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April 2010

PROC TABULATE: Getting Started and Doing More
Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

Simple Tests of Hypotheses for the Non-statistician: What They Are and Why They Can Go Bad
Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

Programming for Job Security: Maximize Your Indispensability - Become a Specialist
Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants

Scalability of Table Look-up Techniques
Rick Langston, SAS

Creating SAS Data Sets from HTML Table Definitions
Rick Langston, SAS

An Introduction to Creating Multi-Sheet Microsoft Excel Workbooks the Easy Way with SAS
Vince DelGobbo, SAS

Enhancements to PROC PHREG (Survival Analysis) in SAS 9.2
Brenda Gillespie, University of Michigan

Great Graphics Using PROC SGPLOT, PROC SGSCATTER and ODS Graphics for SAS/STAT Procedures
Kathleen Welch, University of Michigan

November 2009

Utilizing SAS for Efficient Coding
Michelle Gayari, MMS Holdings, Inc.

"Had a Strange DATE" - Problem Solved. Now as SAS Gets Older Will ANYDT Do? (1.4M zip file includes slides and program)
Venky Chakravarthy, BioPharma Data Services

Order, Order, Puhlease... Using the ORDER Options with PROC REPORT (788K zip file includes slides and paper)
Lisa Fine, United BioSource Corp.

Best Papers of MWSUG 2009
David Corliss, Marketing Associates

May 2009

The ODS Menu for All Appetites and Applications
Chevell Parker, SAS

What's New in BASE/SAS 9.2
Chevell Parker, SAS

Introduction to Bayesian Analysis with SAS
Maura Stokes, SAS

Enhancements to SAS/Stat 9.2
Maura Stokes, SAS

Generating Fantastic Graphs with Enterprise Guide in 10 Seconds or Less (318K zip file includes handout and program)
Ben Cochran, The Bedford Group

Moving Data from Spreadsheets to SAS and Back
Ben Cochran, The Bedford Group

SAS Visual Data Discovery
Scott Wise, JMP

JMP Choice Platform
Jeff Hawes, JMP

Introduction to Proc MI and Proc MIAnalyze for Multiple Imputation of Missing Data in SAS (72K zip file includes slides and program)
Kathy Welch, University of Michigan

Demonstration of the SAS Enterprise Business Intelligence Environment
Brian Varney and Chuck Bininger, COMSYS

Methods for Using SAS and Excel Together
Brian Varney and Chuck Bininger, COMSYS

February 2009

Random Effects vs. Marginal Model Approach With Repeated Measures Data
Kathy Welch, University of Michigan

Realizing Value Quickly from a Newly Installed SAS EBI Platform
Brian Varney, Comsys

Career Coaching: Surviving in a Troubled Economy
Nick Synko, Synko Associates

November 2008

Using SAS to Control and Automate a Multi SAS Program Process
Patrick Halpin, dunnHumby

Using SAS to Assess Normality and Find the Optimal Transform (300K zip file includes slides and program)
Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan School of Social Work

One-Step Change from Baseline Calculations and Other DOW-Loop Tricks
Nancy Brucken, i3 Statprobe

May 2008

Visual Data Discovery
Jeff Hawes, JMP

Find Out What You're Missing: SAS Enterprise Guide for SAS Programmers
Casey Smith, SAS

New in SAS 9.2: It's the Little Things that Count
Diane Olson, SAS

Exploring DICTIONARY Tables and SASHELP Views
Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

PROC SQL Tips and Techniques
Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

SAS Hacks: Workarounds and Techniques for SAS Users (2.4M zip file includes paper)
Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation

February 2008

Passing Data Set Values into Application Parameters (175K zip file includes slides and paper)
Lingqun Liu, University of Michigan

Using the WHO Drug Dictionary for Reporting Clinical Trials (72K zip file includes slides and paper)
Tom Peppard, deCODE Genetics

Using the DATA Step's ATTRIB Statement to Both Document and Manage SAS Datasets (296K zip file includes slides and program)
Phil Wright, ICPSR

PROC INFOMAPS - Let your Design Document Build Your SAS V9 Information Maps (1.2M zip file includes slides and paper)
Chuck Bininger, COMSYS

