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Past Presentations (PDF files)

March 2023
  • SAS and Python for Advanced Analytics: A Comparative Case Study - Doug Thompson, Rush Health (slides and paper) (link to recording- expires June 16, 2023)
                    
February 2023
  • Using SQL Dictionaries to Research the Global Symbol Table - Ron Fehd, Fragile-Free Software Institute (link to recording- expires May 16, 2023)
                    
January 2023
  • Introduction to SAS Viya - Dominique Weatherspoon, SAS (link to recording- expires April 12, 2023)
                    
October 2022
  • The SAS Data Set Characterization Utility - Michael Raithel, Westat
  • Using SAS to Download Files From Amazon Web Services S3 - Michael Raithel, Westat  (video and code)
  • Using the SAS HPBIN Procedure to Create Format Value Ranges for Numeric Variables - Michael Raithel, Westat
  • SAS Macro Program to Autopopulate a Demographics Table - Zhaohui Fan, University of Michigan  (zip file containing slides and code)
                    
June 2022
  • Getting Started with Bayesian Analysis - Danny Modlin, SAS
  • ODS Graphics for the Non-Statistician - Cynthia Zender, SAS (zip file containing slides and code)
  • Influence Statistics in Linear Regression and SAS PROC REG - Bruce Lund,  Statistical Consultant and Trainer
  • Putting the Meta into the Data: Managing Data Processing for a Large Scale CDC Surveillance Project with SAS - Louise Hadden, Abt Associates Inc.  (slides and paper)
  • Quick, Call the FUZZ:  Using Fuzzy Logic - Richann Watson, DataRich Consulting and Louise Hadden, Abt Associates Inc.  (link to companion paper here)
  • Missing Data in PROC MCMC - Danny Modlin, SAS
  • Macro Basics for New SAS Users - Cynthia Zender, SAS  (zip file containing slides and code)
  • What's Your Favorite Color?  Controlling the Appearance of a Graph - Richann Watson, DataRich Consulting
  • Cutting Edge Regression Techniques - David Corliss, PeaceWorks
  • SAS ModelOps: From Decisions to Recommendations - Gene Grabowski, SAS
  • Survival Analysis in SAS - Abigail Smith, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
  • Bored-Room Buster Bingo: Create Bingo Cards Using SAS ODS Graphics - Richann Watson, DataRich Consulting and Louise Hadden, Abt Associates Inc.
  • Estimates in Mixed Models - Richann Watson, DataRich Consulting
  • Bayesian Generalized Linear Mixed Models - Danny Modlin, SAS
                    
April 2022
  • The Essentials of SAS Dates and Times  - Derek Morgan, BMS
                    
March 2022
  • Building Web Apps on Desktop SAS  - Allan Bowe  (slides, SASjs server repo, docs, Sasensei)
                    
February 2022
  • How to Make a Caterpillar Plot in SAS with PROCs GLIMMIX and SGPLOT  - Brandy Sinco, Michigan Medicine
                    
January 2022
  • So You Want to be an Independent Consultant - Josh Horstman, Nested Loop Consulting
                    
November 2021
  • Haste Makes Waste: Don't Ruin Your Reputation With Hasty Regression - Steven Myers, University of Akron  (paper, includes links to slides and code) 
                    
October 2021
  • How Do I Use SASPy to Interface with SAS from My Python Code - Tom Weber, SAS  (slides and recording) 
                    
August 2021
  • SAS and R and SAS - Barry DeCicco, Michigan State University  (slides/code)
                     
July 2021
  • Screening, Binning, Transforming Predictors for a Generalized Logit Model - Bruce Lund, Self-Employed Statistical Consultant and Trainer
  • Using SAS and Data Dictionaries to Create Data-Driven Format Library, Variable Label and Format Assignments Programmatically - Louise Hadden, Abt Associates Inc. 
                    
