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Past Presentations 2001-2009 (PDF files)


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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