Check Out These Pipes: Using Microsoft Windows Commands From SAS
Brian Varney, COMSYS Business Analytics Practice

November 2007

Extending the SAS Enterprise BI Server - Seamlessly Delivering Web Based Information to an Organization
DJ Penix, Pinnacle Solutions

Database Maintenance in a Small SAS Environment (88K zip file includes slides, data and program)
Tom Lehmann, RDA Group

The Continuing Enigma of Survey Data Analysis: Comparison of SAS and SUDAAN Procedures (slides and paper)
Katherine Baisden, SRI

May 2007

Programmatically Measure SAS Application Performance on Any Computer Platform with the New LOGPARSE SAS Macro
Michael Raithel, Westat

Creating Statistical Graphics in SAS 9.2
Bob Rodriguez, SAS

List Processing Basics: Creating and Using Lists of Macro Variables
Ronald J. Fehd, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Introduction to Stored Processes
I-kong Fu, SAS

The Basics of Using SAS Indexes
Michael Raithel, Westat

A Guided Tour of SAS/QC for Statistical Novices
Bob Rodriguez, SAS

A SASautos Companion: Reusing Macros
Ronald J. Fehd, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Enterprise Guide for SAS Programmers
I-kong Fu, SAS

March 2007

Best Practices for Implementing a BI Server with SAS
Mike Vanderlinden and Brian Varney, Comsys

Enhancements to a Survival Curve (96K zip file includes slides and programs)
Daryn Smith, Karmanos Cancer Institute

June 2006

Moving Data and Analytical Results between SAS® and Microsoft Office
Vince DelGobbo, SAS- see the SAS website for the slides and a zip file containing the examples.

Estimating and Comparing Kurtosis and Skewness Indices from an Arbitrary Population
S. Ejaz Ahmed, Ph.D. and An Lihua, University of Windsor

The VIEWTABLE Window - A Useful but Underappreciated Tool
Venky Chakravarthy, Biopharma Data Services

Special Contribution

What Are SAS Indexes Good For, Anyhow?-
Michael A. Raithel, SAS Press Author

March 2006

Getting Into the PICTURE Format-
Andrew Karp, Sierra Information Services

Using Biweights for Handling Outliers (79K zip file includes slides and data)
George Dombi, Karmanos Cancer Institute

Popping Pushed Options -- Two Macros for SAS Options Management (3K zip file includes code)
Phil Wright, University of Michigan

Correlation Study of System Operator Errors and Moon Phases (15K zip file includes code and data)
David Corliss, Ford Credit

November 2005

Repeated Measures Data and SAS: What SAS Does and Does Not Do-
Ravi Khattree, Michigan State University and Oakland University

Know Your Data: Data Profiling via Macros (42K zip file includes slides and code)
Steve Raimi, JGB, Inc.

Custom Reports Using Object Oriented ODS Features (525K zip file includes slides, code and output)
Craig Lake, Altarum

ABCs of Bridging the Gap between SAS and Microsoft Access and SQL Server
Dawn Donnelly, BCBSM

June 2005 (1-Day SAS Conference)

"Tips and Techniques for Large Files" and "Time Series Magic: Using PROC EXPAND with Time Series Data"
Andrew Karp, Sierra Information Services - see Sierra Information Services website.

"Extreme Graphics Make Over: Using SAS/GRAPH to Get the Graphical Output You Need", "SAS Macro: Symbols of Frustration? %Let Us Help? A Guide to Debugging Macros", and "Job Security: Using the SAS® Macro Language to Full Advantage"
Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants- see California Occidental Consultants website.

"Boost Your Programming Productivity with SAS Enterprise Guide"
Chris Hemedinger, SAS- combination of 019-30.pdf and 050-30.pdf.

"Filling the Gap: Extending the SAS BI Server with Custom Tasks"
Chris Hemedinger, SAS- view slides or download add-ins.

"Counting the Ways to Excel" (starts downloading immediately)
Cynthia Zender, SAS

"The Power of Table Templates and DATA _NULL_" (starts downloading immediately)
Cynthia Zender, SAS

(view more SAS R&D papers)

January 2005

Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data Using the SURVEY Procedures and Macro Coding (34K zip file includes paper and slides)-
Pat Berglund, University of Michigan

A Use of Dynamic Macro Coding and RanUni: Record Selection with Multiple Groups (39K zip file includes code, log, listing, meeting handout and additional explanation of details)-
Tom Lehmann, RDA Group, Inc.