June 2021
  • Animate Your Data - Richann Watson, DataRich Consulting (slides and recording)
                     
April 2021
  • Using Excel to Generate SAS and Stata Code and to Process Output - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan (slides and recording)
                     
March 2021
  • A SAS Macro to Make an Automated Data Dictionary - Jonathan Troost, University of Michigan (zip file including slides and code, and recording)
                     
February 2021
  • Missing Data? Two SAS Procedures to the Rescue - Melodie Rush, SAS (slides and recording)
                     
November 2020
  • If You Need These OBS and These VARS, Then Drop IF and Keep WHERE - Jay Iyengar, Data Systems Consultants LLC
  • Weight of Evidence, Dummy Variables, and Degrees of Freedom - Bruce Lund, Independent Consultant (slides)
  • Tips, Traps and Techniques in Base SAS for Vertically Combining SAS Datasets- Jay Iyengar, Data Systems Consultants LLC
                     
October 2020
  • Astrophysics Analysis with SAS - David Corliss, Peace-Work
                     
June 2020
  • Introduction to SAS and Open Source - Melodie Rush, SAS  (slides and recording)
  • Building an Expert's Toolbox: Essential Tools for Generating the Perfect Microsoft Excel Worksheet - Chevell Parker, SAS (recording)
                     
April 2020
  • Why I Hate Creating Figures! (A Curmudgeon's View of SAS Graphics) - George W. Divine, Henry Ford Health System
  • Automating SAS Program Execution Using the Scheduling Tool on Windows Systems - Bin Liu, Henry Ford Health System
  • Time-To-Event Analysis in the Presence of Competing Risks - Xiaoting Wu, University of Michigan (slides and paper)
                     
November 2019
  • Tips, Tricks, and Traps on Longitudinal Data Analysis with Discrete and Continuous Times - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan (slides and paper)
  • Forecasting K-12 School Shootings for the 2019-2020 School Year - David Corliss, Peace-Work
  • Automating the Process of Creating 500+ PDF Reports in Batch Mode, Part I - Thomas Zheng, University of Michigan
See pictures of the meeting!
                     
May 2019
  • PROC SQL vs. DATA Step Programming - Ron Coleman, SAS
  • Introduction to Machine Learning - Melodie Rush, SAS
  • Bayesian Analysis: A Deep Dive Into ZIP Models - Danny Modlin, SAS
  • Legislative Action on Human Trafficking: Towards a Data-Driven Policy - David Corliss, Peace-Work
  • Purrfectly Fabulous Feline Functions - Louise Hadden, Abt Associates Inc.
  • PROC REPORT in Cartoons: The Logic Behind the Scenes - Russ Lavery, Independent Consultant
  • How SAS Can Extend Open Source - Gene Grabowski, SAS
  • Screening, Transforming, and Fitting Predictors for the Cumulative Logit Model - Bruce Lund, Independent Consultant
  • An Introduction to SAS Model Manager and SAS Decision Manager- Stephen Iaquaniello, SAS
  • Machine Learning: In the Trenches -  Brenda Gillespie and Chris Andrews, University of Michigan (Andrews slides and Gillespie slides)
  • Between vs. Within Subjects Effects for Clustered and Longitudinal Data - Kathy Welch, University of Michigan (zip file includes slides and code)
  • Top 10 Ways to Optimize Your SAS Code - Ron Coleman, SAS
  • SAS Viya Overview - Melodie Rush, SAS
  • Bayesian Analysis: A Deep Dive Into BGLIMM - Danny Modlin, SAS
  • An Animated Guide: An Introduction to SAS Hashing - Russ Lavery, Independent Consultant
  • Order Order! Four Ways to Reorder Your Variables, Ranked by Elegance and Efficiency - Louise Hadden, Abt Associates Inc.
                     
March 2019
  • Changes, Challenges and Communication - Jim Bademian, MMS Holdings
  • Transforming Ordinal Predictors to Numeric for Binary Logistic Models - Bruce Lund, Independent Consultant
  • How to Succeed in Consulting - Chuck Kincaid, Experis (slides and paper)
  • Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Part Deux of Defensive Coding by Example - Nancy Brucken and Donna Levy, Syneos Health (slides and paper)
                     
October 2018
  • Using SAS for Multiple Imputation and Analysis of Longitudinal Data - Patricia Berglund, Institute for Social Research - University of Michigan (slides and paper)
  • Improving Plots Using XAXISTABLE and YAXISTABLE - Jacob Keeley, Henry Ford Health System (slides and paper)
  • Efficiency Programming with Macro Variable Arrays - Veronica Renauldo, QST Consultations, LTD (slides and paper)
                     
