory S. Barnes Nelson and Jodi Barnes Nelson SAS Skills for the Next Millennium: A Geek Peek into the Future

Paper 310-24 : Dana Rafiee SAS Certification-A Panel Discussion of Pros and Cons

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Paper 312-24 : Susan J. Slaughter and Lora D. Delwiche An Everyday Guide to Version 7 of the SAS System

Paper 313-24 : Michael L. Davis Publishing User Documentation: PDF or HTML?

Paper 314-24 : Charles Patridge WWW.SAS.Resources.HELP

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