November 2004

Box Plots for Pharmaceutical and Engineering Studies
Mary Cowmeadow, Biostat Reports, LLC.

Marketing Performance, Incrementality and Testing for Statistical Significance
David Corliss, Ford Credit

SAS Code for Estimating the Confidence Interval for a Standardized Effect Size
S. Johnathan Mends-cole, Wayne State University (coming soon)

June 2004

Mergers, Consolidations and PROC COMPARE
Fang Dong, Pfizer

MULTILABEL - A Useful Addition to the FORMAT Procedure
Venky Chakravarthy

Simultaneous Nonparametric Inference in a One-Way Layout Using the SAS System (251 Kb zip file includes code)
Paul Juneau, Pfizer

Product Performance Predictive Modeling
James Mentele and Tim Pletcher, Central Michigan University Research Corporation

March 2004

Using PROC TABULATE with Weighted Data (103 Kb zip file includes code and output examples)
Ben Ben-Baruch, CPRi

DBMSCopy - A Quick Introduction
Gary Allen, RDA Group

Merge Madness (0.73 Mb zip file includes slides and SAS code)
Paul Slagle, STATPROBE, Inc.

2 PROC TRANSPOSEs = 1 DATA Step DOW-Loop
Nancy Brucken, STATPROBE, Inc.

November 2003

Cool Things in SAS 9? (1.2 Mb zip file includes slides and demo code)

Rollin' Up Our Sleeves with ODS Tagsets and ODS DOCUMENT (1 Mb zip file includes slides and demo code)

Sandy McNeill, SAS

May 2003

The Use and Abuse of the Program Data Vector
Jim Johnson, Covance Periapproval Services

Invisible Environmental Awareness Techniques
John Troxell and Chang-Min Chen, Merck & Co., Inc.

March 2003

How to Carry Forward the Last Observation (LOCF) Without Using RETAIN or Reinitializing for the Next BY Group

Venky Chakravarthy

Paper is also available

StARScope: A Web-Based SAS Prototype for Clinical Data Visualization

Fang Dong, Subra Pilli and Scott Pivirotto, Pfizer and Jeff Van Domelen, Venturi Technology Partners

Paper is also available

Validation from a Quality Assurance Perspective

Dave Thurston, Statprobe

November 2002

Web-Enabling Complex SAS Applications

Sandy Walters, Trillium Teamologies, Inc.

Presentation is also available

Using Model Fitting Information and PROC PLOT to Select the Type of Variance-Covariance Structure

Radhi Abdulnabi, Pfizer

September 2002

Assertive RTF Output- Getting the Reports You Want!

Paul Slagle, Statprobe

View the SAS code associated with this presentation

Turning Oracle Clinical DVG's into a SAS Format Library

Nancy Brucken, Pfizer

May 2002

Using ODS to Generate Excel Files

Chevell Parker, SAS Institute

Andrew Karp's presentations coming soon.

March 2002

Have a Strange DATE? Create Your Own INFORMAT to Deal With Her

Venky Chakravarthy

(examples stored separately)

So Let's Talk About Your Career: Using a Job Coach to Get Ahead

John Agno, Signature, Inc.

November 2001

Changes and Enhancements to PROCs MEANS/SUMMARY in Version 8 of the SAS System

Andrew Karp, Sierra Information Services, Inc.

June 2001

Converting CP World Application to SAS V8: A Discussion of Issues and Hurdles Encountered

Fang Dong, Pfizer

Digging for Gold: Tools for Extracting Clinical Study Information from Oracle Clinical

Nancy Brucken, Pfizer

Multiple Column Transposition

Solomon Lee, Pfizer

April 2001

A Cluster Analysis of Members of the American Theological Library Association

David Corliss

What I Learned About SAS/IML in the Last 2 Months

Logistic Regression

Gary Allen, Statistician, RDA Group

February 2001

Exporting a SAS Data Set from a SAS/AF Application

Mike Senger, Trillium Teamologies, Inc.

SAS/IML

Gary Allen, Statistician, RDA Group

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