June 2018
  • The REPORT Procedure and ODS Destination for Microsoft Excel: The Smarter, Faster Way to Create First-Rate Excel Reports - Jane Eslinger, SAS
  • Graph a Million With the SGPLOT Procedure - Prashant Hebbar, SAS
  • Propensity Score Methods for Causal Inference with the PSMATCH Procedure - Gordon Brown, SAS
  • An Introduction to SAS Visual Analytics on SAS Viya - Stephen Iaquaniello, SAS
  • Merge With Caution: How to Avoid Common Problems when Combining SAS Datasets - Josh Horstman, Nested Loop Consulting
  • Variable Selection in Regression Analysis using LASSO, LARS, Elastic Net, and Best Subsets - Brenda Gillespie, University of Michigan
  • Genocide Modeling - Historical Risk Factors and Odds Ratios - David Corliss, Peace-Work
  • Multicollinearity: What Is It and What Can We Do About It? - Deanna Naomi Schreiber-Gregory, Henry M. Jackson Foundation
  • Automated DSMB Presentation in SAS: Yeah, I'd Submit That! How to Auto Populate PowerPoint Presentations So You Don't Have To - Brett Jepson and Kaitie Lawson, Rho, Inc.
  • Optimizing the Analytic Lifecycle with SAS and Teradata - Rick Lower, Teradata
  • Screening, Transforming, and Fitting Predictors for the Cumulative Logit Model - Bruce Lund, Magnify Analytics
  • The Latest and Greatest Capabilities of the Survey Procedures in SAS - Brady T. West, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
  • An Introduction to Latent Structure Analyses - Deanna Naomi Schreiber-Gregory, Henry M. Jackson Foundation
  • Let the CAT Out of the Bag: String Concatenation in SAS 9 - Josh Horstman, Nested Loop Consulting
  • ODS Layout and the ODS Destination for PowerPoint - Jane Eslinger, SAS
  • Decorative Infographs Using SAS - Prashant Hebbar, SAS
  • Analytics in the Cloud - Mandate or Option? - Rick Lower, Teradata
  • SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning - Stephen Iaquaniello, SAS
  • Beyond IF THEN ELSE: Techniques for Conditional Execution of SAS Code - Josh Horstman, Nested Loop Consulting
February 2018
  • Why SAS Users Are Old But Not Dead - Keith Shields, Magnify Analytics
  • SAS Programming Efficiency: Tips, Examples and PROC GINSIDE Optimization - Lingqun Liu, University of Michigan
  • SAS High Performance Analytics Infrastructure for Processing Big Data on Hadoop - Karunesh Arora, Ford Motor Company
  • Using SAS in R, With Knitr and Markdown - Barry DeCicco, EPITEC
  • The Anatomy of Clinical Trials Data: A Beginner's Guide - Venky Chakravarthy, BioPharma Data Services
                     
November 2017
  • Working With Sparse Matrices in SAS - Andrew Kuligowski, HSN
  • Highlights From Analytics Experience 2017 - Linda Vance, Comerica
  • QUOTE the SASLOG - Andrew Kuligowski, HSN
                     
June 2017
  • New Macro Features Added in SAS 9.3 and 9.4 - Rick Langston, SAS
  • I've Got to Hand It to You: Portable Programming Techniques - Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants
  • Modeling Longitudinal Categorical Response Data - Maura Stokes, SAS
  • Leave Your Bad Code Behind: 50 Ways to Make Your SAS Code Execute More Efficiently - William Benjamin, OWL Computer Consultancy, LLC  (slides and paper)
  • An Animated Guide: Penalized Variable Selection for Regression and Quantile Regression Techniques - Russ Lavery, Consultant
  • Exploring HASH Tables vs. SORT/DATA Step vs. PROC SQL - Richann Watson, Experis (slides and paper)
  • Hazards, Densities and Repeated Events for Predictive Marketing - Bruce Lund, Magnify Analytic Solutions
  • Finding Out About Formats and Their Attributes - Rick Langston, SAS
  • Building Intelligent Macros: Using Metadata Functions with the SAS Macro Language - Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants
  • Exchanging Data between SAS and Excel Using Basic SAS Techniques - William Benjamin, OWL Computer Consultancy, LLC
  • Lag Models with Social Response Outcomes - David Corliss, Peace-Work
  • When ANY Function Will Just NOT Do - Richann Watson, Experis  (slides and paper)
  • An Animated Guide: Insights into Logistic Regression via Cartoons - Russ Lavery, Consultant
  • Lag Modeling of the Baseball Trade Deadline - David Corliss, Peace-Work
  • Don't Be a Litter Bug: Best Practices for Using Temporary Files in SAS - Rick Langston, SAS
                     
February 2017
  • Latent Class Analysis Using PROC LCA - Patricia Berglund, University of Michigan (slides and paper)
  • Translating MS Access Queries to SAS PROC SQL Queries - Barry DeCicco, Nissan Tech Center of North America
  • SAS Advanced Programming with Efficiency in Mind: A Real Case Study - Lingqun Liu, University of Michigan (slides and paper)
                     
October 2016
  • An Array of Possibilities: Using Arrays to Manipulate Longitudinal Complex Survey Data - Lakhpreet (Preeti) Gill, Mathematica Policy Research
  • Using SAS to Create ZIP Code Maps with County Borders and City Labels - Rachel Potter, Michigan Public Health Institute
  • SAS Utilization A to Z: How We're Using SAS Today and Where We May Be Headed? - Steve Weigel, Delta Dental of Michigan
                     
June 2016
  • Graphs are Easy with SAS 9.4 - Sanjay Matange, SAS
  • Surviving the SAS Macro Jungle by Using Your Own Programming Toolkit - Kevin Russell, SAS
  • Penalized Regression Methods for Linear Models in SAS/STAT - Dr. G. Gordon Brown, SAS
  • 33 Tricks with the REPORT Procedure - Ben Cochran, The Bedford Group
  • Fitting Weighted Multilevel Models to Complex Sample Survey Data in SAS: A Case Study - Dr. Brady T. West, University of Michigan
  • Weight of Evidence Coded Variables for Binary and Ordinal Logistic Regression - Bruce Lund, Magnify Analytic Solutions
  • Annotate Your SGPLOT Graphs - Sanjay Matange, SAS
  • Using a Handful of SAS Functions to Clean Data - Ben Cochran, The Bedford Group
  • Keyboard Macros - The Most Magical Tool You May Never Have Heard Of - Steven Black, Agility Clinical Inc.
  • An Introduction to SAS Arrays - Andrew Kuligowski, HSN
  • Meta-Analysis of Human Trafficking Studies - David Corliss and Heather M. Hill, Peace-Work
  • Using SAS for the Longitudinal Analysis of Difference Scores - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan
                     
February 2016
  • Incremental Modeling with SAS Enterprise Miner - Bruce Lund, Magnify Analytic Solutions
  • SAS Studio: Getting Started and Resources - Ken Schmidt (1.1 MB zip file includes slides and instructions)
  • Introduction to JMP - Anamaria Kazanis, ASKSTATS Consulting, LLC  (2.3 MB zip file includes slides, new features list and sample data)
                     
October 2015
  • Defensive Coding by Example: Kick the Tires, Pump the Brakes, Check Your Blind Spots, and Merge Ahead! - Nancy Brucken and Donna Levy, inVentiv Health
  • An Overview of the SAS "Analytics Shootout" Student Competition - Joseph Pomerville, Central Michigan University
  • Using SAS for Longitudinal Analysis of Difference Scores - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan
                     
May 2015
  • Applied Quantile Regression Using SAS - Yonggang Yao, SAS
  • PDF vs. HTML:  Can't We All Get Along - Cynthia Zender, SAS
  • A Review of "Free" Massive Open Online Content for SAS Learners - Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation
  • Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models Using PROC NLMIXED and PROC GLIMMIX - Jeremy Albright, Methods Consultants of Ann Arbor
  • How Valued is Value Level Metadata? - Shelley Dunn, d-Wise
  • Logistic Modeling with Applications to Marketing and Credit Risk in the Automotive Industry - Bruce Lund and Keith Shields, Magnify Analytic Solutions  (slides and programs)
  • SAS Style Templates:  Always in Fashion - Cynthia Zender, SAS
  • 10 Do's and Don'ts for Effective Dashboard Design Using Base SAS - Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation
  • S-M-U (Set, Merge and Update) Revisited - Andrew Kuligowski, HSN

February 2015
  • Multiple Imputation Using the Fully Conditional Specification Method: A Comparison of SAS, Stata, IVEware and R - Patricia Berglund, University of Michigan
  • Supernova Classification Using Similarity Analysis - David Corliss, Wayne State University
  •  Using a Hash Object to Seed Initial Conditions - Chuck Anderson, UFA

October 2014
  • Using SAS in Health Care Quality Improvement and Research - Harolyn Baker, Elizabeth Waldman, Yongmei Qin and Lili Deng, MPRO
  • Selection and Transformation of Continuous Predictors for Logistic Regression (slides) - Bruce Lund, Magnify Analytic Solutions
  • Does foo Pass Through?  SQL Coding Methods and Examples Using SAS Software- Stephen Crosbie, Universal McCann
  • How to Create a Unix Space Management Report Using SAS (slides) - Matthew Shevrin, Truven Health Analytics

May 2014
  • Structural Equation Modeling Using the CALIS Procedure in SAS/Stat Software (9MB zip file includes slides, notes and program) - Yiu-Fai Yung, SAS
  • The SQL Tuning Checklist: Making Slow Database Queries a Thing of the Past - Jeff Bailey, SAS
  • Advanced PROC REPORT: Traffic Lighting - Controlling Cell Attributes Within Your Data - Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants
  • Regression Trees in JMP - Kathy Welch, University of Michigan
  • Competing Risks Survival Analysis with SAS - Brenda Gillespie, University of Michigan
  • Table Look-Up Techniques: From the Basic to the Innovative - Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants
  • Parsing Useful Data Out of Unusual Formats Using SAS - Andy Kuligowski, HSN
  • Don't Get Blindsided by PROC COMPARE - Josh Horstman, Nested Loop Consulting & Roger Muller, Data-to-Events
  • Speed Dating With Regression Procedures - David Corliss, Magnify Analytic Solutions
  • Customized Survival Plot Using ODS Graphics Template Language - Fang Dong, Aastrom Biosciences
  • Working With Character Data - Andy Kuligowski, HSN
  • Anatomy of a Merge Gone Wrong - Josh Horstman, Nested Loop Consulting
  • Management of SAS Format Libraries in Simple and Complex Environments - Roger Muller, Data-to-Events
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February 2014
  • Data Presentation 101: An Analyst's Perspective (slides) - Deanna Chyn & Anca Tilea, University of Michigan
  • Beating Gridlock: Parallel Programming with SAS Grid Computing and SAS/CONNECT (slides) - Jack Fuller, Experis
  • Using Microsoft Windows DLLs Within SAS Programs (slides) - Rajesh Lal, Experis
  • From Retrospective Reporting to Prospective Analytics: A Case Study - David Corliss, Magnify Analytics Solutions
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October 2013
  • Macromatic: A Case Study in Building a Macro - Barbara Keys, R.L Polk & Co./IHS
  • Highlights of MWSUG 2013
            -  MWSUG 2013 Highlights - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan
            -  Best Papers of MWSUG 2013 - David Corliss, Marketing Associates

May 2013
  • Executing a PROC from a DATA Step - Jason Secosky, SAS
  • Look Out! After SAS/STAT 9.3 Comes SAS/STAT 12.1! - Bob Rodriguez, SAS
  • Quick Hits - My Favorite SAS Tricks - Marje Fecht, Prowerk Consulting
  • SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1: A Powerful Environment for Programmers, Too! - Marje Fecht, Prowerk Consulting
  • What's Hot, What's Not- Skills for SAS Professionals - Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation
  • Powerful and Hard to Find PROC SQL Features - Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation
  • Adding a Little Magic to Your Joins - Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation
  • Mixed Model Analysis with SAS - Kathy Welch, University of Michigan
  • Bayesian Analyses Using SAS - Danny Modlin, SAS - co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor Chapter of ASA!
  • Perl Regular Expressions in SAS 9.1+ - Practical Applications - Joel Campbell, Advanced Analytics, Inc.
  • Using the QUANTLIFE Procedure for Survival Analysis - Bob Rodriguez, SAS
  • Getting Started with the DATA Step Hash Object - Jason Secosky, SAS
  • A Flock of C-Stats, or Efficiently Computing Multiple Statistics for Hundreds of Variables - Steve Raimi and Bruce Lund, Marketing Associates
  • Maximizing the Power of Your Hash Tables - David Corliss, Marketing Associates  (Livestream broadcast archive also available)

February 2013

  • Implementation of an Actuarial Reserves System - Ignacio Viggers, Database Consultant
  • Book Review of SAS Structural Equation Modeling 1.3 for JMP - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan
  • Developing an Analytics Center of Excellence- Chuck Kincaid, Experis

October 2012
  • Prove It!: Importance and Methodologies of Validation in Regulated Industries - Chris Hurley, MMS Holdings Inc.
  • Using the SAS System to Develop Risk Prediction Models for Patient Re-Admission Reduction in VAMCs -
    Issac Shams, Wayne State University
  • Panel Discussion - Best of MWSUG 2012 - panel discussion led by David Corliss, Marketing Associates

June 2012

coming soon!

October 2011
  • Using PROC SQL for Analytics - Benjamin Ben-Baruch, Harry & David
  • Get Your Data in Shape with PROC TRANSPOSE - Nancy Brucken, PharmaNet/i3
  • Testing for Multivariate Normality Using SAS - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan School of Social Work
  • Fuzzy-Merging Character Fields Through Array Matching on Small Strings - James Warila, USEPA National Vehicle & Fuel Emissions Laboratory
  • What's New at MWSUG - panel discussion led by David Corliss, Marketing Associates

May 2011
  • PROC REPORT: COMPUTE Block Basics - Art Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants
  • Why .1 + .1 May Not Equal .2 and Other Pitfalls of Floating Point Arithmetic - Clarke Thacher, SAS
  • The Greatest Hits: ODS Essentials Every User Should Know - Cynthia Zender, SAS
  • GRAPH Elements You Should Know- Even If You Don't Use SAS/GRAPH - Art Carpenter, California Occidental 
    Consultants
  • Introduction to PROC GLIMMIX (635K zip file includes original slides, and updated slides to match programs 
    and data) - Kathleen Welch, University of Michigan
  • Estimating Population Distributions When Some Data Are Below a Limit of Detection by Using a Reverse Kaplan-Meier Estimator - Brenda Gillespie, University of Michigan
  • Job Security: Using the Macro Language to Full Advantage - Art Carpenter, California Occidental 
    Consultants
  • Dynamical Color Charts - David Corliss, Marketing Associates
  • Make Your SAS® Code Environmentally Aware - Using Operating System Environment Variables in SAS - Clarke 
    Thacher, SAS
  • SAS Style Templates: Always in Fashion - Cynthia Zender, SAS
  • Greenplum's Interoperability with SAS - Michael Harris, EMC Data Computing Division

February 2011
  • Tables As Trees: Merging with Wildcards Using Tree Traversal and Pruning - Matt Nizol, United BioSource Corporation
  • Ready, Set, Retain, and Then Maybe Reset (1M zip file includes slides and paper) - Lisa Fine, United BioSource Corporation
  • Consumer Data Analytics: The Good, the Bad, and the Possibly Deceptive - Ted Lang, SAS and William Neafsey, Ford Motor Company
  • Setting Up a Different Windows Environment for Each SAS Project (1.2M zip file includes slides and paper) - Phil Wright, University of Michigan
  • Book Review of Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond - Lauren Haworth, Cynthia Zender and Michele Burlew, Matt Shevrin, Thomson Reuters
  • Book Review of Survival Analysis Using SAS, 2nd Edition by Paul D. Allison (slides) - Brandy Sinco, University of Michigan
  • Book Review of JMP Essentials. An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide for New Users by Curt Hinrichs and Chuck Boiler (slides) - Anamaria Kazanis, ASKSTATS Consulting

September 2010
  • Survival Analysis: Overview of Parametric, Nonparametric and Semiparametric Approaches with SAS Software (slides) (paper) - Joseph Gardiner, Michigan State University
  • Eliminating Redundant Custom Formats (or How to Really Take Advantage of PROC SQL, PROC CATALOG, and the DATA Step) (slides) (paper) - Phil Wright, University of Michigan
  • Estimation of Adherence to Antipsychotic and Diabetic Medications in a Sample of Schizophrenia Patients (slides) (paper) - Venky Chakravarthy, BioPharma Data Services
  • Book Review of A Step-by-Step Approach to Using SAS for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling - Larry Hatcher, Barry DeCicco, University of Michigan (slides)

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

2001 - 2009 Presentations

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  • November 2002
  • September 2002
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  • December 2000

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